Dorian&Lia

We really enjoyed Wellington with its valleys and saddles covered by forest in the middle of the city. We also recognized a culinary diversity and the abundance of vegan...

Finally, some kayaking in the sun. We enjoyed the 10 km waterway to the Māori carving as well as our little hike to the Taranaki falls in the Tongariro National Park....

What an eventful time we had in Rotorua! First, Dorian got himself a Moko. While the Moko artist was working, his sun was painting and his uncle was weaving while having a...

The Coromandel Peninsula is a popular travel destination and has beautiful beaches and forest or bush as they would say it in NZ ;)

Since we are more interested in the gorgeous nature of NZ, we only spent one day in Auckland. Starting with breakfast in a German bakery, followed by enjoying the view from Mt...

After a view days of misty, rainy weather we finally got some sun and even 20°C which underlined the beauty of the Bay of Islands. An old lady in Russell gifted us some...

We also visited the most historian place in New Zealand: he Waitangi treaty grounds, where the Treaty of NZ was signed between multiple Maori tribes and the British crown. We...

Our journey down south has began, where we have to catch our ferry from Wellington back to Picton on the south island on the 25th of June and our airplane on the 30th of June...

While travelling up the westcoast of the Northland we still try to grasp the beauty of the nature, the friendliness of the people and the fact that we only have 4 weeks left.

On our way up north, we visited some kiwis in Hamilton who we've met on Stewart Island a couple of weeks ago. While Rick and Dorian went kayak fishing in the Firth of Thames,...

We went for a hike in the Mount Egmont National Park and really tried to see the volcano but had no luck. Afterwards we drove the forgotten world highway from Stratford to...

The last couple of days we spent in and around New Plymouth without seeing the 2,518 m tall volcano nearby because it was covered in clouds. We start to believe that the volcano...

Change of tactics: For the north island we are planning to stay a bit longer in the same area on the expense of visiting all possible regions on the island. In Whanganui (w and...

Resume of the south island:Sparsely populated, gorgeous landscapes, fantastic views and amazing wildlife!The hiking tracks are well maintained and most tourist attractions, even...

On Thursday we started a 4-day-hike trough the Abel Tasman National Park, the smallest and simultaneously the most popular national park. Day 1: A water taxi dropped us off in...

The Golden Bay is full of hippies and art galleries and quite remote. While Dorian went fishing, I did a 4 h hike along the Farewell Spit beaches and Pūpongas forest and grass...

Today, we visited the Rotoroa Lake with the clearest view in the world. The visibility amounts to 70 to 80 m. Unfortunately, we couldn't rent neither a kayak nor a canoe since...

To also learn about some history, we visited an old coal mine in Denniston which was in operation until 2010. There is still coal mining happening in NZ for export. The coal can...

The west coast is less populated than the rest of the southern island where only one of the five million people live, approximately.

Today, we drove to the Arthur's pass village and did a 3 h hike from 920 m to 1400 m above sea level. We had a great view from the temple basin track and enjoyed the steep and...

Since the sun sets already at 17:30, we decided to get up with the sun in the morning (7:30) to have more from the day, like doing the treetop walk at Lake Mahinapua, visiting...

The westcoast presents itself from its best side: sunny and clear sky all day long, every day, amazing!

Since it was raining on my birthday, we spend the day in the Tekapu Springs with three hot pools and two saunas with a view over the Tepako lake and it's surrounding mountains....

Our highlight in Wānaka was the Puzzling world, with an outdoor maze, a puzzling cafe and many illusion rooms, so fun!

Terrified by the number of tourists in Queenstown, we drove past it and went for a lovely hike around Moke Lake. On the next day we did a hike on the famous Routeburn track into...

Today we visited the Te Ana-au glow-worm cave where we got on a cruise across the Lake Te Anau (from the city Te Anau), walked into the cave, got on another boat and drove on a...

The last two days we spent in Milford Sound on the west coast in the fjordlands. Due to strong winds our 5 h kayaking tour got cancelled. Instead, we did a cruise through the...

The highlight of the day was the Clifden caves where we saw glowworms in the dark. One of many limestone caves resulting in a 75 km long network of discontinuous caves in the...

While Dorian went on a fishing charter, I booked a water taxi to drop me off Ulva Island, a predator-free bird island.

Today we walked the 3 h Ryan's Creek Track to the Golden Bay as well as up the Observation rock in Oban. Unfortunately, the hiking huts were already fully booked, which is why...