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Looking down to Aoraki/ Mount Cook Village
New Zealand Itinerary

New Zealand Itinerary

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New Zealand is amazing! It is a country with ridiculously beautiful and varied scenery, unique animals and birds, as well as tasty wine and coffee. I was expecting to love the mountainous areas and the crazily-blue glacial lakes. However I also fell in love with the pretty beaches, epic volcanic landscapes and hobbit-esque green countryside. Our New Zealand itinerary might be good for other people that like pretty views and hikes! This page links to all my Kiwi blog posts,…

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First View of Milford Sound
9 Must-see sights on the road to Milford Sound

9 Must-see sights on the road to Milford Sound

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This time last year we were having the most amaaaaazing trip around New Zealand. I wrote a bunch of posts about it, but I never got around to writing about all the things we did on the road to Milford Sound. So, here is a full account of all the things we managed to squish into our time in the Fiordland. I have already written about some of these, so just click on the links if you’d like to read…

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Oyster catcher
Auckland Activities – Waiheke Island

Auckland Activities – Waiheke Island

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Sometimes plans are just not meant to be! We ended up on the gorgeous Waiheke Island on a whim, with virtually no planning! It was a lovely place to explore for a few hours with beautiful beaches, cool birds and quite a few wineries to sample! We only had a day (well, an evening and a day) in Auckland, so I had planned out a pretty epic itinerary for us. My original plan (which I still think sounds amaaazing) was do…

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Queenstown walks – Bob’s Peak

Queenstown walks – Bob’s Peak

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Bob’s Peak is a pretty, but super-easy hike and was our last walk on New Zealand’s South Island. *Sob* Queenstown is ridiculously beautiful! The town is surrounded by mountains and gorgeous blue lakes. The airport has to have some of the best take-off views of anywhere in the world. But…we had been so busy hiking our way around New Zealand, that we didn’t actually have much time in Queenstown. Even if we only have a few hours, we still fancied…

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