After a year of all kinds adventures, it’s time for us to leave the “long white cloud” country. Between surprises and disappointments comes the opportunity to take stock of this van trip in the all blacks country. Good surprises WHV First of all, it’s important to point out how welcoming this country is for WHV […]

After the beautiful emotions in Kaikoura, we arrive in Christchurch with a strange feeling. Our heads still high in the clouds, we don’t lose sight that the arrival at this point indicates a final turning in our journey. Indeed it’s this city that will mark the end of our New Zealand travel, but even knowing […]

It’s after our short detour to Arthur’s Pass National Park that our wheels will take us to the coastal town of Kaikoura. On the road we will make only a few minor stops and a stopover on the spa city of Hanmer spring. Hanmer Spring This city is one of the most famous of New […]

After visiting Aroaki / Mont cook, and considering our “advance on planning”, we decided to extend the fun by giving us a bonus loop to Arthur’s Pass that we never really had the opportunity to take despite his reputation. So it was after a refueling stop at Christchurch that we gone on the pretty roads […]

The weather looks lenient for the next few days, it’s time for us to leave the Otago coastal area and Oamaru, after filling up on food and gas, to head to Lake Pukaki and Aoraki (Mount Cook) in the Canterbury area. Elephant rocks and fossils With such a name, difficult for us to resist to […]

We arrived in town under the greyness, and although now accustomed to this kind of weather, associated with the big city’s concreted areas, everything seemed very sad after the beautiful Otago peninsula. Anyway, we still choosed to discover the city and using this time to make a first cultural stop, direction the museum. Dunedin Toitu […]

We leave the Catlins to go along the coast leading to Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula. After taking the precaution of refueling, we make our way to the peninsula for a day of endemic stops on this small peninsula. Tunnel Beach Our first stop will be south of Dunedin, before reaching the peninsula roads, following […]

Suite à notre article sur “Les petits plats dans les vans” nous avons proposé aux vanlifers de partager LEURS recettes ! Des recettes simples , réalisables par tous et qui permettront de vous donner des idées pour vos prochains road trips. La galette feta/courgette de Marine et Pierre (Oh my jet lag) Retrouvez les aventures […]

We continue our road on the Southland towards the otago area, taking care to go along the the Catlins National Park coast. Curio bay  Our first stop will be at Curio Bay, a place where free camping is unfortunately prohibited, but where you can sleep in a DOC campsite. We went there at the beginning […]

After spending the night on the calm shores of the beautiful Monowai Lake, we leave the >> fiordland << region in the pouring rain, heading for the southernmost of the southern island, the southland. McCracken’s point Our first stop in this region will be under greyness sky of McCracken’s lookout where, after a few minutes of […]