Travelogues New Zealand

After renting a room in an apartment in Christchurch, we spend the next few days signing up with various agencies. After 2-3 days, we have success and are matched with a job. It...

Actually, we wanted to add this little entry to the previous one, but we thought that Nia deserves her own. But let's start from the beginning: It was pouring rain when we...

Whanganui River

We are in Queenstown! The city is located on Lake Wakatipu, the second deepest lake in the world, surrounded by a mountain panorama. Queenstown can also be called the city of...

So, after our boss extended it for the 4th time, we were finally done with work on the cherry plantation. We really had one of the easiest jobs you can get on plantations, which...

Hello dear ones, I thought I would get in touch with you again. Not much has happened in the last few days. I moved into my new room, which I really like because it is small,...

On the day after the kayaking tour, we started early as we wanted to drive up to the northernmost point of the South Island. So we drove along the Golden Bay, a large and...

We have arrived on the South Island!!! We will inform you about Wellington and the ferry ride on our way back. The South Island is truly, as everyone has told us, diverse and...

Hello dear ones, here I am again. Today there is really not much to tell, because we had a cozy day today, meaning we slept until 8:30 am, had a leisurely breakfast and packed...

Now comes the last stop in New Zealand: Queenstown. On the way from Wanaka, you have a great view of the city. Located on Lake Wakatipu & between mountains, it is in front...

Another stop was at Ruby Bay near Nelson, where we had a great campground right by the sea and could buy great wine. Afterwards, we continued to the two lakes Lake Rotoiti and...

01/29/17 We spent the night at a DOC campground, but since we don't want to pay $13 for a pit toilet, we get up at 5:30 am so the ranger doesn't charge us. We drive further into...

The train station building is made of marble, volcanic and limestone.

Meanwhile, we have also arrived in the capital of New Zealand - Wellington. After returning our car early, we explore the city center a bit. There are lots of cafes and shops on...

The day starts early for us. We are determined to take advantage of our slightly erratic sleep rhythm and experience the sunrise at Lake Tekapo. As a reward for the morning...

20.01.17 Due to the bad weather expected on the West Coast in the following days and weeks, we decide to explore the South Island along the East Coast. Our journey initially...

Early at 8 our car was ready for pick up. A relatively new Suzuki Swift. With great excitement, we drove north. Between the green mountains, you feel like in the Shire. We made...

15.02-19.02 Marlborough sounds On Wednesday, after the check-out, we went to the 'Center of New Zealand' - a approximately 20-minute hike through a park, to the top of a hill....

Ranfurly is a small town - or rather a village in the high plains of Otago, west of Dunedin, in the hinterland, or one could also say in the middle of nowhere. The construction...

Okay the title of this entry is clearly an understatement. You could rather call it a completely exhausting climb up a mega-steep mountain.

Every time we are excited again when a Wwoof host accepts us and we go there to work for a few days. And even though Becca and Conrad were our fourth Wwoof job, the excitement...

Goodbye Australia, hello New Zealand! or: Goodbye warmth, hello cold! We boarded the plane in Adelaide at 37 degrees and landed in Christchurch at 15 degrees. It hasn't gotten...

From Christchurch we headed back into the mountains to Lake Tekapo, a beautifully situated reservoir with turquoise water. The tour took us southwest out of Christchurch to the...

Der Wecker klingelt zeitig, da wir zum 'schönsten Strand' Neuseelands fahren wollen

Rakaia Gorge

After our short detour towards Northland, we decided to continue southwards and explore Coromandel and the entire east coast of the North Island. Our next destination was Tapu,...

After a last-minute hostel change (which, by the way, was 1000 times nicer), we were excited for the upcoming road trip. However, since we had no idea where to go, we decided...

Next, we continued south toward Lake Rotoiti, a beautiful crystal-clear mountain lake that somehow looked like Lake Königssee, only with fewer people. There were already a few...

11/24/2016 The alarm clock rang very early today because at 7:30 am our Wild Water Rafting Tour through the Waitomo Caves began. We received brief instructions and then...

After we, although Judith was checked and interrogated several times by various authorities during her 36-hour plane journey, finally found each other without any problems at...