New Zealand

Northland

Well yeah we are already back from our New Zealand trip, but there is still more video coming.

Days 87+88 — Kaimai trail

After a couple of lazy days and watching locals at the bottom of beautiful Mount Maunganui we were ready for another hike. I had found a 2-day-loop for us where we would see Kauri trees and sleep in a 12-bed-hut. Kauri trees are the biggest trees in NZ and of course we had to go and…

Day 75 and 76 — Hot water beach at Te Rata Bay/Tarawera lake

Going to the hot water beach at Tarawera lake and camping out for one night was totally random. We had not heard from this place or read about it in the Lonely Planet or anywhere. When we checked in at a Holiday park at…

Day 73 — Hobbiton

If you are even just a tiny tinsy fan of the movie “Lord of the Rings” visiting Hobbiton in New Zealand is a must! Yes, it is quite an attraction. On the top season days they manage to push up to 3000 people through. When we went they were on full capacity as it was sold out for the day. We had…

Days 65,66,67 — Mt.Taranaki

We packed our tramping packs again and climbed Mt.Taranaki. It’s an active and most beautiful vulcano, which erupts about every 350 years and it has been 360 since the last eruption. So, we took our chances and went.

Day 72 — Easter Sunday

Of course we do not let easter slip on our tour. We blew, painted and had fun with a couple of eggs. It’s a German tradition, though we met a few German teenagers and they had never blown an egg or painted one for Easter?! WHAT? What’s going on in Germany? But anyway, I love it and we do…

Day 42 — Boysenberries

After bathing in Hanmer springs for two days we were ready for a walk. We just wanted to explore this one walkway along a river. I thought it would be beautiful, walking by the river and such, but it turned out to be the heaven of wild boysenberries. We simply loved it! There were so many…

Day 43 — Fishing in Kaikoura

Jamie loves fishing. And the town of Kaikoura has an abundance of fishing boats which are eager to take you out to fish for your dinner. There are also whale, dolphin and albatross watching tours, but for us it had to be fishing! And sure enough, it was just plain awesome. See…

Tag 29 — The waterfall

We arrived in Jacksons. Everything is good. The lady from the Holiday park was just so nice and we could help her feeding her goat, 10 chickens and her parrot. We were surrounded by beautiful mountains, sun was shining and the spirits are up.

Tag 25 — Der nackte Mann

Am Morgen des 25. Tag schnappte ich mir mein Fahrrad und radelte los. In der Nähe des Campingplatzes gab es diesen Bergsee, in dem sich die naheliegenden Berge so toll spiegeln sollen. Und nun ja, weil meine drei Schlaftiere einfach noch nicht frisch sind um 7.20 Uhr, nutzte ich die Gelegenheit auf…