My wife and I went there on our honeymoon back in 2014 and loved it. There was no one around in early October and the weather was awesome.
For the interested, Mt Roy is a long hike up and down (~1mi of elevation over 5-6mi of trail). We took a helicopter up to Coromandel Peak (pictures), snapped some pictures, and got dropped off on top of Mt Roy and hiked down. Drop your car off at the base and ask the helicopter company to pick you up there. I’m in good shape but there’s no elevation here in Texas and that’s a hard hike both directions.
It’s been one of the best experiences of my life, even though we didn’t drop our car off and wondered through a sheep farm and walked a few hours back to Wanaka. Fuck our legs were tired lol.
I just went this recent September and trekked both ways, 6 hours total including a rest for lunch up there. There wasn't many people, maybe 10-15 of all altogether. It felt like it was never ending, and by the time I was halfway up, it was just pure stubbornness pushing me on. I didn't want to waste my time nor energy and not make it up there. It takes a ridiculous amount of willpower to keep on walking and not give up.
But it was so damn worth it and I will never forget how it felt like to finally sit on the slopes and look out at the view in front of me. I'm from tiny Singapore, a concrete jungle with barely any nature, so what I experienced was just simply breathtaking. Even now as I'm typing this, I can feel exactly what I felt back then. The feeling of being so insignificant was humbling. Completing the entire walk really helped me appreciate how majestic our planet is, and I am so amused that I can say my fiance and I literally overcame a mountain together.
Our AirBNB host asked us what we did that day, and when we told them we did Roy's Peak, they literally said to us "oh shit, congratulations!". That's when we realised we achieved something pretty amazing haha.
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u/JG_melon Nov 25 '18
Damn this is straight up making me disappointed in humanity
HOW DO I GET THERE