Flight to Frankfurt | Los geht's
9 de janeiro, Alemanha ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
🇬🇧 Just arrived in Frankfurt safe and sound from Edinburgh, where we will stay for three days before continuing to Auckland via Hong Kong.
🇩🇪 Gerade wohlbehalten aus Edinburgh inLeia mais
01 | Auckland | Verandahs Parkside Lodge
14 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We arrived at our accommodation late on Tuesday afternoon after an uneventful yet hellish journey. Two 11-hour flights, 40-minute bus ride and a 30-minute walk taking a total of 29 hours. The hostelLeia mais
02 | Auckland | Mount Eden (Maungawhau)
15 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Started our day with a walk to Mount Eden (Maungawhau) which took about 20 minutes to walk to from our hostel, and another 20 minutes to walk to the top. We bought some sushi in the morning for lunchLeia mais
02 | Auckland | City Centre
15 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
In the afternoon we walked into town which took again about 30 minutes to the waterfront. We visited the iSite (tourist information) and did some shopping for a few bits and bobs. I bought a cap and aLeia mais
03 | Auckland | Ponsonby Road
16 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Started the day with a leisurely stroll down Ponsonby Road and browsing through some thrift stores (didn't get anything) and a grocers (got some veggies). The weather is absolutely scorching againLeia mais
03 | Auckland | Downtown & Harbour
16 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I think we may have fallen in love with the escooters because we've done another 3 trips today. They're just so convenient and easy to get around, it's addictive! Anyway, we travelled into town toLeia mais
04 | Auckland | Rangitoto Island
17 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
🇬🇧 This morning we set off on the ferry to Rangitoto Island which is just 30 minutes away from downtown Auckland. We hiked to the summit and had lunch in some cool lava caves. Rangitoto isLeia mais
05 | Auckland to Coromandel
18 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 We woke up after not having slept terribly much in our combination sauna-bedroom, checked out as fast as we could, and took a bus to pick up our hire car. As we were too early we waited aLeia mais
05 | Coromandel | Tui Lodge
18 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
🇬🇧 Our third hostel is just outside Coromandel Town and is so lovely and peaceful we immediately regretted not staying longer! Oh and there's Nala the dog.
🇩🇪 Unser drittes Hostel liegtLeia mais
06 | Coromandel Town
19 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
🇬🇧 We spent the morning walking around Coromandel Town. Rob bought a small knife and we also got some supplies for our hike tomorrow. (Don't have a picture because shopping is not very excitingLeia mais
06 | Coromandel | New Chums Beach
19 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
🇬🇧 This afternoon we drove about 20 minutes across the peninsula to a beach called Wangapoua, from where you can walk a further 30 minutes across rocks and through trees to another beach calledLeia mais
07 | Coromandel | Thames
20 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia
🇬🇧 This morning we left our hostel all packed up for a big hike up to the Pinnacles where we were planning to stay overnight. Unfortunately, a big rainstorm coming through means we may be stuckLeia mais
07 | Thames | Waiotahi Valley Lodge
20 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia
🇬🇧 Our small little B&B up on the hillside in Thames has a very distinct theme... I wonder if you can guess what it is?
🇩🇪 Unser kleines B&B oben am Hang in Thames hat ein ganz speziellesLeia mais
08 | Coromandel | Thames (2)
21 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia
🇬🇧 Today we spent a very uneventful day waiting out the storm and buying some food for our second attempt at the Pinnacles Hike tomorrow.
🇩🇪 Heute haben wir einen sehr ereignislosen TagLeia mais
09 | Coromandel | The Pinnacles
22 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
🇬🇧 We finally went on our big hike today after yesterday's rainstorm had passed through. We set off early and drove the longest unpaved road in existence (lots of wobbling and rattling) to a carLeia mais
09 | Coromandel | Glowworms
22 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
🇬🇧 Our host Warren told us where to see glowworms on a track near the house so we set out in the evening to see them. (That's three Germans, two Swiss, and one English, i.e. the German toLeia mais
10 | Coromandel | Thames to Hahei
23 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
🇬🇧 This morning we made our way across the peninsula and up the coast. We first stopped at a town called Tairua which had a big hill (maybe an old volcano), called Mount Paku, rising straightLeia mais
10 | Coromandel | Tatahi Cove Backpacker
23 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 In Hahei we stayed at a very quiet and peaceful hostel. The good news was it was only 5 minutes from the beach. The bad news was it was very expensive for a hostel.
🇩🇪 In HaheiLeia mais
11 | Coromandel | Hahei & Cathedral Cove
24 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 Today we went on a short hike to the world famous Cathedral Cove (Mautohe). The 1-hour track to get there started directly at our hostel, went along the road, through some woods and acrossLeia mais
12 | Coromandel | Hahei to Karangahake
25 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
🇬🇧 We started our day visiting Hot Water Beach where supposedly you can dig a hole on the beach and the water, fed from and underground hot spring, gets as hot as a hot tub. As expected, it wasLeia mais
12 | Coromandel | Mountain View Cabins
25 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 This weekend we are staying in two private off-grid huts in the middle of nowhere. A great place to unplug and recharge, and our host, Urs from Switzerland, is very friendly and easyLeia mais
13 | Coromandel | Paeroa
26 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
🇬🇧 Another poor weather forecast for today meant another day hunkering down and planning for the week ahead. We briefly drove to the nearest town called Paeroa to get some supplies and ran intoLeia mais
14 | Coromandel | Karangahake Gorge
27 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
🇬🇧 We set off this morning to explore Karangahake Gorge which is located in an old gold mining area. We walked the Windows Walk which leads down some old tram lines and through some disusedLeia mais
15 | Waikato | Arapuni Suspension Bridge
28 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 We started our day planning for the next few weeks and arranging accommodation and travel. After lunch our Couchsurfing host Marina took us on a cool little walk across a huge suspensionLeia mais
15 | Waikato | Hobbiton
28 de janeiro, Nova Zelândia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 This afternoon we went on a tour to the Hobbiton Movie Set where I had previously been in 2013, but it was Rob's first visit. The weather was lovely and our tour guide told us lots ofLeia mais




































































































































































ViajanteZauberhaft
Danke für den Einstieg in eure Reiseberichte- Ich kann sie prima aufmachen. Es ist total unkompliziert. Ich wünsche euch weiter eine gute und angenehme Reise.Eure Oma [Oma Alice]
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