Jour 1–5
Auckland
27 octobre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After 32 hours of travelling we finally set foot in Auckland to kick off our trip. A few days spent exploring the city of sails was (politely) enough to see everything we needed.
27 octobre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After 32 hours of travelling we finally set foot in Auckland to kick off our trip. A few days spent exploring the city of sails was (politely) enough to see everything we needed.
31 octobre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
First day on the road! We collected our home for the next 3 weeks and headed to the Coromandel Peninsula. We threw ourselves into the deep end for the first night and opted for some freedom campingEn savoir plus
1 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande
A failed attempt at hiking the Coromandel Pinnacles (severe weather) the information guide suggested Wairere Falls, the tallest waterfall in the north island.
6km and 500m elevation of steep rockyEn savoir plus
1 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After a night of freedom camping a shower was necessary so we decided to pay for the luxury of a holiday park.
A couple of days here we saw the tall tree’s of the Redwoods, the thermal springs ofEn savoir plus
3 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Lake Taupō was temporarily closed for maintenance - well, the weather was so bad you couldn’t actually see the lake. Therefore, we continued down to National Park instead.
Stopping at Huka FallsEn savoir plus
4 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Waking up from our cryo chamber we hoped to warm up by going for a hike around Tongariro National Park, it didn’t work.
On the way to Palmerstone the blue skies began to appear again and the viewsEn savoir plus
5 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Upper Hutt acted as a stop over before reaching Wellington. It’s known for hosting locations in the Lord of the Rings movies - unfortunately for us that means absolutely nothing as neither of usEn savoir plus
Nouvelle-ZélandeWellingtonLambton Harbour41°17’10” S 174°46’35” E
6 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Our final stop in the North Island. We arrived in a very windy Wellington and had a look around - not much on offer here to be honest, we did have a nice pie though!
Anyway, onto the big one, theEn savoir plus
7 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
An early start, some bad news from home, and a choppy ferry across the water. Today hadn’t got off to the best start. There was however some saving grace in the fact Sea Legs works (motion sicknessEn savoir plus
Nouvelle-ZélandeCanterburyKaikoura42°24’8” S 173°40’58” E
8 novembre 2023, Nouvelle-Zélande ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A long drive down to Kaikōura on the East coast, home to a large seal colony. We wandered the coastline and instantly bumped into them, some were more photogenic than others.
We pitched up in aEn savoir plus
