Starfish and Pancakes in Westland
The first major town north of “Glacier Country” is Hokitika (hoe-ka-tick-a). We passed through the town on a famous Westland (aka S. Island west coast) ‘grey drizzly day’ and thought […]
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The Haast Pass
The Haast Pass is the southern most pass in New Zealand, as well as the rainiest and the lowest in elevation. The pass stretches approximately 90 kilometers (56 miles) from […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sawcut Gorge-eousness!
After a few days of wining and dining we headed for the more remote regions of the South Island’s east coast. A quick highway drive and twelve kilometers of bumpy, […]
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