Airport Frankfurt
21 december 2019, Duitsland ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Arrived at the Airport with lots of time to spare 🛫
Singapore Airport
22 december 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 inMeer informatie
Airport Auckland
23 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 unsMeer informatie
A sleepy wander in Auckland
23 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 toMeer informatie
Waipoua Kauri Forest
24 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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: 13.77Meer informatie
Paihia
24 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 aMeer informatie
Hole in the Rock & Dolphins
25 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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! 🐬Meer informatie
Oethei Bay
25 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 shoreMeer informatie
Quick Stop in Auckland
26 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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, habenMeer informatie
Pananui Beaches
26 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 inMeer informatie
Hahei - Cathedral Cove & Hot Water Beach
27 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 WaterMeer informatie
Whakatane
27 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We arrived here pretty late this evening so we didn’t have any time to explore, will post photos tomorrow! 💤😴
Whakatane
28 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 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 WhaleMeer informatie
Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua
29 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadMeer informatie
Wai-O-Tapu, Geothermal Park
29 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 22kmMeer informatie
Tongariro National Park
29 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 theMeer informatie
Wellington
30 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 NewMeer informatie
Rabbit Island
31 december 2019, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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 onMeer informatie
Stand Up Paddle
1 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 paddleMeer informatie
Hokitika
2 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 inMeer informatie
Hokitika Jade Stone & Maori Tour
3 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 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)Meer informatie
Kiwi Wildlife Center, Franz Josef
3 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 kiwiMeer informatie
Fox Glacier
3 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 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 continueMeer informatie
Fox Glacier Hike
4 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 droveMeer informatie
Journey to Wanaka
4 januari 2020, Nieuw-Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 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 theMeer informatie











































































































































































































ReizigerHave a great flight both of you, stay safe xx 😍
ReizigerExciting ❤️ X