Tragedy on a trek
A holiday in New Zealand has turned to tragedy for a young Israeli couple.
A 31-year-old Israeli male tourist has died after falling on the Gertrude Saddle Track, near Te Anau in New Zealand.
The man slipped and fell while descending on a steep part of the track. His wife who was with him at the time raised the alarm on Tuesday night.
A police spokesman told J-Wire:” We were notified around 7pm. and located the man’s body overnight recovering it early this morning.”
Chabad New Zealand dispatched a New Zealand member of its organisation who had met the deceased to Te Anau to identify the body.
J-Wire understands the Israeli Embassy in Wellington will organise the repatriation of the deceased’s body to Israel for burial.
Authorities are yet to name the victim,