Incredible Free camping spot below the glaciers + Winter swimming

[@CHillAdventures]

Happy bday mama Leopard, jade 1st in the cold water what a girl!!!!!!

[@leopardsgowild]

My mum is the coolest. best cook ever as well. Riley is the upcoming competition to beat jade to the water lol...

[@dennismatthews6660]

Great episode. Unbelievable natural scene. Thank you.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks Dennis. It's a wonderful place to park up for a few days alright, what epic scenery.

[@brianjohnhendry4062]

New Zealand is such a beautiful country.

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh it sure is. What a paradise aye, I love you can drive 45 min down the road and your in a remote and stunning location.

[@PentaxLife]

That's another beautiful spot. Mike sure. Glad you guys had fun.❤😂

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks Mate. Yes it's an awesome spot, in summer millions of biting sandflies though, It gets really hot in here in the summer well into the 30's so you want to be in shorts with lots of bug spray lol... Hope you guys are well, are you staying in Canada this winter?

[@PentaxLife]

@@leopardsgowild Note where heading South again. First we have a cruise and then we head for Mexico.

[@2hands_and_a_brain917]

...another great adventure, you guys are making some fabulous memories, I bet every other kid wants to be in your kids shoes!

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks, yes, we've got so many amazing memories. We've done a lot of cool things over the past 2 years... I think a bit of extended travel for all families would be loved aye, it's a great life style.

[@tonyanderson9777]

You are an awesome family.whilst we are snug & warm in bed many a time you are capturing nature's beauty for our enjoyment, thankyou for shariing

[@leopardsgowild]

its nice to be amongst it, we've been struggling a bit in this spring weather, which you'll see more of in the coming videos, but we def get to be nice and warm in bed as well don't worry.... This ain't no tent lol...

[@markdixon215]

Great to see you all enjoying our back yard, yes spent a reasonable amount of time through there. Great to hear the kids enjoying it so much and you were all brave to swim in that water, beautiful though huh. Have a great week. Cheers

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks mate. Yes it's a great spot alright, be nice to go back in the summer time and park up, could even try and get a bit further up with the caravan, but that bluff makes it a little tricky.

[@kat_n_Rob_Touring_NZ]

Looks amazing, that waterfall was amazing 🤩. I'll only ever get to see these things from video, so thanks for taking us along with you guys 😊❣️

[@leopardsgowild]

your so welcome. Thanks for watching as always, hope you travels are going well... Been pretty cold down here lately, looking forward to a sunny weekend I hope

[@kat_n_Rob_Touring_NZ]

@@leopardsgowild were spending a Timw near family... New grandbaby due in a week 😄

[@HamishPerkins]

That region is quite unique. I did the Rob Roy Glacier track the Autumn before last. Absolutely stunning with all the golden trees and the green grass. I'm looking forward to going back soon. Good seeing the kids getting into it!

[@leopardsgowild]

It's an incredible part of NZ alright. It's amazing how close you are as the crow flies to places like milford sounds and Glenorchy, but the drive is hours and hours.

[@HamishPerkins]

@@leopardsgowild Absolutely. That's why the South Island feels so big. There's so many mountains and valleys and each one you go into feels so far way from where you might have been, but might only be 5 minutes on the other side! Enjoy your travels.

[@foxro48]

Amazing coverage. Stunning scenery yummy food and highlights of cold plunge. Well done. Great viewing. Keep on enjoying 🌞🌞🤗

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you it sure was a cool spot. cool to have these expereinces with some others as well.

[@CHillAdventures]

Watching as I head to Indiana for a surf weekend yeew!

[@leopardsgowild]

Nice so is that to another lake, or just a different part of Lake Michigan? I'm pretty sure Indiana touches southern lake michigan?

[@whayman1026]

Another great video. Congrats on the cover photo for the Motor Carvanner magazine!

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you, pretty cool to make the cover shot alright. I'll have to add that to my resume lol.

[@AlanBarlow-zb3zc]

Albert town has been one of our favs for years! Diving off the bridge is great fun!!! Haven’t been there for years since we were on the gypsy fair and we used to visit wanaka

[@leopardsgowild]

oh cool, I think the kids are def keen to get back there when its warmed up, we're just battling through wind all the time at the moment.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, When I was at primary school, "cust" school in north canterbury, i went the whole way through primary school with 1 class mate, is name was michael cotterill, he had two sisters one of which married a man with the last name of "aspinall" and she is probably the mother of the guy for the mt aspiring station, I have been up the road many years ago, thanks for sharing it brought back many fond memories and fondness!

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks mate, I'm glad I was able to help bring back some great memories for you. Even though these places are isolated, they still have a lot of history.

[@tonymckeage1028]

@@leopardsgowild Thanks mate, deep down I am truely a south islander

[@michaelzwiener1756]

We are looking forward to the sd summer. 3 or 4 week tour in that region. Not looking forward to the sandflies though 😅 great video again. Swimming? You guys are nuts 😂

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh I bet... So nice in this part of the world. We're waiting for those summer days to start hitting, another 6 weeks or so and it will be feeling pretty hot, not sure how warm the waters going to feel, but who cares when it's that beautiful.

[@ellysanderson9381]

Great adventures😎

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks, it sure was a lot of fun.

[@gallichantrucklifenz]

Cool episode 🙂

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks guys

[@RadRoadAdventures]

Mountians and rivers, what a great spot. I'm sure you lost your voice just a bit Mike in that cold water. Looks awesome, that Waterfall 👌

[@leopardsgowild]

ha ha, that water takes your breathe away thats for sure. Cool as waterfall to explore, so much opportunities for adventures in this valley.

[@CHillAdventures]

Awesome episode bro, sucks the kids r sad but good gravey Toby's mullet is amazing lololol. U and soph r awesome parents bro. Good on yah and thx for all the awesome content. See yah in the next 1

[@leopardsgowild]

oh i missed this one... Thanks Cam. Your a legend mate, so cool having mates watchign from across the globe, see ya soon pal

[@CHillAdventures]

@@leopardsgowild no worries bruv!!!!

[@bryanbadger6841]

Hi Mike, you're crazy mate. Having said that I did a quick plunge in Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud village, during the August winter school holidays back when I was about 14 ish. Peer pressure, and all that. But now approaching my 78th summer, I figure yeah/nah, probably won't be happening again. You'll look back on these days and think, "yeah these things had to be done." Thanks for sharing mate. Take care. 👍

[@leopardsgowild]

ha ha, kids went for a swim in Rotoiti back in June, I wasn't brave enough even though it was a really nice sunny day. I Imagine it's a bit colder in August though, after a cold winter... It's so nice to have these memories on camera, show the grandkids one day.

[@davekerr8133]

Mt. Aspiring is great. We parked up at Glendhu last year and did a couple of day trips. What started out as a 3 day stay turned in to a week. Its axwonderful area.

[@leopardsgowild]

@@davekerr8133 glendu bay is beautiful aye, seems to get a bit less wind as well...

[@CHillAdventures]

Here's ur coffee dad. Outta the doorway lololol riley is a legend

[@leopardsgowild]

Riley always makes us coffees, she likes to pretend she is running a cafe.

[@MayaGebert-u3b]

❤

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks. Do you think you'd do the polar plunge?

[@MayaGebert-u3b]

@@leopardsgowild yes it looks like so much fun! I can't wait to see you guys again 😁

[@maxdiggler]

I admire the bravery of your family getting into that cold water , i know me and my family couldnt lol . On the topic of swimming i live in the north island and want a nice family beech to go to this summer . Some where not too crowded and with calm clear water , any recomended places ? . Thought if anyone in new Zealand knows the best places to go its your family .

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh cheers mate, def was a very cold dip in the Matukituki river, look forward to maybe getting up there again in the summer, when warming back up is a lot easier. Summer time is busy everywhere aye, even down here, those 3 weeks at christmas it's hard to fit anywhere, without a booking. I'd recommend Otamure bay if you could get a site, it would be very busy there, atleast with the DOC camps they have capped numbers, and they allocated larger sites.

[@iamie153]

Not sure if you saw it, but when you come back to Albert town there is a 4WD track / walk that you can do that takes you from there to Dublin Bay and then you can loop back around on the road. Do not take your truck down the 4WD track as it is tight and scratchy.

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea I did see the track, I also ran out the bike trail which takes you to the outlet of the lake, such a good area through there... Looking forward to those hot Otago summer days.

[@astondriver]

maybe an inreach or alternative would help for remote, no reception forecasts and emergency contacts

[@leopardsgowild]

yea we'd likely hire one if we were going into the bush, but with a 4x4 and roading not really to much can go wrong.

[@brianjohnhendry4062]

Does your wife cook or are you the resident Chef?

[@leopardsgowild]

She does cook, but I like to cook and now so do all our kids... So it's going to become a war on who gets to cook, not normally in issue in most house holds.