Travelogues New Zealand

For many, Christchurch is just the airport they arrive at and depart from. The city itself is often skipped and instead they rush to the wild south. I cannot completely agree...

Die Reise geht weiter. Nach ein bisschen mehr als zwei Monaten in unserer zweiten Heimat, der Eco Lodge, war es nun wieder so weit und die Sehnsucht nach dem Reisen packte uns....

With this blog post, I will set a personal record: I have uploaded a total of 30 pictures simply because I couldn't decide and commit. There isn't much to tell, the actual...

Yesterday, I arrived in the small town of Te Anau after a 3-hour drive from Queenstown. Te Anau is located southwest of Queenstown on Lake Te Anau, which happens to be the...

We explored downtown Wellington on our own during a walking tour.

Forgive me for not posting an entry yesterday - there was just so little happening that I combined the two days together. Yesterday the weather was also quite bad, lots of gray...

From Auckland, we drove to the Coromandel Peninsula and first traveled along the west coast to Thames. This small town is one of the larger ones on the peninsula and was an...

After a rather short night (we had to solve our water problem first, but after a phone call with a Jucy employee, we are now smarter and regularly drain our waste water 😂), we...

Da wir den nachtaktiven Kiwi in freier Wildbahn wohl nicht zu Gesicht bekommen werden, sahen wir uns ihn im "Kiwi Haus" in Otorohanga an. In Hamilton schlenderten wir durch die...

Full of energy and eager to unpack our hiking shoes, we set off on Monday for the Tarawera Trail, which is 15km long and was only opened in 2014. We became aware of it through a...

Still recovering from yesterday's hike, I dragged myself out of bed at half past four today to catch the shuttle bus to the Tongariro Crossing. The Crossing is part of a Great...

Cities are meant to be explored. Some people manage to leave the hotel early, have a coffee and a croissant at the next corner, and tick off all the sights. As I said, some...

The sky last night was cloudless. And they were right, like diamonds on black velvet. Mega many stars and so many bright ones. Madness. Unbelievable. Fascinated. I could have...

You can't imagine how excited I was when I received the message last night that the White Island tour would take place. So much planning, so much money - but in the end it was...

30 hours later (after leaving the front door), after many airplane meals, Sudoku puzzles and movies, we finally arrived in Auckland. The first hurdle, as always, was whether our...

Still 4 days of travel and today. The travel days are now annoying, like everything else at the moment. But we have to hold out for the last 10 days. Today we are going...

After 3 nights, we are moving on today. However, right at the beginning, we encountered the first problem. The automatic garage door no longer opens. So we had to manually lift...

Hello! We left you in the dark for two months, so it's time to bring everyone up to date. After Caroline (our host in Opotiki, not Marie's mommy), we set off again to explore a...

San Francisco is 10849 km away, but it has a lot in common with Wellington. Both are located on a tectonic fault line. Nestled in hills, both cities have a cable car. Only when...

The night was... interesting: I had to hide in the bushes twice and of course a car came each time. So, I had to hide behind a car with my pants down. Not the most comfortable...

Thanks to Carsten's back exercises and the whirlpool, my back feels surprisingly good. It has to, because today is action day. The weather is supposed to be good, so we are...

Our landlord in Kaikoura told us there was a big mountain here. We didn't see it. Travel day. To Kaiteriteri, 358 km away, at the entrance to Abel Tasman National Park....

Here, the carts were lowered on ropes

Good news, now we can also enjoy the view from our bed. Today we leave rainy Wanaka. and our awesome lodge. and head to Franz Josef Glacier. It's slowly becoming...

What can I say, it's raining. Today the blooming comes to an end. We still have a packed sightseeing program ahead of us before we reach our next destination. We start with...

It's not raining yet today. The emphasis is on yet. However, our desire for activities is limited. Especially since I just read that the royal albatrosses are currently in their...

After publishing my...

5:45 the alarm clock rings. A terrible noise at such an ungodly hour. I would love to throw the thing out the window, turn around and go back to sleep. Unfortunately, that's not...

As announced earlier...

Oh the night was wonderful. The bed was a dream. Unfortunately, the breakfast time is so inconvenient that you can't even sleep in. 7:30 to 8:30 am. I know it's a great time for...