The Deep South
Once you’ve made the 6,000 kilometer trip to the deep south of the South Island there is little to hold you back from finding the most southern point on the […]
Tag Archives: Beach
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 […]
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 […]
Kaikoura’s Tidepools
Kaikoura is a quaint, coastal town with the glistening turquoise water of the Pacific in it’s front-yard and majestic snow-capped mountains of the Seaward Kaikoura Range in it’s backyard; simply […]
Sipping and Sightseeing in the Marlborough Region
We departed the ferry in the town of Picton half-past midnight and therefore, opted for a free and very crowded carpark close to the ferry terminal. Upon waking, we drove […]
Caves, Caves, Caves!
Refreshed from an evening of hot water beach R&R, we went full speed ahead in the Waitomo (why-toh-mo) region of the North Island. We started with an early morning tour […]
Hot Springs and Black Sands
Our journey to the South Island began on a hot afternoon on the first day of March. We decided to follow the west coast, and our first stop was the […]
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