Wanaka - What most people don't see

[@bomax1066]

Your videos are very good. Driven up that valley a few times but not the walk, great drive, The walk next time. Your sure lucky with the weather

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea we had 7 good days in a row with the weather after wanaka we chased the sun to the coast...

[@johannawhyle9]

This is magical. What a childhood. Hi Sophie =)

[@leopardsgowild]

Our kids are pretty lucky alright.

[@sophleopard9162]

Hey Johanna! Great to hear from you, hope you're well 😎

[@Kableguynz]

We watch a lot of you tube channels on Sailing, and lately Caravans, which has inspired us to get our own Caravan and travel NZ as well. Your channel is now probably our favourite to view. It is getting better every time you post (we subscribed at 1200). Well done, and may you keep showing off our beautiful country.

[@leopardsgowild]

THanks team. I guess the editing keeps getting better the more videos I make aye... We do live in paradise here in New Zealand.... THanks for the encouragement. I'm so looking forward to the snowy episodes when we get some snow lol...

[@craignelson-swiftyenzed7578]

Hey Toby - wanna go for a swim in the lake and take a really looooong hike? "Stuff that!" We love you, Toby!

[@leopardsgowild]

ha ha, he's always got something interesting to say that boy. He's a gem

[@RadRoadAdventures]

A shame you were not feeling up to walking the Rob Roy Glacier, great to hear your tooth pain has eased. So quiet in Wanaka when it's not the school holidays!

[@leopardsgowild]

Tooth Pain and back pain are the worst I reckon, both are debilatating. My tooth was so bad walking down Mt Iron, which I didn't film, I couldn't even talk, I wanted to just lay there on the trail... I reckon it was still so busy in Wanaka, no where to park at day time, and it wasn't the school holidays, It would be chaos when it is.

[@RadRoadAdventures]

@@leopardsgowild touch wood I haven't had bad back pain but two abscesses in my time, worst unescapable condition I've ever experienced. Yeah Wanaka is madly busy.

[@ljproduction21]

Great soundtrack and stunning shots.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks a lot appreciate the comment and watching.

[@stihl660]

Fantastic!!! I visited Wanaka many moons ago and had a very nice bbq at Mr Tim Wallis' house. Also enjoyed every minute of the War Birds over Wanaka. Take care and best wishes to you all, Thank you.

[@leopardsgowild]

Cheers mate. Wanaka is pretty awesome, it's grown massively over the last few years, some big infrustracture going in... War birds over Wanaka would be awesome to see.

[@acerone10]

Love, love, love the drone shots. I, apparently, grind my teeth at night. That lead to TMJ. A mouth guard at night fixed it. I found that Orajel helps the pain. Glad you are better.

[@leopardsgowild]

I don't think I grind my teeth, just Bite down... all of my teeth on the left side were in pain it was horrible... I need to et one of those night guards. Very limited places to fly the drone in this part of the country...no drones in National parks or near airports

[@jaredford8440]

Nice work teamA ❤️ the camera lady done an incredible job 👍👍...let's go warriors ❤️💯 .... Don't muck around with sore teeth 👍

[@leopardsgowild]

Sore teeth and backs are the worst 😫... go the warriors by this week

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Very nice and I love to go there !

[@leopardsgowild]

It's a magic spot where are you watching from

[@louisaklimentos7583]

@@leopardsgowild I live in Sydney Australia . I love nature and love to visit NZ !

[@owenpotter2459]

Ah Mike, you're too tense! Unclench thise teeth! Lol. The country continues to look spectacular and your weather mostly kind. My dog Rocky, (remember him?) Would have loved those piles of autumn leaves. He lived the sound it made when he ran through them. We got ordered off our boats tonight with a tsunami alert. Thank The Lord it didn't happen!

[@leopardsgowild]

I know I don't know why I do it, I'm not stressed which was the dentist's thought. That would have been stressful being ordered off the boat. Where did you go? Glad there was no Tsunami

[@owenpotter2459]

@@leopardsgowild there was a gathering of evacuated boaties in the carpark, waiting to see what happened. We were allowed back after about an hour and a half. Lucky it was not a cold wet night. Actually quite pleasant socializing with other boaties.

[@CHillAdventures]

hey leopards!!! " the weather was less than average " im stealing that phrase , great way to say its crappy outside lol! he is a cheeky monster but arent we all lololol,, that lake looked like it could get some real waves w a good wind, ya wow that yellow sludge looked gross,, great episode bro, see yah soon!

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea mate, the weather was less than average... The wind always sucks lol... I'll look forward to hearing that in your vlog. Wanaka is such a weird shaped lake, I reckon Toby could catch a wave maybe.

[@CHillAdventures]

@@leopardsgowild hahaha toby size waves!!

[@foxro48]

Another great video. Amazing footage. Will be heading down there hopefully next year. Would love to do some walks but some of those roads don’t look good for a 7m Motorhome. Well done with the hiking kids. Great effort 🤗😀🤗

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks Mary... there were a couple of motorhomes at the end of the road at Raspberry flat. I wouldn't take one if I had one though... lots of good places on tarseal

[@foxro48]

@@leopardsgowild yes totally agree. Not worth getting stuck or damaging vehicle. Travel safe 🤗🤗

[@JamesRobinson04]

as someone who goes to wanaka often, this is a very touristy depiction lol

[@leopardsgowild]

not really most people do Roys peak, puzzling world and that wanaka tree and then off to Queenstown.

[@grapesodatravels]

Excitingly, we'll be there soon on honeymoon from the UK. Utterly beautiful! We're staying in Wanaka; what's your "must see" suggestion as we're only there for one day.

[@PaulSmith-bb7lv]

I can't think of anywhere in NZ that has better scenery than the Wanaka area.

[@leopardsgowild]

Wanaka is exceptional, I do think the most beautiful place would have to be around Glenorchy and Kinloch head waters of Lake Wakatipu, geographically pretty close, but there's not much out there but Nature.

[@PentaxLife]

Nice video Mike so there's no free capping around this area.

[@leopardsgowild]

None... signs everywhere telling you no camping allowed as well.... closest spot is 16km down the road at red Bridge or 50km at raspberry flat where we drove to..

[@PentaxLife]

@@leopardsgowild Thanks Mike.

[@jezthomas4402]

Thanks, I'm totally going to do some of that stuff next time I'm down there. Is the skyline really hilly or is it runnable; how does the gradient compare with Kepler, say? I think I'm going to head down there in July, on the way to the office in Dunedin; I just bought a ticket for the All Blacks v Aussie in Dunners so I'm timing it for that! Hopefully I have time to do a bit of Fjordland while I'm down there but we'll have to see. Great to see you've gone way past 3000 subscribers now; chuffed for you guys!

[@leopardsgowild]

The Skyline trail I think is harder than the Kepler.. the grind up to Roys Peak is very similar to Mt Fyffe in Kaikoura, but once you reach the summit, your only 8km into your 24km... THen you got a steep down hill, with a very steep uphill to the summit of Mt Alpha, then it's 8km of down hill 2 stream crossings and some muddy section to finish it off, but the views are incredible... I wouldn't want to do it in summer, there is no shade the entire way. Well worth doing though.

[@jezthomas4402]

@@leopardsgowild Fantastic, thanks for such a detailed description. Hmm, you may remember I did Mount Fyffe after I saw you guys did it, and I couldn't walk properly for days! :-D My fault for jogging most of the way down :-/ So I'm glad you pointed out the comparison. Think I'll hike it first and then maybe have a crack at running it later in the year as my running improves. When I say run, I'd not be running the inclines; I'd walk them.

[@stephendickson9000]

Theres another diamond lake up Glenorchy way

[@leopardsgowild]

Up at paradise aye bro... Looking forward to getting there when the days are getting longer again.

[@stephendickson9000]

@@leopardsgowild yep. Do the things there then drive to the end of the road. Note the outtake has some serious fishes in it but the area gets a had time.

[@ajjuney]

Glad the 🦷 issue resolved. Not fun.

[@leopardsgowild]

nerve pain is not fun aye... Terrible, tooth is still going strong...

[@gettingoutwiththekids]

*toothache is the worst, completely ruins your day. The lavender farm would have my hayfever going off and kids running away from bees 🐝😂😂*

[@leopardsgowild]

Ha ha... those who have had tooth aches know...bad pain.... lavender was long gone bring on Sept

[@spider-man910]

Wanaka protested about having a McDonald's..... they believe it would taint the look of the town ......😂😂

[@spider-man910]

But the Mongrel mob can set up a Pad on the outskirts of Wanaka .....😂

[@leopardsgowild]

I reckon the younger generation would be keen on some maccas

[@ianpaterson3092]

Great Video of one of our weekend retreats. Sent you a message on messenger re fishing.