Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, yet it doesn’t give off that big vibe due to its relatively small size which boasts a compact...

Waitomo is famous for its extensive underground cave systems, take a subterranean tour inside the caves, jumping from waterfalls and floatin

Queenstown is such a natural beauty spot that is rammed full of amazing things to see and do including adrenaline filled activities. Check o

Packed up and left Queenstown early and embarked on our longest bus journey- 8 hours. We stopped off at Lake Tekapo for amazing views of...

7th Mar 2012 - 8th Mar 2012 Headed to see the mirror reflection of Mount Cook on Lake Matheson, near the town of Fox Glacier. It was low...

5th Mar 2012 - 6th Mar 2012 Had a nice sleep in very uncomfy bunks, woke up fresh as daisies while everyone else was rough. Headed down...

Drove to Cape Foulwind after leaving Westport. We took a costal walk for an hour round the cliff tops looking out to the rough sea and...

In the morning we took another walk along the beach and it was lovely and sunny so seen more of the hills and snow capped mountains....

Bye bye North Island. Today we left Wellington and got the ferry back to the South Island. It was a lovely journey through the Cook...

River valley is good for activities such as horse riding and jet boats but we didn't fancy either of those so we had the morning free...

Another early start to catch the bus, but it was worth it for our first stop- which was a view point looking over a panoramic Lake Taupo,...

Headed back to Taupo today after having the morning in Rotorua free to look around the place. As weather was slightly better than last...

Before leaving Waitomo we had free time in the morning, so we took a walk around the Ruakuri reserve. Ruakuri is maori for 'dogs den'-...

Today we left for Waitomo. On the way we visited Karangahake Gorge- scenic reserve, which has old mines and railways. We done the Windows...

Today we left Auckland and headed to Hot Water Beach in Coromandel. On the way we stopped for food in a nice little place called Thames,...

23rd Feb 2012 - 24th Feb 2012 Today we headed north to Auckland. On the way we stopped off at a Rotorua, where we had the option to go...

A very long and wet drive through lovely scenery and we arrived at Taupo, stopping of at a little town called Otaki for a rest stop and...

After a comfy sleep at the Lazy Shag hostel we boarded the bus and drove 3 hours to Picton where we caught the ferry. Leaving the South...

Kia Ora from New Zealand! And so off to New Zealand it was. We had booked a bus trip on the 'Kiwi Experience' which would take us all...