Travelogues New Zealand

From the free campsite at Lake Dunstan, we drove through the town of Frankton to Queenstown. Queenstown itself is only a few streets large and consists mainly of hotels and...

Hostel in Auckland In the morning, we check out of the hostel and continue working on our to-do list. Once we arrived in the city, we parked at a private parking lot owned by...

Hostel in Auckland Today is the day, finally we can pick up our car! Take the train to Parakura Station and get picked up by the van seller from there - everything seems...

Starting point of our journey: Plochingen train station. At this point, we hadn't quite realized that it was really starting. But

Crossing from the North Island to the South Island in New Zealand...

The story of Mt. Taranaki and why the journey was in vain for me...

21.09.19 - Jonna I wake up pretty early, somehow the car was shaking. I'm not sure if it was an earthquake or if Alex moved silently. I read a bit until Alex wakes up and we...

We hitchhiked for the next 40 km. Perched on the loading platform, we went in search of new suitable tires. Fortunately, the workshop was located at the agreed...

Wednesday, 18.09.2019 I finally arrived in New Zealand. Today is my first real day here for me. Although I did arrive yesterday, I spent the whole day sleeping. Today, I...

We started the day very calmly, woke up at 6:30 am because we went to sleep at 9 pm yesterday. We explored the city in a relaxed manner and visited the Botanic Garden in Hagley...

At the start of the new year, our journey continued through the Catlins and Fiordland, the absolute south of the South Island. Two regions with seemingly endless nature reserves...

After about a week, we left the New Zealand Alps and headed towards the East Coast. You know the complaints about construction sites in German traffic, but at least damages are...

Today we continued on the trail of the filming locations of 'The Lord of the Rings'. We saw Isengard and the Ithilien Camp where Basti, like a Hobbit, hid behind the bush on the...

On the two days, we visited the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. It was sad to see how little is left of them, but still very impressive. We also visited Peter's Pool where the...

To avoid the bad weather at Abel Tasman, we spent 2 days at Golden Bay, a little (and especially a steep pass) further inland. We visited the PupuSprings - a sacred place for...

On the way to Nelson, we made a stop at Pelorus Bridge Reserve where we took a short hike through the forest to a waterfall and another filming location from The Hobbit (part of...

Yesterday we went swimming in a natural hot spring right on the Waikato River, surrounded by a green paradise. Warmed up by the warm water, we continued hiking to the Huka...

For four days, Elli and I are going to Coromandel! It has often been said that it is a beautiful city and great for backpackers. So I had some expectations for Coromandel. ...

As you may have noticed, photos from October 17th were only posted a day later. This was due to the accommodation we stayed in this time. Everything was very basic and there was...

Rainbow Falls is a magical place. You can feel the peaceful and natural atmosphere even though this unique waterfall is located in the heart of a small town.

Last week and New Zealand. On Friday after I came back, I decided to drive to Nelson in the evening. I slept on the side of the road at night and then continued driving in the...

I'm still in the area around Tauranga as there wasn't work every day. I used the free time to explore the area, for example, I visited the highest waterfall (Wairere Falls) on...

We spent the last two days at Hokiangi Harbour. This is a bay on the northwest coast that extends 50 km inland. The region is significantly less touristy and still somewhat...

The Hundertwasser Toilet

The journey takes us all the way to the north of the island. We didn't want to force ourselves to drive all the way up in one day. So our goal for a stopover today was Matakana,...

Today's originally short tour (about 150 km) to the northwestern corner of the South Island, to the Tasman region, was extended by a detour to French Pass (+ 3 hours). It was...

Sunset overlooking the Kaikoura Peninsula

Thursday morning, early to Melbourne airport. The plane (Air New Zealand) took off for Christchurch at 09:15 (flight duration 03:10 hours). Upon arrival, strict checks are...

After the hike, we drove to Te Mata Peak. Great view from up there of the city of Hastings and the mountains. At that time, we already felt like we were in Hobbiton. ...

The next stop were two huge caves. The first one was the Moria Gate Arch. You had to climb through a small entrance into the cave. Then a huge room opened up in front of you...