Travelogues Southland

After the Dusky Sounds we entered the Doubtful Sounds at around 11am. We had 13*C, 6bft wind force, 420m water depth and 77% humidity. As soon as the sun comes out it is...

Today we are going to Te Anau, which is located on Lake Te Anau. From there, our tour to Milford Sound will start tomorrow. We will reach the place around noon and go to our...

Finally woke up and nearly blue sky. Heading to Milford Sound, the journey itself is simply breathtaking. A must-visit is the numerous signposted natural attractions, where you...

After weeks of hard work on the kiwi orchard, we're now heading to the South Island. Our exhausted bodies need some rest. 😂 First stop was Wellington before taking the ferry to...

After visiting Fjordland, we drove to the south - to Bluff - and then a little further: a ferry took us to Stewart Island - the third largest island in New Zealand with an area...

Milford Sound is on the agenda today. We have booked a tour, taking the bus there, taking a boat ride, visiting the underwater observatory, and taking the bus back to Te Anau....

Autumn is here. *Shivering* becomes the evening ritual. We continue our journey from the southernmost point to Milford Sound. Stopover = Invercargill. To my sweetheart's...

Milford Sound once again in bright sunshine!

So on my first real day in New Zealand, I first went to Milford Sound, a fjord on the South Island of New Zealand, also known as the supposed eighth wonder of the world. The...

Day trip part 1 to the river Bruinen, the natural border to Rivendell.

Heading south to Dunedin, which by the way has a good brewery and good beer🍺🍺. Stopped somewhere in the middle of nowhere to see an old railway tunnel dug by hand, about 200...

ERGOS New Zealand trip

Off to Fjordland! But before we ventured deep into Fiorland, we paid a visit to a small bird park. We saw the mountain parrot Kaka - playful chatterboxes that belong to New...

Today we got up early to catch the ferry from Bluff to Stewart Island/Rakiura to stay there over the weekend. What a rollercoaster! The ferry took one hour and the passage never...

Today was the second day of our fjord tour. We learned a lot more about the formation and discovery of the fjords, as well as why they were named by whom. In the afternoon, we...

New Zealand is the epitome of calm! So you just hit the road... nice and easy, sometimes without a plan. By the way, what day is it today? Not having a plan is sometimes a plan....

After a few days of road closure due to avalanche danger and a detour to a slightly remote campground, we were finally able to take the famous boat tour in Milford Sounds. The...

In the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand, there are the famous Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound. We decided to take a trip to Doubtful Sound because we were told that...

The last two days we spent in Milford Sound on the west coast in the fjordlands. Due to strong winds our 5 h kayaking tour got cancelled. Instead, we did a cruise through the...

Today we made our way to Manapouri. Here the Milford Wanderer will depart, a two-masted ship on which we will sail into the fjords and spend the night. The fjords were...

With the arrival in Bluff, a very special and impressive journey comes to an end, which has probably infected us with the 'Polar Bug': We have developed several ideas for...

Nomen est Omen, or something like that. Milford Sound is today's destination. We thought we would go on Monday so that there would be enough space on Sunday for the masses of...

I learned on this trip that a ship does not sail, but navigates or cruises. Today we had an entry into Milford Sound designated as a tourist navigation by the captain. A sound...

Auf dem Wege von Queenstown zum Highlight Milford Sound, machen wir heute Station in Teanau, wieder gelegen an einem wunderschönen See. Morgen geht es dann zum Fjord Milford...

Today we walked the 3 h Ryan's Creek Track to the Golden Bay as well as up the Observation rock in Oban. Unfortunately, the hiking huts were already fully booked, which is why...

Quite early in the morning we went from Queenstown to Te Anau to see Milford Sound the next day. Once I got off the bus, I had to carry my backpack to the hostel for half an...

Day 86 of 175: Cruise around the world - Oban/Stewart Island/New Zealand

The highlight of the day was the Clifden caves where we saw glowworms in the dark. One of many limestone caves resulting in a 75 km long network of discontinuous caves in the...

Today we visited the Te Ana-au glow-worm cave where we got on a cruise across the Lake Te Anau (from the city Te Anau), walked into the cave, got on another boat and drove on a...

While Dorian went on a fishing charter, I booked a water taxi to drop me off Ulva Island, a predator-free bird island.