Travelogues New Zealand

2 days in Auckland have passed. I relaxed and explored the largest city in New Zealand and now I'm excited to experience more of the nature. Tomorrow, I'll pick up my rental car...

15 degrees in Wellington, it's the 24th of December 2019, Christmas is once again very different from home. There was only the two of us and our van. We managed to prepare a ham...

First a trip to the Otakou Peninsula, encounter with many seagulls which nest and breed there, looked somewhat like in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Later on another visual...

The famous Roy's Peak. Perfect weather, clear sky, our alarm clock rings at 4:30 in the morning. Today, on 09.12., we hiked to Roy's Peak. It is also exactly 10 years and 10...

The weather once again brought us rain this morning, and we couldn't book the planned boat trip on Lake Wakatipu because the speedboat wasn't running. As an alternative, we...

It rained heavily all night and there was plenty of liquid sunshine in the morning. Visit to the West Coast Wildlife Center, where you can admire two real kiwis, photography is...

Today the beautiful weather said goodbye, but for the Pancake Rocks it's not that dramatic. The formations of the rocks are simply unique, along with the impressive power of the...

We left the North Island today, with experiences that are hard to put into words. The crossing was calm and the weather was good. The entrance to Picton was just amazing, I have...

The Fox Glacier is another glacier located about 30 km from the Franz Josef Glacier. The Fox Glacier is one of the few glaciers that ends in the rainforest. I wanted to see...

After the day ended with sunshine yesterday, it rained this morning. So, I put on my rain gear, but when I started riding, the sun came out. However, it was still worth it, as...

But it was worth it. We're exhausted, but the scenery was amazing, endless roads and valleys in the mountains, rushing rivers and then the sea. One huge bay after another with...

We start with a water taxi, it drops us off at one of the many bays, and then we hike to the next bay where we will be picked up again. You can feel the South Pacific atmosphere...

28.09.19 - Alex The fluttering window of the bags didn't bother us as much as we had expected. Morally, we have already processed yesterday's incident quite well and after...

09/13/19- Jonna The weather today is only mediocre and because the WiFi here is working so well, you can easily spend another day here. After a hearty breakfast, we bundle up in...

The city is located in a really interesting place. It is spread across a wide area directly by the sea and many hills. One can really imagine how this city gradually ran out of...

The past few weeks have been all about harvest time, so it has been very busy! In theory, we were never introduced to any task, everything was done according to the motto...

Two hours later we found ourselves in the midst of countless vineyards. After a brief introduction with J., the Vineyard Manager, and an agreement to send all necessary...

After a night in Timaru with no penguin sighting, we left the east coast of New Zealand freshly showered. Since it was quite cold and rainy that day, we treated ourselves to a...

So... now it's time. 4 months in New Zealand are behind us and it's time to say goodbye. It was 4 wonderful months full of adventures and freedom, it's unbelievable how quickly...

The last section of our journey takes us to Northland. Upon arriving at the first campsite, the owner greeted us with a bag of freshly caught snapper, which we enjoyed freshly...

But we were not done with our journey through Middle-earth yet. The next morning, we hiked through the Putangirua Pinnacles with their awe-inspiring stone columns and embarked...

...a little forced break. as our Emma unexpectedly lost a lot of coolant due to a spontaneous bout of incontinence, we stayed a few days longer than originally planned in the...

Today, for a change, we took a bus and boat. We booked a day trip through Doubtful Sound - the less touristy of the fjords - and we were not disappointed. The weather was stormy...

Continuing on to Wanaka - a small, young, and truly beautiful town. We walked along the lake of the same name, visited the famous tree in the lake, and on the campsite, we had a...

Day 83 When you stand in front of a huge waterfall in the middle of the jungle on Christmas with a t-shirt and then march through the pouring rain after crawling through a...

The night in the car was over for me at 6:40 and for Noah at around 7:30, so we freshened up as much as possible... We then turned onto Haast Pass towards Wanaka around 8...

After an invitation from Brain and Emely, we spontaneously took a few days off during our journey and paid them a visit. This time, there was no work on the agenda. We could...

At around 12 o'clock we set off from Auckland to Russell, we had a road map with us, wanted to avoid the ferry and drove through the lonely mountains, where only two cars came...

Today we explored Rotorua - the cultural city of the Maori and the steaming earth. Unfortunately, the Maori Culture Museum was not accessible due to safety reasons. So we...

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