Category: Travel Blogs
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Rotorua, land of Maori’s and Hobbits
This week, we’re dodging tropical storms to make the most of our time in Rotorua. We’ve planned an evening at Te Pa Tu and a visit to Middle Earth.
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Wellington to Taupo in search of volcanos
This week, we travel to the North Island and experience Wellington and Paraparmu. Join us as we’re looking for volcanos in Tongariro and spa’s in Taupo.
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Our top 5 things from the South Island and a least favourite!
Our Top 5 things from the South Island, New Zealand
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The tale of New Zealand wine tasting
This week, we arrive in Blenheim and find ourselves on a wine tour that promises a glass of wine in by 10 o’clock. What can possibly go wrong.
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Abel Tasman National Park
Abel Tasman National Park was one of the first places on our ‘must see’ list when we booked this trip. After a year of planning, would it live up to the expectations? Especially as we’ve started noticing the leaves are beginning to change colour with the first signs of Autumn in the air. Reaching the…
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Out into the West : Wanaka to Arthur’s Pass
Wanaka was the first place we really noticed it. Another cute little town on the lake shore surrounded by mountains. Not as dramatic or vibrant as Queenstown and without isolated beauty of Glenorchy. Have we become numb to all this beauty? It is still incredible here of course. The thing is, travelling through and living…
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Queenstown and beyond
Famous as the home of high octane thrills and extreme sports, we find Queenstown is full of surprises too. We’re staying in Frankton and have a park up right on Lake Wakatipu. One of the most beautiful spots and so it was worth paying the lake view premium. It’s a Friday afternoon, the sky is…
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Milford Sound
Te Anau We arrive at Te Anau to blue skies and a hot sun. The town of Te Anau, and our campsite for the night, is right on a lake of the same name. As we take a walk to check things out, the first thing we notice is the sea planes and helicopters. Helicopters…
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Heading south from Oamaru to Dunedin
Today finds us at a beach front park up, just south of Dunedin. We’ve discovered these things called ‘Freedom Camping’ spots. They’re places that self contained vans are allowed to stay for a day or two free of charge. Coming from the regulated and often vanlife un-friendly UK, it seems amazing to us that New…
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Akaroa to Mount Sunday
We might be seasoned motorhomers but it appears that we’ve got a lot to learn about vanlife. The van, which we’ve newly christened Bernhardt, is going to take some getting used to. The kitchen is small. We tried a two pot dinner but to be honest a one potter would be easier. The sink is…