Travelogues Tasman

With the Marlborough Sounds behind us, we drive a few very curvy kilometers into Abel Tasman National Park, the oldest and smallest national park in New Zealand. We take a short...

Now the time had finally come and our Great Walk was about to start. On the evening before, we packed our large backpacks with rice, oats, and everything else we would need for...

09.02-12.02 Abel Tasman National Park

The Abel Tasman Coast Track is a total of 51 kilometers long and can be done in 3-5 days, staying in huts that you book in advance. However, the huts only have mattresses and a...

great days in Abel Tasman - the Caribbean of New Zealand

Today was another transfer day. We drove from Rapahoe to Mapua to our accommodation for three days, the Apple Pickers Cottages https://www.applepickers.nz/. Now we are near the...

We explored Abel Tasman National Park by kayak, water taxi, and on foot.

In the afternoon we arrived in the north of the South Island, where we settled directly at the national park at a nice campground (best spot again). There we spent the evening...

We have been on the South Island since Sunday and we really love it! We spent the first night in a hostel in Picton, then we 'couchsurfed' in Nelson for 2 days and actually...

The attentive reader of this blog will have already noticed that we drove the South Island in a figure eight and are now well on our way back, we have been on the road for...

What beaches!

On Thursday we started a 4-day-hike trough the Abel Tasman National Park, the smallest and simultaneously the most popular national park. Day 1: A water taxi dropped us off in...

Golden beaches and the weather is holding up well

From Marahau we take a water taxi to the Abel Tasman National Park. Yes, there is a tractor with a boat in tow and we get on. Then the tractor with the boat goes to the water...

Today's route took us towards the Golden Bay. First, we have to cross the Takaka Hill. During my last visit two years ago, it was closed due to multiple landslides, completely...

Want to see the clearest water in the world? Of course! So we headed to the coast of Golden Bay. That's where the Takaka River is located, and near there you can admire the Pupu...

Starry sky

One of the nine New Zealand "Great Walks" starts in "Marahau". The "Abel Tasman Coast Track" has a total length of 60 kilometers. If you want to walk the entire distance, the...

Get up, apply sunscreen, pack your bag and go. A bit sleepy, we get on the bus that takes us to the starting point of our tour. After a short safety briefing and...

Since we had decided to see as much of the South Island as possible, we naturally wanted to continue our journey as quickly as possible. However, our safety was more important...

23.12 -26.12.2016 During Christmas, we rented an apartment in Nelson with Luisa, Jessi, Andre, and Dennis to relax and celebrate Christmas there. We can check-in only after 4...

The ferry crossing from Wellington to Picton was absolutely fantastic. The weather was wonderful and the colors in the sea kept changing, even dolphins accompanied us. We...

A good, cozy breakfast, then we trundle along towards Nelson for shopping and refueling. The timber trucks aren't any faster; here, forests are being felled, and broom is...

On March 26th we made our first stop at the Punakaiki Blowholes. There were large rock formations to see, the individual layers of which were clearly visible. This is why the...

We have now arrived on the South Island. We were lucky with the weather as the ferry 🚢 crossed the Cook Strait and contrary to fears and stories, it only swayed a little. The...

ERGOS New Zealand Tour

We are already arriving at the place in New Zealand where there is at most 7 days of rain in a month during summer, and what's the weather like when we arrive? Right, it's...

Incredible day trip to one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The landscape is incredible. Deserted.

Lake Rotoiti