Travelogues New Zealand

After enjoying the sunrise at Hot Water Beach, I drove to Hahei. From there, you can visit Cathedral Cove, which is a rock formation similar to Elephant Rock and is usually...

I’m not quite sure why, but somehow Twizel seems like a strange name for a town ... it certainly stands out from the previous place names. On the internet, we learn that Twizel...

Today we are heading south on the island to Wanaka to a holiday apartment. After 60 km, we meet Ian, Duncan's brother, who kindly invited us on a tour with his jet boat. Unlike...

September was a beautiful month and I experienced a lot! September 1st was a Sunday and we drove to Hamilton. There, we visited the Hamilton Gardens, which were really...

Even though no day here is like the other, there are a few fundamental things that remain the same every day. Daily Routine: Getting up between 7 and 8 Feeding the cows Having...

Everyone spent the first five days in New Zealand together at an On Arrival Camp in Papamoa Beach (a suburb of Tauranga) in the northern part of the New Zealand North Island. In...

Although I have had my agreement for New Zealand since December, I only found out in mid-June which project and thus where I will be living in New Zealand: I'm going to Living...

This is the trail you want to walk if you are in Auckland and have a car!

The French, Cap, Diane, Lou, and Soulin as well as the Spaniard Lide have roughly the same route as Madlen and I, which led us to meet again for surfing in Westport🥳🥳 at the...

A lakeside dinner with sunset and views of the fjords of the South Island.

Kia Ora (greeting in Maori), City tour and walk on the volcano Mount Eden, where the crater is clearly visible. A fantastic view of the whole of Auckland from up there,...

Bipi goes Kiwi.... .... when I saw a report about the Marlborough Sounds on TV about 10 years ago, I wished I could go there, but I didn't really think it was possible. And now...

After our ferry docked on the South Island at around 7:30 p.m., we drove the winding road to the Momorangi Bay Campground. There we ate dinner, showered and did a load of...

5.3.2024 Bay of Islands We left the ship via tender and then boarded our tour bus. Our driver introduced himself as "Holger", which confirmed my suspicions based on his English...

We have left the interior behind us and are back on the coast in Tauranga. Here we spend a night at the campsite and play cards. In our excitement we lose our spatula and forget...

Fox Glacier from a distance and hike around Lake Matheson instead of helicopter and quad bike tour.

Franz Josef Waiau below the glacier actually has only one purpose - to sell helicopter sightseeing flights.

The highlight of the day: the hike to Wharariki Beach, across meadows, pastures and dunes... to where Mr. Windows lives.

In Rotorua there is Maori buffet, a local brine meat, so to speak.

In the morning we drive to Picton and sit in the harbor with a coffee. We're trying to plan our remaining weeks on the North Island. We don't succeed so well and we decide to...

Rest and relax - that is the motto for Coromandel. What do we do? HIKING DAY!

Fantastic! We drove about 200 km north of Auckland to a small beach, Whale Bay in Matapouri. Small parking lot on the side of the road high above the coast, few cars,...

1.4 million people live in Auckland, which is around 1/3 of the New Zealand population - but you somehow don't notice it. The city seems to consist only of hills, always going up...

We arrive at our next stop while it is raining. Unfortunately we don't like the campsite that much at all, there is no nice lounge and the internet/reception is so bad that we...

On the last day of the trip we went back to Auckland. Since there was still time before departure and as a saver you don't want to waste time, we spontaneously decided to visit...

We continue on to a peninsula near Christchurch. Roughly comparable for Germans with THE holiday island of Rügen. Unfortunately, we didn't think enough about the fact that it's...

After we've had a good night's sleep, we start the day with a short but mountainous jog and then give ourselves plenty of time to get ready. So it happens that we don't have...

Today is December 24th, and the day doesn't start out so well for Maren. We open the trunk lid and are happy about the beautiful view as many pesky little mosquitoes buzz into...

Te Anau, Mirror Lakes, Key Summit hike and lupins at the campground

Light blue river, white river banks and views views views