Travelogues Canterbury

Today we stayed at our camping site at the beach during the forenoon and mingled with some Germans from Frankfurt and some Kiwis (people from New Zealand) from Kerikeri. Based...

Our journey north continues, today we drove to Christchurch. In the morning we mainly packed and cleaned up the RBNB. On the way we stopped again at the Burkes Pass Gallery....

After a cozy breakfast with an Australian, a Dane, and the owner, we went to the city center. We boarded the old tram and had a little city tour, the tram driver had a lot to...

Today we drove 279 km into the mountains, a popular ski area in winter. Here we have a beautiful mountain lake where we will spend 2 days at a campsite. Lake Tekapo is fed by...

Wir sind gut in Christchurch gelandet und haben heute morgen unseren Camper in Empfang genommen. Unser erstes Ziel ist Arkaroa, ein Städchen in einer Bucht, südöstlich von...

It’s hard not to fall in love with New Zealand. The country knows how to charm his visitors with the right amount of friendliness. Obviously, a bit of planning will make your...

21.02.2020 We got up early again. On the agenda for the day was swimming with dolphins. We were picked up at the campsite and taken on a small motorboat with about 10 people. We...

Okay, let's get started. We were on the road for 36 hours from the front door at home to the hotel in Christchurch. It was noon here and in the middle of the night for us. What...

Our planned trip to New Zealand from 13.12.19 to 13.01.20 started on 12.12.19 with a shocker. The flight from Hamburg to Zurich was cancelled and no one informed us. By chance,...

One last time in the morning, packing the motorcycles for the final 330 km stage to Christchurch. The temperatures today were okay, but that wind again. The route took us north,...

Weather looks good, today we planned to hike to the Mystery Lake. One way is 10 km so round trip is 20 km. What is the Mystery Lake? No idea, at this point we had never heard of...

Almost right next to Christchurch begins the area Banks Peninsula, a volcano-formed small mountain range. In the middle is the small town of Akaroa, from which penguin or...

Last day, van packed. Off to Toni's and then onwards :) our next campsite is 30 km away from Christchurch and called Chamberlains Ford. Next to a river and lots of green space,...

It's been almost 1 month here and something changes every week.. Mike's work schedule has changed, he now works 8 days then has 2 days off, works 8 days then has 3 days off, and...

Finally the first time hiking :). That was such a beautiful day! Today we took a total of 24,000 steps and hiked almost 16 km. We took the bus from the bus station in...

My fish stall in Akaroa

Given the completely messed up shower rooms, I'll pass. Since the milk in my poorly cooling refrigerator has become sour for the umpteenth time, there won't even be any coffee...

Although Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, it is quite boring .. Visiting the memorials and the mosque of the attack was exciting and...

Our next stop was the city of Christchurch, which is still heavily marked by a violent earthquake in 2010 - Many destroyed buildings and even completely abandoned blocks of...

We spent our last two days comfortably. Yesterday, after the exciting dolphin experience, we slept in and, since the weather was rather bad, we treated ourselves to a long...

On 02.01. I not only separated from the people in the house, but also from Jana. She is now in Invercargill, in the very south of the North Island, working there as an au...

On Sunday, we drove north along the coast to Kaikoura. This road is only open on weekends since the earthquake. The kilometers in New Zealand may seem short, but they take...

I've already completed today's program in 2013, but it includes two must-see attractions at Mount Cook that I don't want to withhold from Eric. We meet with Isa at the start of...

So we went back to the deepest Pampa after Kaikoura. I never thought I would love not having cell phone reception sooooooooo much. Actually, we cracked the 20° mark and made it...

In 3 days, our work in Ashburton will finally end. In short, despite the work, we can describe our three-week stay as beautiful. Because in our new accommodation, 'Jessy's...

“Nature” is what we see—The Hill—the Afternoon—Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—Nay—Nature is Heaven—Nature is what we hear—The Bobolink—the Sea—Thunder—the Cricket—Nay—Nature is...

Cappuccino and pudding pastry at Triangle Espresso for a boost on the way to Ralf's cousin, Warrington near Dunedin

Since it was raining on my birthday, we spend the day in the Tekapu Springs with three hot pools and two saunas with a view over the Tepako lake and it's surrounding mountains....

Today we watched the sunrise above the sea and cancelled our whale watching tour due to strong winds (22 m/h = 77 km/h). After doing our first laundry we went to the south bay...

While Dorian went fishing in the forenoon, I went for a 3 h hike in the Hanmer forest up to Mount Isobel passing the dog stream waterfall. In the afternoon I joined Dorian at...