Queenstown was one of our favorite cities in New Zealand! We could definitely see ourselves spending more time here. It has tons of great food options, nearby hiking options, and beautiful lakes. There are also opportunities for hang gliding or bungee jumping for more adventurous types (not us!). Lake Wakatipu lies in the heart of […]
South Island
Invercargill: Penguins, Waterfalls, & Really Old Trees
Invercargill isn’t a very touristy city, but it was a great place to rest a little. Their accents are the thickest we’ve encountered so far in New Zealand! Tough for us to understand sometimes, but everyone was very patient with us about repeating themselves! Our favorite breakfast place there was Zookeeper Cafe. They had great […]
Te Anau & The 8th Wonder of the World
After Fox Glacier, Te Anau was our next major stop (we spent 1 night in Queenstown to break up the drive). The Wifi in many areas of New Zealand, including Te Anau, is rather slow. Hence the lack of timely blog posts for good chunks of the trip! We didn’t mind though, because there were […]
That Time We Went to a Glacier
Fox Glacier The Driving We road tripped it over to Fox Glacier. Trying to fit everything in, we ended up doing two back to back days with 5 hour drives (from Christchurch to Fox Glacier, and from Fox Glacier to our next destination). We made it work and made sure to get enough sleep; however, […]
South Island: Maruia, Christchurch, & Akaroa
Maruia The South Island adventure began with us, and our trusty Mazda 2 rental car, taking a ferry from Wellington to our stop in Picton. It’s a vehicle ferry, and it was enormous! It transported tons of people, their cars, and even a few larger semi trucks. Once everyone parked, we got out of our car and made our […]