Travelogues Otago

A little walk in the Queenstown area

At some point we arrived in Queenstown. This is the tourist hotspot for New Zealanders and the peak period of the high season is between Christmas and New Year. A nightmare for...

In my guidebook it is written that basically every resident of Twizel took part in Lord of the Rings: In the Battle of the Pellenor Fields. However, that was 20 years ago and...

After returning from Stewart Island, our next destination was the Catlins - one of our favorite regions in New Zealand. The Catlins is a rainforest area on the South Coast, with...

Cool house with an ocean view, we are sleeping in the cabin and it's really great. Today we did the Huriawa Pā Walk and learned a lot about Māori culture, then we paddled with a...

Today we were where the dark tower of Saruman once stood, in Isengard.

The last week at camp was characterized by many off days, as the cherry season is coming to an end. We did a lot, celebrated, and enjoyed the spectacular weather. Together in a...

It's been a while since I've updated through a blog post. That's why it's time to summarize the last exciting weeks. Together with TJ, Niklas, and Noah, I arrived at the cherry...

After a stopover at some great, but rather unspectacular sandstone rock formations, we drive to the next boring rocks on the beach. We expected more from these semicircular...

Wanaka is located 70 kilometers north of Queenstown and at the southern end of Lake Wanaka. In summer, it is a popular place to spend your vacation, with water sports activities...

On the way from Lake Tepako to Königinstown, we have spectacular views in the best weather. First, we can have a perfect, cloudless view of the snow-covered Mount Cook, the...

Today we had breakfast in Arrowtown. At 1 I was dropped off at the NZ Rafting Station in Arthurs Point to go whitewater rafting. The tour was grades 3-5, went over the Shotover...

Today we went to Queenstown again. Among other things, we took the gondola to a viewing platform to take photos of the skyline; here you could also have taken a hiking trail up...

On Monday I started my New Zealand trip. Until February 14th I will travel to the South Island (Te Wai-pounamu) with 3 friends. 4 weeks of camping, no private bathroom and no...

I was expecting a more typical, perhaps slightly larger city in New Zealand. And as we all know, the cities in New Zealand aren't that beautiful now. But as we got closer and...

A not so exciting week as I was mainly looking for a job in Queenstown. When I arrived I climbed Queenstown Hill straight away in the evening: Otherwise I walked around the...

Woke up fresh and lively today and headed west. We were slowed down by the weather, it had snowed overnight, but I didn't want to put on snow chains, so we took the route around...

Queenstown, a tight landing, the runway is nestled in a valley surrounded by mountains. What immediately strikes me is the pure air, it makes the colors appear so brilliant....

Today we drove from Christchurch to Dunedin. We wanted to explore the east coast of the South Island. It is mainly pasture land and farms, compared to the glacier lakes and...

It rained today. We went to Arrowtown again, this time we went downtown. You can still see the past of the small town as a gold mining village. Afterwards we went hiking to...

Our campervan

Terrified by the number of tourists in Queenstown, we drove past it and went for a lovely hike around Moke Lake. On the next day we did a hike on the famous Routeburn track into...

Today we left a little later because my sister was still working in the morning. We drove into Queenstown, looked at the city center and visited the botanical gardens. One of...

I want to take you to my favorite places. The first place was at Lake Wakatipu on the way to Queenstown. A beautiful place! We spent two warm and sunny days there. We were able...

📍 Shag Point, Otago 📍Nugget Point 📍 Moeraki, Boulders Beach Ich glaub, mehr muss man nicht dazu sagen. Seht Euch die Bilder an, die sprechen für sich. Ein kleines bisschen...

Mount Iron in Wanaka was our destination this morning. A 9 km circuit walk with a fantastic view at the top. Great. Unfortunately, it started raining on the way back and it got...

Without further ado, we went directly to Queenstown today, with a few stops to take pictures. After checking in, we went straight to the 'City' with the shuttle service. A...

Today we visited the Moeraki Boulders, some strange stone formation at the beach. After that, we drove to Dunedin where Dorian went fishing in Port Chalmers while I was reading....

Today we went to the Elephant rocks (near Duntroon) where a scene of Narnia was filmed. Despite cloudy and chilly weather we explored Ōamaru at the coast with its ancient...

In the morning we went for a walk with Odinn. I was able to take photos of grasses in the morning dew and a pretty bumblebee. We had breakfast in the Boat Shed, with a great...