Travelogues Southland

With rain, wind, and sunshine

On Monday, Birgit and Oliver took a boat trip on Milford Sound. Meanwhile, we went on a hike that was still on our bucket list - the Gertrude Saddle. A challenging hike, but only...

From Invercargill to Milford Sound and to Queenstown

Most people take a boat tour in Milford Sound to see the fjords. However, Kate recommended I go on a kayaking tour instead. She had done the 'Stirling Sunriser' tour, which...

24.02.2023 ● Bluff Die Nacht stehen wir am Meer und haben eine sternenklare Nacht. Aufeinmal taucht eine Lichterstraße auf mit hunderten von Lichtern die sich auf einer Linie...

08.02.2023 ● Kaikoura Nach zwei aufregenden Tagen lassen wir es heute etwas ruhiger angehen. Wir schlafen erstmal richtig aus, das heißt für uns bis 8 Uhr. Wir Frühstück...

Today, I finally want to go to Milford Sound, a fjord in the southwest of the island. 180 km to go, so I'm starting at 6:30 AM. The last 20 km we crawl in convoy behind very...

In pitch darkness

Today would have actually been Cherry Cake Day, but sometimes you have to settle for alternatives. Although 'settling' is putting it mildly - honestly, a cherry cake would not...

Manapouri should only be a stopover on the quite long journey from Queenstown to Te Anau, and there isn't really much to see in the town. But there was a cable car that felt...

Finally back to the sound of the sea

This landscape is simply WOW!

On the way to Monowai I was picked up by a man who was heading to Queenstown and wanted to hike for 3 days. As soon as I got out of his car, a man shouted at me if I wanted to...

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Sunrise at the lake. Since we couldn't shop anymore, we went for breakfast at the only café in the village. It is run by realNZ and located at the dock for the boat to Doubtful...

From the side road in Milford Sound, two of the ten Great Walks begin: the Milford Track and the Routeburn Track. The Milford Track is by far the most well-known and popular...

Fjord sightseeing on foot and hiking on a multi-day track.

The outbound ferry journey from Bluff (place name for Mrs. O. ;-)) to Oban on Stewart Island was not for the faint of heart or stomach. We both managed it well, although the...

In the morning of March 21st, we were visited again by our duck couple. Everything went well until a dog without a leash came by and its owner couldn't stop it from hunting the...

With TJ, we headed after another night in Queenstown towards Invercargill. There we visited the Clifton Caves, located an hour to the west. It is a 1 km long cave arch. We...

Hello everyone! Today, we had only one thing on the agenda: Milford Sound, which is actually a fjord. Since we would be spending a lot of time in the car and driving can be...

Unfortunately, Firdolin-Christopher lost the battle against the tree. The hike was quite nice though.

Fantastic views of an amazing landscape!

2 days at the lakes in the Southland.

Rock, paper, scissors or rather beach, rock, view.

“The most beautiful hike in the world,” is how the poet Blanche Baughan described the Milford Track in an article published in the London magazine “The Spectator” around 100...

26th January 2014 The alarm goes off at 6.30am and I pack my things again. It rained overnight, I didn't hear it but the clouds are hanging low outside and the parking lot is...

14.01.2015 An earthquake wakes me up shortly after midnight as my bed shakes quite a bit and I am shaken quite a bit. I wait and am lucky that it's over after maybe half a...

On December 25th, the journey continued to Queenstown. On the way, we passed several lupines and made a short stop in Wanaka to see the famous Wanaka Tree in the lake....

Adventurer Britta in a cave system.