Blog - New Zealand
Travelling New Zealand – Wanaka and Tekapo
The southern alps create diverstiy in the look of New Zealand’s landscape. They block the clouds coming from the sea, which results in a lot of rain along the west coast. The midlands on the other hand are much dryer. An obvious sign are the colors of the land. As I drove through the mountains[…]
Travelling New Zealand – West Coast
Some time has passed since the last article of my New Zealand series. I still have some stories to share and I’ll start with my travel along the rainy west coast. I might already have said this in my previous articles, but November 2014 didn’t excel as being warm and sunny. Some locals even said[…]
Travelling New Zealand – Wharariki
On the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island lies the beautiful Wharariki Beach. It’s a bit of a drive up there, especially with a campervan. Past Able Tasman National Park where most tourists will stop, you have to drive the Takaka Hill Highway. This is already an experience by itself as the views get[…]
Travelling New Zealand – Kaikoura
After spending one week on the North Island of New Zealand I took the Interislander Ferry from Wellington to Picton and started to explore the less populated South Island. After a lot of rain in the past days Picton greeted me with sunny skies. But I didn’t linger and directly hit the road to Kaikoura.[…]
Travelling New Zealand – Castlepoint
The fourth part of my New Zealand travel brought me from Hobbiton to Castlepoint in the south-east of the North Island. As I wrote in the previous article I had originally planned on spending the weekend in Tongariro National Park. But plans had to be changed due to the weather. The drive into Tongariro National[…]
Travelling New Zealand – Hobbiton
After leaving Coromandel my next stop was one of the film locations from Lord of the Rings and the recent Hobbit movies – Hobbiton. I was very excited to finally see those green rolling hills myself. I had booked one of the last movie set tours at 4:30pm in hope for some nice evening light.[…]
