Benmore Peninsula Track
After a short 1 hour drive from Waimate we decided to do the Benmore Peninsula Track as our walk for the day. The track is shared in parts w…
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Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui is a great location with a really nice feel about it. We mainly wanted to do the walk to the top of the mount but did enjoy …
Rotorua
The highlight of Rotorua is the Redwoods Treewalk as pictured above. The photos really don’t do it justice. Over 700 metres long with 28 sus…
Cooks Cove / East Cape Lighthouse
Our walk to Cooks Cove took just on 30 mins with a few stops on the way to admire and take photos of the view. Cooks Cove is where Captain J…
Tuahine Lighthouse / Tolaga Bay Wharf
It is a short walk on the sand and then onto rocks for the remainder of the walk. We for some reason decided to do it barefoot which was stu…
Napier / Bluff Lookout / Shine Falls
We checked out all the old Art Deco buildings throughout the city centre. We then headed out to Marine Parade and walked along the beach.
Putangirua Pinnacles / Cape Palliser Lighthouse / Castlepoint
Our first visit for the day was to Putangirua Pinnacles which are seen in the Lord of the Rings.
Kaikoura /Picton
We drove to Kaikoura on Friday night and stayed at the Kaikoura Trotting Club which is an NZMCA park for its members. Plenty of other motorh…
Peel Forest
This was our first visit to Peel Forest! We stayed at the Peel Forest Doc Campground which has amazing facilities (even a hot shower) and lo…
Lake Pukaki & Fairlie
We arrived in Lake Pukaki late at night and decided to drive through it and stay at Lake Wardell Rest Area Overnight Campervan Parking. It w…
Lake Tekapo
When we arrived at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Tekapo there were gale force winds so there were not many people there. When cros…