The Waikato area is full of activities, unfortunately paying. As we are not especially fond of these particularly expensive tourist attractions we will not talk here about surf lessons at Raglan (the beaches of Auckland are also beautiful), glow worms of the Waitomo Caves (it is possible to see many caves for free), the Otorohanga […]

One of the destinations we had already heard about before leaving France, at least for Bastien, because the city represents one of the biggest downhill mountain bike poles on the North Island. We reassure you Rotorua is not only known for its mountain bike trails, it’s also a health resort with multitudes of geothermal events […]

The famous Hobbit’s shire the one of Frodo, Sam, Bilbo, Merry and Pippin, the one where Gandalf explodes his fireworks, where we smoke pipe grass and drink mead. It’s today the New-Zealand most famous tourist attraction, the result of J.R.R Tolkien‘s imagination and staged for Peter Jackson‘s films, the middle earth opens its doors to […]

Now that we completed our tour of the Great North (→ Northland ←), it’s time for us to go down to the next region, we name Auckland. Then yes, when we say Auckland we, first of all, think about this big cosmopolitan metropolis representing the biggest urban and populated area of ​​the country, and we will ansewer […]

After spending most of the winter in the beautiful area of ​​the Bay of Plenty, where the temperatures were the most mild, we went back on the road again towards the extreme north of the northern island known as Northland. We made a short itinerary with the key points of this region, but also our […]

During our seasonal work in “packhouse”, we had the pleasure of staying in the Bay of Plenty area, especially near of Tauranga. A first stop in our adventure, which allowed us to discover differents small nice places. Mount Maunganui That was our first real spot in New Zealand. The Mount is located in the well-to-do […]

Working in WHV The goal of a working holiday visa is also to be able to work while traveling, a good compromise to continue to discover the country when you have no economy. It is also a good way to have new professional experiences and, why not, present yourself for a fixed-term contract that can […]

What is it ?  We can call it, quite simply, an exchange. The process is rather widespread in all Anglo-Saxon countries, less known in France (given our, sometimes, repressive laws) that exists nevertheless. To say it simply, wwoofing involves giving his time and energy in exchange of food and accomodation. Thus for approximatively 4 hours […]

Auckland Après notre court séjour en Thaïlande, nous avons atterri à Auckland où nous avions réservé un airBnB pour 3 nuits. En arrivant à l’aéroport, après avoir récupéré nos bagages et passé la douane sans encombre, nous avons pris le bus direction le centre-ville. Notre AirBnB était bien situé, afin que nous puissions faire toutes […]