Travelogues Waitemata

North Island

From Auckland to the north and then to Coromandel: First part of our New Zealand road trip

Aotearoa - Translated, the Maori name for New Zealand means Land of the Long White Cloud. However, when we think of New Zealand, we think of so much more: It is the land of green...

Our journey through New Zealand starts in Auckland, in the north of the North Island. Auckland is the largest city in the country with a population of 1.4 million. Overall,...

Auckland: genüsslicher Eintopf mit Zuger Arkaden und der Zürich Bahnhofstrasse, gut darunter gemischt die Langstrasse.

Arrival in Auckland and heading north on the North Island

After our exciting last day in Salta and northern Argentina, on January 20th we had to pack our backpacks again and go to the airport. After spending 5 nights in the same hostel...

These greetings come partly from Auckland, the "City of Sails", and partly from the "Bay of Islands" at the northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand, an area of ​​144...

The best home one could wish for. During our time at Kiwi International Hotel, we lived with two Chinese, Nick and Qun, and two Czechs, Adela and David, who also worked...

A long, informative day and a good start to the New Zealand trip

03/02/2014 It's wonderful when you don't really have to do anything. I'm considering doing a hop-on-hop-off tour, but it costs $40 and there aren't any compelling sights in...

Our last days in New Zealand at East Cape and Auckland, our flight over Hong Kong, and arriving back home

Kia ora and welcome to my very first travel blog! Honestly, this is actually my first blog ever, so I'm looking forward to constructive feedback in the comments. ;-) Now let's...

After 24 hours of flying and 8 hours of waiting at multiple airports, we have finally made it. We are in New Zealand. The first flight from Frankfurt to Abu Dhabi was quite...

Cities are meant to be explored. Some people manage to leave the hotel early, have a coffee and a croissant at the next corner, and tick off all the sights. As I said, some...

30 hours later (after leaving the front door), after many airplane meals, Sudoku puzzles and movies, we finally arrived in Auckland. The first hurdle, as always, was whether our...

We started on the North Island on 07.02. in Wellington. We had booked an Airbnb accommodation for 2 nights. What we especially liked in the city was the Te Papa Museum...

08/24/19 - Jonna A very relaxed, long first night is behind us. We take it easy and after a hearty breakfast, we make the camper 'ready for the journey' - one spreads out quite...

Auckland Harbour . . . Bangkok Airport Auckland at Night After an hour of not few but typical complications, I suddenly arrived in New...

Entering Auckland was not a very pleasant experience, I must confess. First of all, I lost a whole day when I crossed the international date line, which was quite strange. I...

This year, we wanted to start the new year 12 hours before Germany and watched the fireworks in Auckland.

Last week it was time for the farewell and everything that goes with it! My last week of work was really busy again, as Scott had to go on an out-of-town assignment for several...

After 34 hours of travel time, we were able to set foot on New Zealand soil for the first time on Sunday, December 3. We passed all security checks by 6 am and treated ourselves...

It was magical, it was stunning, it was finally New Zealand.

Without having seen the rest of the country, I can still claim with some certainty that Auckland is not the most beautiful spot in New Zealand.

Our experiences from the last part of the journey to New Zealand.

Hello dear ones, after our somewhat longer journey, we have finally made it and actually arrived. On the day of arrival, we only took a short walk. On March 9th, we headed to...

We're in New Zealand and we have a car! As some of you already know, we found a van right at the beginning in Auckland, New Zealand... How? Here, the demand for vans is so...

At the airport, everything was taken care of and we also had a SIM card. We took the bus to our Airbnb in Otahuhu but the door was locked when we arrived. Great, our host Ady...

03.10.2019 - 06.10.2019 Meine Erkundung der größten Stadt in Neuseeland habe ich im Albert Park begonnen. Ein schöner Park, dessen Besuch sich lohnt. Hier zeigte sich der...