From the north island to the south island
New driver again and a trip with the ferry from Wellington to Picton in between the bus routes. The first part was just from the hostel down to the ferry where we checked in...
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Wellington from the top and at night
As I always like to have a look down into towns I went up Mount Victoria. The way up is quite easy to find as there are actually a few. Some of them are...
Wellington
Last night was late opening in “Te Papa” – the national museum. So I had to have a look and even went to the (special) “The great war” exhibition depicting Gallipoli. Going in I...
A village called “Bulls”
Today was more of a move the people from point A to point B kind of trip. Our only memorable stop was in Bulls. A small town that incorporated its name into the unofficial...
Whakapapa (Fakapapa) and River Valley
First stop today was at The Chalet a high end resort. Which we of course did not go into. Instead we did a two hour walk past a nice waterfall to get at least...
Tongariro Crossing
This is one of New Zealand’s famous walks. It does only take a day so in summer you do it on your own. Well as on your own as you can be with 3000...
5 mile bay
Today I said goodbye to my travel companion and went for the other walk Taupo had to offer. The great lake walkway. This one passes 2 mile bay, 3 mile bay, 4 mile bay...
Aratiatia dam
Today was the day we wanted to do the Tongariro Crossing. Due to bad weather conditions on the mountain this got cancelled. For Isabelle this was unfortunate as her timetable did not allow for...
Redwood forest and Huka Falls
Pickup time was 9:30 and the next destination was just around the corner. So we got to walk around a little bit more today. First stop was a redwood forest just outside of Rotorua....
Wai-O-Tapu and Rainbow Mountain
The trip that was pushed so I could join went first to some pools whith boiling mud and then to Lady Knox Geysir. IT has a natural eruption cycle of 18 to 72 hours....
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