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Iris on personal Trekking, hiking, walking mission

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This morning Iris headed   off with one other friend to do some personal trekking in the Greenstone/Caples/Steeple creek area.  The weather is perfect for 3 days, which is how long they expect to be out there.

Guided trekking , hiking or walks with Iris is the perfect way to enjoy time whilist staying in the Wanaka area. When Iris gets back from this personal trek, she’ll catch her breath as she has a person arriving for some guided trekking over a couple of days.

You can look forward to some photos of flora, fauna and classic Southern Alps landscapes in a few days.

trekking guide Iris

Come and enjoy the wealth of local knowledge trekking guide Iris knows

Spring flowering in Wanaka – what you’d see right now.

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Manuka annd Kanuka, tre tea

Manuka, one of the fine smelling native plants of NZ

Native plants along lake Wanaka shores

The purple Bladderwort is found along the lake edge in Wanaka

Wild Irishman or Matagouri

Native plant of NZ, Matagouri or Wild Irishman

Come on a guided trekking trip, hiking or guided walk  with us and you can see right now :

Panakenake and orchid flowers are appearing, ground covering daisies and the amazing vegetable sheep; dark, like wine colored pittosporum flowers have come and gone, also the fragrant Matagari or Wild Irishmen with the amazing thorns shows flowering buds.

We have another announcement with regard to our sustainable  business practices: the statement or policy is now available through our website from the home page at the very bottom or from the ‘about us‘ page. This sustainability statement is a growing document, thanks for your patience.

Alpinism in Europe after mountaineering in New Zealand

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Alpine Flora at its best

Rhododendron flowering amongst beautiful lime stone formations

Rock climbing in Switzerland

Guy and Iris climbing lime stone slabs near Diablerets

Alpine flowers in Switzerland

Trolls and buttercups, left Trollieus europaeus, right a Ranunculus buttercup

While Gary is on ice and snow higher up, Iris is roaming the local hills, rock climbing, mountain biking, sticking her nose into flowers and having a good time on via ferratas:

Alpinism adventures

Via Ferrata at Plan Praz, Leysin

Via Ferrata Leysin

Zoe and Guy, training session between the rain

Alpinism training

Guy and Zoe, finishing off the via ferrata in Leysin