The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys created by a combination of land loss and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand.
We came to hike the Queen Charlotte Track and so early in the morning we hop on the water taxi and speed out to Ship’s cove where Captain Cook, the famous British explorer, anchored his ship, Endeavor, during his circumnavigation of the North and South Islands in 1770.
Our walk back to Furneaux lodge along the endeavor inlet takes us from shoreline to ridge-line, exploring the beautiful hidden bays and coves of the Marlborough Sounds and the Queen Charlotte Track.