We got up early again, around 7:00 am, but actually 7:20 by the time either one of us actually took a step. We both got dressed and were packed and ready to check out by 8:30. Our destination for the day was Franz Josef Glacier, which I thought would be a 4 hour drive, but [...]
- Flying to New Zealand
- Auckland
- Waitomo Glowworm Caves
- Rotorua
- Lake Taupo
- Christchurch
- Akaroa
- kaikoura
- Hanmer Springs
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Haast
- Queenstown
- Lake Manapouri
- South Scenic Route
- Otago Penninsula
- Dunedin
- Oamaru
- Timaru
- Blenheim
- Interislander Ferry
- Wellington
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Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand
Once we arrived in the town of Franz Josef Glacier we checked into our hotel room and headed over to the main office to book our glacier climb for the next day. As we were booking our glacier walk, a women from Switzerland who had just gone on the day glacier hike walked in and [...]
Hanmer Springs New Zealand
Another early morning! I got out of bed around 6:15, and finally got Lisa out around 6:30; we both managed to get packed and were ready to go by 7.
We headed out on the road with a full tank of gas and some munchies for our long trip across the south island from the East [...]
Kaikoura New Zealand
As we pulled into Kaikoura our already squeaky car got even squeakier, Squeaky on a car is fine, but this squeaky didn’t sound good at all. Lisa and I checked into our Mansion sized motel room at Sails Motel and then called up AA and had them come down and take a look at the [...]
Akaroa New Zealand
Around 1 Lisa and I left Kaikoura and made our way to Akaroa, the tiny peninsula located on the east coast just beside Christchurch. The drive there was a tough one for me, I was starting to feel the effects of the early morning rise. Lisa had the right idea and slept from Kaikoura all [...]
Christchurch New Zealand
After lunch we jumped into our car and made the hour drive back to Christchurch and dropped off our car. We had rented the car t’ill the next day, but it had to be back so early that Lisa and I didn’t want to get up that early, so we just dropped it off the [...]
Lake Taupo New Zealand
Our drive to Lake Taupo was as great as the drive from Auckland to Rotorua, winding up and down, I had a blast driving once again!!
Huka Falls is just a few minutes north of the town of Taupo – if you are coming from Rotorua you can’t miss it. Lisa and I parked our car [...]
Rotorua New Zealand
Arriving in Rotorua, Lisa and I found our hotel with little effort. I was amazed at the quality of the hotel since I had booked it for a great price just the day before. We quickly unpacked our stuff and headed out on foot to check out some of the scenery in the town. As [...]
Waitomo Glowworm Caves
Well after the little detour in Auckland everything went smooth. Lisa and I made our way to the Waitamo Glowworm caves and arrived a little after 12:00 pm. We were both still full from the morning’s breakfast so we decided to just do the glowworm tour right away.
Twenty of us waited in some shade as [...]
Auckland New Zeland
We were quickly loaded into a shuttle bus with a bunch of other people and taken to our hotel’s front door step. The shuttle buses are definitely the way to travel from the airport to your hotel. They provide a great service for a reasonable price. Plus you get to sit back and enjoy the [...]