Te Anau

Best travel reports from Te Anau

Sounds of Koewis Diaries

A New Zealand ''Heya'' to our blogging community. We are slowly nearing the end of our ''time out''. With the idea of excerpts from our diaries and photos of our adventures from...

Magical Moments

Adventure on the second-largest lake in New Zealand

Te Anau and the Kepler Track

Yesterday, I arrived in the small town of Te Anau after a 3-hour drive from Queenstown. Te Anau is located southwest of Queenstown on Lake Te Anau, which happens to be the...

When the soul learned to relax

First day of travel in New Zealand or is it called in New Zealand. It's raining. The perfect weather for traveling. 181 km south to Te Anau. 2 hours through breathtaking...

Fjordland National Park

On Thursday we went on a trip to Doubtful Sound. To get there, we first took a boat across the lake. The initially beautiful weather quickly turned into heavy rain and wind. At...

Day 30 - Southern Scenic Road to Fiordland

01/13/2015 The alarm goes off at 7:00 am because I might want to take a detour to Te Anau if the road isn't too bad. So I get in the car at 9:00 am and head to Balclutha and...

25/02/2018 - Fiordland has been reached

Arrived in "Te Anau". In the last few days we have always been heading towards "Fiordland". We made only short stops in different cities, villages or whatever you want to call...

8.12.2017: Experience fireflies up close

We made the right choice with our excursion to Milford Sound yesterday, because today the sky looks exactly as I expect it in Fjordland - cloudy, but at least it is not raining....

Signs of life

Hello everyone, A little sign of life from me. Unfortunately, my computer has given up the ghost, so there are currently no blog entries. I hope it's relatively inexpensive...

The Fjordland

For over a month, we traveled with our Odhi through the southern part of the South Island and daily expanded our camping skills and learned about the beautiful sides as well as...

Te Anau (2 days)

In Queenstown, we bought something from our favorite bakery for the trip, which started around 10 o'clock. The ride wasn't very spectacular, so we only stopped briefly for a...

Oamaru to Te Anau

This has been my longest drive. It was a total of about 5 hours drive. From Oamaru, I first drove through the beautiful city of Dunedin and from there to the Otago Peninsula....

Donnerstag, 23.01., Te Anau

ERGOS New Zealand trip

Wanaka-Te Anau

08.02.2020 We woke up at 6am to start The Royal Pick Track, a 6-hour hike. It was incredibly steep, but it was worth it and we were able to reach the top by 4pm. We were hungry,...

Day 30 Te Anau

Departure in the rain towards Te Anau. The drive there was rather uneventful. Just past Queenstown, a short detour up to the Remarkables ski area, there was even fresh snow. On...

Glowworm Caves

Today we were in Te Anau in a glowworm cave.🐛 We took a half-hour boat ride across Lake Te Anau to get there. There, a guide told us some interesting things about the caves,...

30.03. Through the south on the Southern Scenic Route

We have time. So we decided not to take the direct route to Te Anau, our next stop. The Southern Scenic Route was highly recommended to us, so we drove the complete route from...

Day 20 Te Anau

Today is Sunday, perfect for a day to chill out. At the reception of the campsite, I get valuable tips. In addition, I book a boat tour in Milford Sound for the next day with a...

Te Anau and the snow

Yes, that was not so great. The overnight stay on the ship had to be canceled because there was no way to get to the Milford Sounds. It was really annoying, but you can't...

Day 5

We left our accommodation early today to spend time in Te Anau with a hike in Fiordland. We had a beautiful hike on the Kepler Track. There was a calm atmosphere with moist but...