Picton is where you catch the ferry to the North Island (which we will be doing tomorrow). It is also the launching point to Marlborough sounds and the Queen Charlotte track, a 72km trail through the sounds. This morning we caught a shuttle boat out to Motuara Island, a predator-free (ie no mammals) bird sanctuary. We saw South Island saddlebacks, South Island robins, bellbirds and checked in on a few penguin nests (no penguin sightings though). Then we took a transfer shuttle boat to Resolution Bay, hiked 10.5km to Furneaux Lodge and boat shuttled back to Picton. Some of the lodges along the Queen Charlotte are actually more like resorts; with boat and luggage transfers available this is the most luxurious hiking I've ever seen. Sounds very pleasant to hike/stroll a few hours per day, spend a night or two at the lodges with good food and wine...something my parents might even be interested in sometime :)
Your parents would definitely be interested in the good food and wine part, but not in the part of the 10.5 km hike :)
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