Travelogues Stewart Island / Rakiura Community

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....

Stewart Island, a small island south of New Zealand's South Island, is our destination for the next few days. We have booked a room in a small hotel and want to explore the...

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...

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...