Category: New Zealand
Touring New Zealand Wineries
We were finally in New Zealand for a trip I had been looking forward to for years. We spent a few days couchsurfing in Auckland and find just the right camper van. We spent a fantastic 5 days in Auckland enjoying all the great sights and hospitality of the city but then it was time [...]
Photo of the Week: Te Anau, New Zealand
Today’s photo of the week was sent by Diego Marqueta Zaluendo, taken during his recent trip to New Zealand. Te Anau is a small town bordering the lake with the same name and is a gateway to Fiordland where excelllent trekking and tramping can be enjoyed while contemplating magnificent views. Click on photo to [...]
The Best Trek in New Zealand: Tongariro National Park
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is claimed to be the best trek in New Zealand. This 4 day journey takes you accross 2 volcanoes, several lakes and picture perfect sceneries, but if four days is too much walking for you no problem: there are shorter alternatives as well. This time I have posted my article as [...]
New Zealand: North Island in 10 pictures
New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland, is known as the city of sails because of the hundreds of yachts that can be spotted near the harbour. Two things make Rotorua stand out as the second most visited city in New Zealand’s North island: geothermal energy has been used here as a natural resource for hundreds of [...]
Taranaki in New Zealand– a hidden secret
It has always been known that New Zealand has an extravagant nature and is one of the mose traveler friendly countries in the world. This was emphasized right after the Lord of the Rings saga which was the ultimate free advertising could have gotten and rightfully so. Today Aotearoa (the Maori name for New Zealand) [...]
Beach Tennis: the Asia-Pacific Tour
Do you love tennis or beach tennis? Do you love to travel? Traveling is a lot of fun by itself, with new destinations and new people you meet being an eye opening experience that keeps you busy and in awe most of the time. Yet sometimes the trip itself can be made into an even [...]
