Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
24 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
A fun little geothermal park with a number of interesting features.
Geysers
24 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
We covered the whole park.
Mountain Biking
24 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We rented mountain bikes and hit the Whakarewarewa Forest Loop trail: a 21 mile loop on TREK electric full suspension mountain bikes with drop seat posts. THIS WAS A BLAST!
I'm not sure j9 knew what Czytaj więcej
Aratiatia Dam
25 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Huka Falls
25 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 72 °F
A scenic two-hour hiking trail between Huka Falls and the Aratiatia Rapids offers excellent views of the Waikato River.
Hukafalls Jet Boat Ride
25 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
After watching the Jet Boat from the Dam, we were ready to go for a ride!
The ride was 30 minutes on the Waikato River and we also viewed the Huka Falls from its base.
Our driver spun the boat Czytaj więcej
Taraniki Falls in Tongariro Nat'l Park
26 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Heading South, we visited Tongariro National Park to walk to its most popular hike called Taraniki Falls. It's a hike to a 65-ft. waterfall running over volcanic cliffs into a pool of water, reachable Czytaj więcej
Blokart Sailing
26 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F
While traveling south to Wellington, we drove by a bunch of retired folks racing blokarts (pron: blow carts) on a Wednesday afternoon. Blokarts is sailing with wheels or skates.
Stopping in to watch, Czytaj więcej
Ferry from North to South New Zealand
27 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
We booked the Interislander, the Cook Strait Ferry. We sailed between the North and South Islands (ie. from Wellington to Picton)
The drive to Abel Tasman
27 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
Arrived in the South Island. First stop: Abel Tasman. The ~3hr drive was just beautiful.
Cruise up the coastline
28 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
We decided to ride the ferry from Kaiteriteri up to the end, & stayed on for the return disembarking at Anchorage where we did a little loop hike just to start our experience w/ the ferry.
Anchorage
28 lutego, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Here's where we got off the boat. We did a nice little 2hr hike at Anchorage.
No Fishing for me!
1 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
While Mark was polishing his fly-fishing skills, I returned to Abel Tasman for a nice little hike.
Mark's 1st Fly Fishing outing
1 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
I went fly fishing, while j9 went for a hike. I was fortunate to arrange a guide a day in advance. We went to two locations on two different rivers. The locations were both beautiful and I actually Czytaj więcej
Short Kayak outing
2 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
The 10:15 am ferry was booked, so we had to settle on the 12:45pm ferry. Having 2 1/2 hours to kill, we rented a kayak and went for a short paddle up the coast.
Paddling a longer kayak with a skirt Czytaj więcej
Hike from Tonga Quarry to Medlands Beach
2 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Missing the earlier ferry, we had to settle for a shorter hike that worked out wonderfully. During the hike, we were able to stop at and explore some of the hikers' camp huts and camp grounds. We Czytaj więcej
Leaving Abel Tasman
3 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
Heading out of the Tasman area toward our next destination, we were struck by the significant landscape differences due to tidal movement.
Hello Blenheim
3 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ⛅ 82 °F
Blenheim (Marlborough Province) promotes themselves as 'the sunniest area of NZ'. It's sandwiched between 2 mountain ranges which shelters them from the elements. The Maori call the area 'the place Czytaj więcej
From Blenheim to Kaikoura
4 marca ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
For some reason, when I (jw) planned this stop, I thought we were near at least one of the whale-migration seasons. A few web sites suggest whale-watching is a year 'round activity here. Maybe it is. Czytaj więcej
Kaikoura: SEALS! & a crayfish sammie
5 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
After a fully rainy night, the morning opened up beautifully. Before leaving Kaikoura we headed out to the peninsula to see the Kaikoura Seal Colony. Fun!!! And before hitting the road, we stopped at Czytaj więcej
Coastal drive to Christchurch
5 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ 🌬 52 °F
Heading south on the coastal road between Kaikoura & Christchurch.
Speechless.
TranzAlpine: Vol 1
6 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 45 °F
Round trip Christchurch < > Greymouth, coast to coast train; specTACular scenery, amazing food along the outbound trip (via carriage called 'Scenic Plus') and a relaxing return trip. Too many pics to Czytaj więcej
TranzAlpine: Vol 2
6 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 50 °F
TranzAlpine: Vol 3
6 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☀️ 52 °F
Botanical gardens
7 marca, Nowa Zelandia ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F
After our walk, we decided to visit the local Botanical Gardens and were presently surprised by the best flowers we had seen to date.
There were so many awesome flowers, I (mw) made the time to Czytaj więcej











































































































































































































































































































































