Airport Frankfurt
21 de dezembro de 2019, Alemanha ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
Arrived at the Airport with lots of time to spare 🛫
Singapore Airport
22 de dezembro de 2019, Cingapura ⋅ 🌧 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 inLeia mais
Airport Auckland
23 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 unsLeia mais
A sleepy wander in Auckland
23 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 toLeia mais
Waipoua Kauri Forest
24 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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: 13.77Leia mais
Paihia
24 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 aLeia mais
Hole in the Rock & Dolphins
25 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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! 🐬Leia mais
Oethei Bay
25 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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 shoreLeia mais
Quick Stop in Auckland
26 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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, habenLeia mais
Pananui Beaches
26 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 😊
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Hahei - Cathedral Cove & Hot Water Beach
27 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 WaterLeia mais
Whakatane
27 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We arrived here pretty late this evening so we didn’t have any time to explore, will post photos tomorrow! 💤😴
Whakatane
28 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌙 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 WhaleLeia mais
Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua
29 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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 hadLeia mais
Wai-O-Tapu, Geothermal Park
29 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 22kmLeia mais
Tongariro National Park
29 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLeia mais
Wellington
30 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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 NewLeia mais
Rabbit Island
31 de dezembro de 2019, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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 onLeia mais
Stand Up Paddle
1 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 paddleLeia mais
Hokitika
2 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 inLeia mais
Hokitika Jade Stone & Maori Tour
3 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ⛅ 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)Leia mais
Kiwi Wildlife Center, Franz Josef
3 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 kiwiLeia mais
Fox Glacier
3 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 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 continueLeia mais
Fox Glacier Hike
4 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 droveLeia mais
Journey to Wanaka
4 de janeiro de 2020, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 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 theLeia mais











































































































































































































ViajanteHave a great flight both of you, stay safe xx 😍
ViajanteExciting ❤️ X