Travelogues Punakaiki

My synapses are focused on food and after a visit to the Pancake Rocks, I had a craving for pancakes for weeks.

A coffee later and another 30 kilometers inland along the Hokitika River to enjoy the Hokitika Gorge Walk.

A drive along the coast, rocks and sea

We continued along the West Coast. We drove to Westport and had a great campsite there, secluded and right on the beach. To get there, we had to fight through a lot of...

30.01.20 Today we're heading to the West Coast. It's surprisingly difficult for us to leave the cozy breakfast table in the bright sunshine. However, we have a long way to go,...

So, so... another new adventure. Today, rafting, cave and glowworms were on the program, and a few other things came up as well. We started early in the morning to Charleston, a...

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...

The day started with a visit to an old gold mine, which we explored on our own with a flashlight (and fireflies) after an introduction by the enthusiastic owner (3rd...

Today we had a full day, we woke up in the morning and got a lot of tips from a New Zealander who was selling coffee and breakfast in his little caravan. ☺️ So we went to the...

The Pancake Rocks deserve their name. Not worth seeing for some, but even more so for me!

Tuesday 13.3.(91 km / 800 meters climbing) captivating landscape Wild sea Jungle Camping in Charlston Wednesday 14.3.(83 km/ 1000meters climbing) spectacular...

The next stop for us were the Pancake Rocks. An interesting landscape of crazy arranged stones.

When we came back from the hike, it started raining. As we will later find out, the rain will accompany us for a while. We managed to hitchhike from Fox Glacier to Greymouth...

Hello and let's continue, After my beautiful walk at Lake Matheson, I drove to Punakaiki. It is a small town, but has a lot to offer in terms of scenery. This place is located...

So there it was. The West Coast. The place where even New Zealanders go on vacation - the Baltic Sea of New Zealanders, so to speak. 'Untamed natural wilderness' is the 'slogan'...

02/06/2017 The alarm clock rings early, as rain is forecasted from 12 o'clock, which is typical for the West Coast of the South Island, as here the masses of clouds coming from...

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...

We hope you all had a nice holiday season and a good start to the new year. We spent Christmas at the beautiful Pancake Rocks. Pancake stack-like shape of the Pancake Rocks. ...

What will the pancakes look like, I couldn't really imagine. Rocks that look like stacked pancakes. The sea was incredibly impressive with the force it hit the land. I...