Airport Frankfurt
21. joulukuuta 2019, Saksa ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Arrived at the Airport with lots of time to spare 🛫
Singapore Airport
22. joulukuuta 2019, Singapore ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Just landed in Singapore - we’re both quite happy to be off the plane! Found somewhere to eat while we wait for our next flight, we have a 5 hour wait before we fly to Auckland ✈️
Sind inLue lisää
Airport Auckland
23. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrived at the airport in Auckland. Just waiting for our car to be ready. Looking forward to arriving at the hotel 😊
In Auckland gelandet. Nun warten wir auf unseren Mietwagen und freuen unsLue lisää
A sleepy wander in Auckland
23. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We managed a very sleepy walk in Auckland, had a little dinner, we’re now back at the hotel and just planning our day tomorrow. We‘ll be up nice and early to go to Paihia 🚗 now off toLue lisää
Waipoua Kauri Forest
24. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Today we drove from Auckland to the Waipoua Forest to visit the oldest & largest known living kauri tree “Tāne Mahuta” (also sign posted as “BIG TREE” 😄)
Trunk circumference: 13.77Lue lisää
Paihia
24. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The second Destination today was Paihia.
A small town located in the inner Bay of Islands, in the northern end of the North Island.
Definitely a bit odd to have 25 degrees on Christmas Eve! We had aLue lisää
Hole in the Rock & Dolphins
25. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we did a cruise tour to discover the bay of islands including the famous Hole in the Rock on Motukokako Island, which was our first stop. We were really lucky and saw a group of dolphins! 🐬Lue lisää
Oethei Bay
25. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
On the way to Otehei Bay island, our tour guide told us that James Cook discovered the islands, and in his journal described that the bird sound was so loud on the islands, they needed to go off shoreLue lisää
Quick Stop in Auckland
26. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
On our 5 hour drive to Pauanui we decided to take a break and visit the Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium in Auckland 🐟🐠
Auf unserer 5 stündigen Fahrt nach Pauanui am heutigen Tag, habenLue lisää
Pananui Beaches
26. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Afterwards, we continued our drive down to Pauanui, and we have had a really nice relaxing afternoon walking on the beaches! A bit cloudy bit still really nice for a walk 😊
Nachdem wir dann inLue lisää
Hahei - Cathedral Cove & Hot Water Beach
27. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
This morning we got up early to try and avoid the people at Cathedral Cove in Hahei. We managed to miss the crazy crowds but it was still a lot of people there!
Afterwards, we went to Hot WaterLue lisää
Whakatane
27. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We arrived here pretty late this evening so we didn’t have any time to explore, will post photos tomorrow! 💤😴
Whakatane
28. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
No tours are allowed at the moment because of the volcano, so we had breakfast and drove to the Kohi viewpoint in Whaktane. We had a great view of the area, the beautiful Ōhope Beach and of WhaleLue lisää
Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua
29. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We left Whakatane early this morning to do a Kayaking tour in Lake Rotoiti in Rotorua. The area is well known for all the lakes and volcanic activity.
For the tour we went out with the kayaks and hadLue lisää
Wai-O-Tapu, Geothermal Park
29. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
As Rotorua is so well known for the volcanic activity there, we didn’t want to leave without seeing some of the geothermal parks there. Rotorua is actually a super volcano, the crater is 22kmLue lisää
Tongariro National Park
29. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
We arrived at the National Park quite late and we are too tired to go out and explore! It’s really pretty here but we’ve decided to go to Wellington early tomorrow morning, so we’ll enjoy theLue lisää
Wellington
30. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We arrived in Wellington today at around 11:30 after a 4 hour drive. Our first stop was the National Museum - Te Papa Tongarewa.
The main topics of the museum are things like,
The history of NewLue lisää
Rabbit Island
31. joulukuuta 2019, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Today we took the ferry ⛴ from Wellington (North Island) over the Cook Strait, through the Marlborough Sounds to Picton (South Island).
From Picton it was still 2 hours to our accommodation onLue lisää
Stand Up Paddle
1. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Today we were stand-up paddling at Tahunanui Beach. In short: Christian fell into the water about 100 times. Rebecca paddled like a pro. At some point an 80 year old man came on a stand-up paddleLue lisää
Hokitika
2. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today we drove from Rabitt Island to Hokitika. We stopped for a short break at Maruia Falls. The waterfalls were caused by an earthquake in 1929 and are now about 10 m high.
When we arrived inLue lisää
Hokitika Jade Stone & Maori Tour
3. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We took a guided tour along the Arahura River this morning. The Maori guide told us the legends and stories of his people “Kati Wae Wae Hapu” and explained the importance of the green stone (jade)Lue lisää
Kiwi Wildlife Center, Franz Josef
3. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
After the tour we drove towards Fox Glacier and took a break in Franz Josef to visit the Kiwi Wildlife Center. Here we did a Kiwi Backstage Pass Tour and were allowed to look behind the scenes. A kiwiLue lisää
Fox Glacier
3. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
When we arrived in Fox Glacier we immediately went looking for food and found a nice restaurant (we had pizza) 🍕. Tomorrow we want to explore a little in the early morning hours and then continueLue lisää
Fox Glacier Hike
4. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Today we did a 2 hour long hike along the Fox River to a viewing platform that gave us a nice view of the Fox Glacier.
After the hike we got food for the trip in the local supermarket and droveLue lisää
Journey to Wanaka
4. tammikuuta 2020, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We stopped a few times on the way to Wanaka, our trip took 4 hours and there’s only one road, which was pretty windy, so was really nice to take a few stops - there was quite a lot to see during theLue lisää











































































































































































































MatkaajaHave a great flight both of you, stay safe xx 😍
MatkaajaExciting ❤️ X