On January 11th we headed from Te Anau and stayed the night in Haast on the West Coast. We spent several hours on Monro Beach, in the evening, hoping to see a Fjordland Crested Penguin. We did not have any sightings. We wore full netting to avoid the infamous sand flies, but they were still able to bite through the netting on our hands.


On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Ship Creek beach and photographed a beautiful sunset.