Oamaru Oamaru – Elephant Stone Group Elephant Rocks – Omarama Omarama

Around 7 o'clock, sit in the ballroom and wait for the sunrise, watching the changes in the color layer of the clouds on the sea until the sun rises.

After breakfast, I picked a few fresh apples from the apple tree in the backyard of the homestay before bidding farewell to the friendly and friendly town of Oamaru.

Today take Route 83 from Oamaru0 to Omarama to Route 8 into Mount Cook National Park.

Most of the 40 kilometres after departure are pasture landscapes, with sheep nibbling on grass and moving slowly, and long sprinklers guarding a prairie, a common sight in the South Island.

On the way, head to Elephant Rocks, a special attraction on the outskirts of the town of Duntroon in the Matreewhenua Valley, which was also one of the filming scenes for the "Chronicles of Narnia" film.

Passing by these rocky rocks, do you predict that our destination is not far away?

After 10 minutes, I finally saw a simple introduction board, and the opposite side of the road should be a group of elephant stones in the distance. But the fence is fenced, and it can be seen that it is a private farm, how to get past it?

Ha! The farm owner left a small door for tourists and did not charge for it, which was really friendly. Avoid the automatic sprinkler and walk through the ranch for 5 minutes to reach the collection area of the large regolith rock.

I didn't see any other tourists so I started playing on the rocks.

A variety of unique terrains are bred in the pure land of New Zealand, which makes New Zealand a "natural geography classroom". Along the way, deeply experienced. Like this elephant rock, it is hard to imagine how there could be weathered remnants of such a large limestone formation, between 1-10m in height, naturally scattered on a flat farm, spanning an area of about 200m.

The land of the elephant stone group is a privately owned pasture, so cattle and sheep are easy to see here, and their excrement is of course ubiquitous, so pay attention to whether there is gold next to your feet.

Since the name is "Elephant Rocks", there should be such an elephant-like image rock, and it looks like it has three statues, and the other seven points depend on imagination.

When people are on a scale, they can see the hugeness of the rocks.

Climbing up and down the rocks, still a little tired, 45 minutes like a child jumping unconsciously, but also a lot of fun, more like, the huge pasture on a few of us to enjoy a yosemite land, until the departure of the two new visitors to meet.

At 10:30 pass by the small farmstead of Duntroon, the economic activity is mainly agricultural, and the project focuses on sheep breeding and the cultivation of crops such as wheat and barley.

St. Martin's Anglican Church

Arrive in Omarama at 11:49 and decide to take a break for lunch.

After dinner, turn to Route 8 and enter the livestock area. Heading to the destination, Mount Cook National Park, this section is also one of the most beautiful roads, and it is bound to meet "beautiful".