The helicopter flight and hike on the glacier was truly magnificent. We took the 9.30 flight and the weather was glorious. The glacier is an extremely remarkable phenomenon and it was great to be able to walk on it for a couple of hours and check out the...
We are now in Franz Josef which is famous for its glacier. Queenstown was far more beautiful than we were expecting, set on Lake Waktipu (3rd largest in NZ), near the Remarkable Mountain Range. Our room in Rydges wasn’t so picturesque and we questioned if we had...
We are now in Queenstown, having left Milford Sound where we spent the last two days. Whilst the weather wasn’t the best with rain and clouds, we got to experience this beautiful part of New Zealand. We travelled from Invercargill to Milford via Te...
Napier proved to be a highlight of the trip so far. The walking tour was very informative and certainly highlighted and explained features that we wouldn’t have found out ourselves. For example a few of the streets have bends in them because when the...
A definite highlight of our trip so far was Waitomo Caves Tour. We decided to go on a smaller tour rather than with the big tour operators and we were not disappointed. Called, Spellbound our 3 and 1/4 hour tour only had 5 people on it and it was truly amazing. The...
Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2008. Continuing in our tradition, we spent this New Year Eve in Auckland and as luck would have it, we had a view of the tower from our hotel/apartment so were lucky to be able to catch a few photos from there. We were also...
