Travel ideas for New Zealand – trip tips and recommendations from my experiences travelling in and living in New Zealand. This southern hemisphere country has beautiful landscapes, attractive cities, rich cultural traditions and a laidback lifestyle. Here you will find exciting travel ideas for travelling in New Zealand so start planning your trip now and experience everything that New Zealand has to offer travellers.
2013 has been a big travel year. It saw the Wandering Kiwi family relocate across the world (yet again) from Australia to the United Kingdom. A bit like coming home, except that beautiful New Zealand still hovers in the background of my consciousness. Here is a wrap up of my […]
I recently visited the South Island of New Zealand again and experienced for the third time what must be one of New Zealand’s most spectacular driving routes – the road from Wanaka to Christchurch. The little lake-side holiday town of Wanaka is one of my favourite places in New Zealand […]
New Zealand is part of the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ and growing up in Aotearoa, geothermal wonders and seismic activity (i.e. earthquakes) are something you become accustomed to. In fact, New Zealand is set right along the boundary between two tectonic plates – the Australian and the Pacific. This fault […]
What do you think of when you picture a rabbit? And shearing? Probably something like this? Right? Well if, like me you find yourself with an hour to kill after exploring the magnificent Waitomo Caves, in the North Island of New Zealand, you will come face to face with THIS […]
I’m often reminded that as a Wandering Kiwi I ought to share some more of my New Zealand experiences on my blog. Because New Zealand continues to one of the world’s best-loved travel destinations. So here’s some off-the-beaten-track travel touring the west coast of the North Island this past summer. […]
I see my Traveller’s ABCs as a combined self-examination exercise and travellers’ curriculum vitae. A bit like my credentials for presuming to blog about travel to an unsuspecting public. I’ve very much enjoyed reading other bloggers’ Travel ABCs and found the exercise very revealing. Without further ado, here are my […]
There’s no doubt it has been a great year for travel in my world, and it has seemed a very long year – the Egypt trip in January 2011 seems an age away. I’ve also moved base from London to Melbourne in Australia for awhile so it has been a […]
Although I’m a Wandering Kiwi I am reminded time and again how much New Zealand has to offer lovers of beautiful and unique landscapes. So I would like to share a photo essay of my favourite scenes and experiences enjoyed over many adventures in New Zealand. So let me take […]