West Coast

West Coast

5 January 2018 5 Comments
After a few weeks in the Tasman area, where we took the sun and bathed in the turquoise waters of the golden sand beaches, it’s time to continue our journey along the west coast. Well known for its “sand flies” (scourge of the South Island much worse than the basic mosquito) but also for its snowy […]
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Tasman

Tasman

23 December 2017 No Comment
Unsure of the best way to approach Abel Tasman National Park, one of New Zealand’s remarkable beauties, and not wishing to start the trek for several days, leaving our baby elephant van behind… It was in this uncertainty that we found ourselves as woofers in a small farm near Takaka. It was finally from this […]
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Marlborough

Marlborough

9 December 2017 No Comment
After we left Wellington (» article «) on the ferry which connects the New Zealand’s two islands, with one of the two companies, Bluebridge for us, it’s the eyes amazed by the landscape that we walked on the Southern land arriving to Picton in Marlborough area. Marlborough Sounds The arrival by ferry in South Island is an […]
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Wellington

Wellington

19 November 2017 No Comment
We now arrive to the last step of our North Island journey, in Wellington region, home to the same named capital. From there we will take the ferry to Picton on the South Island to begin the second part of our New Zealand adventure. Once again, we invite you to share our little journey along […]
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Hawkes bay

Hawkes bay

2 November 2017 1 Comment
This area of ​​the North Island east coast is well known for its more temperate climate which makes it a renowned wine point. In addition to its vineyards, Hawkes Bay is full of exceptional panoramas and atypical architectural discoveries. We had not planned to stop there, but after reflection we didn’t regret to be back […]
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Waikato

Waikato

31 October 2017 No Comment
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 […]
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Rotorua – Bay of Plenty

Rotorua – Bay of Plenty

20 October 2017 No Comment
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 […]
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Hobbiton

Hobbiton

15 October 2017 No Comment
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 […]
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Auckland

Auckland

6 October 2017 No Comment
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 […]
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Northland

Northland

24 September 2017 No Comment
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 […]
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