Rob Roy Glacier
Just north of the bustling tourist hub of Queenstown sits the quaint city of Wanaka (wanna-kah). When we arrived the weather was less than ideal for hiking so we opted […]
Category Archives: Hiking
Queenstown and the Remarkables
Set along the banks of the beautiful glacial Lake Wakatipu and at the base of The Remarkables, Queenstown has character that is hard to rival and therefore, is the top […]
Milford Sound
The star of The Fiordlands National Park is undoubtedly Milford Sound. The 13-kilometer-long (18-mile-long) fjord is characterized by rainforest-coated peaks rising from sea-level, spontaneous silver-threaded waterfalls, cascading year-round waterfalls, such […]
WOLO-mania in The Fiordlands
Fiordlands National Park is NZ’s largest national park consisting of over one million hectares (100 million acres) of wilderness! The rainforest-draped mountains and sounds full of playful dolphins and seals […]
The Gateway to the Fiordlands
Before we began our adventure in Fiordlands National Park we made some WOLO-stops just outside the park’s border to ensure that we got the most out of Southland as humanly […]
Cruising Through the Catlins
From Dunedin we drove along the Southern Scenic Route until we reached Nugget Point, or Tokata (Maori for “rocks standing up out of water”). Nugget Point is famous for it’s […]
Dunedin Beer and Chocolate!
Dunedin is the second-largest city on the South Island, a university-city, and the first city we truly embraced the role of “tourists”. We rolled into Dunedin on an overcast day […]
Moeraki Fun
From Aoraki Village we drove east to the world-famous Moeraki (moe-racky) Boulders. These unique spheres of rock are advertised as the “oddest thing you’ll discover on a beach anywhere in […]
Aoraki The Great
Aoraki (ow-rah-kee) the Great, also known as Mount Cook, is NZ’s tallest peak standing at 3,754 meters (approx. 12,316 feet). Although Aoraki’s peak is visible for miles on any clear […]
Lake Tekapo’s Wonders
After Arthur’s Pass National Park, we made a stop at the famous Lake Tekapo (teeka-poe). This glacial lake has an aquamarine-blue color that is postcard perfect and therefore, is a […]
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