Travelogues Wanaka

What can I say about our night in the year 1900? After I had settled down in my jogging pants, sleep shirt, and socks, with my fleece towel on the pillow, I'm glad the night is...

A warm hello to all lovers of fine literature and adventure novels. Here we are again with new stories. If you haven't read the last post yet, you have to hurry😉. No, seriously...

Atemberaubender Ausblick vom Roy´s Peak über Wanaka und die gesamte Landschaft um den Lake Wanaka sowie verwirrende Puzzling World und Fortsetzung des Goldrausches

Day 34 Today was a day of travel and errands. First, we went shopping in the suburb of Wellington, Frankton at PAK'nSAVE and The Warehouse. Then we went to Britz, the motorhome...

15.01.2015 Exactly four weeks ago today, I picked up my car in Auckland and started my 6-week adventure. It's incredible how time flies. I didn't sleep well and I'm already...

04/11 - 06/11 Just an hour away from Queenstown is the small town of Wanaka. We set off there with our cool rental car. Yes, that's right, we are now proud owners of a rental...

Hello dear ones, Today I'm writing to you from beautiful Wanaka. Well, actually I'm sitting at Gillespies Beach where I'll be spending the night, but in this blog post I want to...

Our last New Zealand blog post before heading to Vietnam on Tuesday. This week we were lucky with the weather and had sunshine for most of our activities. We traveled from...

After a week's break in Queenstown, we continued our road trip through New Zealand's South Island. Our next major stop was the nearby Wanaka. On the way, we made some smaller...

The fastest growing city in New Zealand - not only in terms of population but also in terms of property prices. And there is a good reason for that.

Wanaka Tree

After yesterday's highlight, we have another one planned for today. The alarm goes off at 3 o'clock and after a small breakfast we drive to the Roys Peak Track. Ahead of us is a...

In Franz Josef we had planned a hike to a viewpoint high above the glacier. Since the mountains around the glacier were quite cloudy, we set off for a lower viewpoint. After a...

View from the Iron track

Today we drove from Clyde to Wanaka to the lake of the same name. We will stay here for three nights at the beautiful “Riverview Terrace B&B”, which is actually located in...

On our second to last day here in New Zealand, we had some more movement planned. Yesterday at Roy's Peak, it was the legs' turn (by the way, I can still walk) and today we...

In Wanaka, we could train our logical thinking and enjoy the view of the lake from the shore and from the mountain. In Arrowtown, we could immerse ourselves in a town during the...

After Franz Josef, another long bus journey awaited us. Now we have left the 'rainforest zone' behind and venture further into the -slightly more barren- mountains. Up to Lake...

So here's a little contribution from me My first skydive was amaaaazing Not even 24 hours after booking, I was already at the airfield. Peter, my tandem partner (a super cool...

Heading north and inland, the next destination was Wanaka, located on the eponymous lake in the mountains, just a pass away from Queenstown. We stayed overnight in Clyde at a...

Saturday the 4th til Tuesday the 7th of January: After arriving in Wanaka, my travel mates and me went to the lake for a quick dip (well I dipped, they took photos 😋) and to...

Mountains, mountains, mountains as far as the eye can see and we're right in the middle of it all! We did two beautiful tracks on our way further north - in the Wanaka area! One...

We got up early to be back at the campsite before the midday heat. After a few minutes drive, we reach the parking lot, which is the starting point of our hike. The...

First Christmas day, 25.12. Traditionally, this is the day when Christmas is celebrated. So, we had to take it easy as almost everything is closed. - No problem, let's play golf...

After our experiences on the glaciers of New Zealand we continued along the West Coast ...

The perhaps most famous and most photographed tree in the world. Welcome to Wanaka.

The small town of Wanaka is located 50km north of Queenstown and was our next stop on the Kiwiexperience list. This place is extremely influenced by tourism, because it is home to...

On Sunday (29.01) we went to Wanaka - to Lakeview Holiday Park: yes, camping again and no, still no internet 🙄 We spent the day dutifully washing clothes, going shopping, and...

07/02/2020 We have had 3 lakes on our program today. We started with Mount Cook. The road to Mount Cook is one of the most beautiful roads I have ever driven on, with the light...

Since it was rather difficult to get to Wanaka with the Intercity, we rented a car. On Saturday morning, we set off from Dunedin to Wanaka, a drive of about 4 hours. On the way,...