After the storm we had a nice day, we started with a walk around the forest and then we decided to spend the day in the Pūkaha ...
After leaving Gisborne we spent a slow day at Māhia peninsula - we drove around, climbed a small mountain and found a sleepy se...
We left Matata and started driving while listening 96.9 Tumeke FM and discovering Māori songs. First we passed by Whakatāne and...
After Hobbiton we spent a couple of nights near Tauranga, saw Quentin and Léa for the last round of Irish pub in Mount Manganui...
Hobbiton An Unexpected journey Hobbiton is a magical place, crafted to the detail and really well taken c...
We took the “Forgotten World Highway” north, going towards Hamilton. Both highways going north were supposed to be very beautif...
This post comes with soundtrack. We hit the road from Whanganui and started playing the Slacks and some other local music - w...
After spending the night in Ohakune’s campsite we went up to see another Gollum’s pool (not sure how many Gollums pools are in ...
On the way to Mordor and the Mount Doom - in real life Tongariro and Mount Ngāruhoe. It was a real life Lord of the Rings exper...
We left Te Puke sad to say goodbye but happy to continue traveling. We stopped in Okere falls on the way - they have a nice bee...
Kiwipicking is the first job we get in New Zealand. We’ve heard different things about it before: some people say you can make ...
Back to Auckland to finish the maintenance, and we made it! Kōruru has a new roof rack, new solar panel, new battery and awning...
We had to wait for a couple of days before the roof rack was installed so we went to Muriwai for a short trip. Surf beach (we s...
Back to Auckland for maintenance. We picked up our new mattress and went around to ask for a quote to get a roof rack installed...
It was a bit rainy but not too much. Lucky we got our raincoats though. We started the day walking the tunnels in Broken Hills...
We planned to go back towards Kaueranga river on the other side, to walk the tunnels at Broken Hills. But first we wanted to go...
We used the road to go back this time. Not too busy day - we went for a walk and got some food on new chums beach, drove to Whi...
We wanted to go up towards Coromandel town. The road was really nice next to the sea and we stopped by in the oyster company an...
We passed by Auckland and we ordered a new mattress for the van. They need a week or so to get it ready so we decide to run awa...
We don’t really want to go pass by Auckland but we have to… Roadtrip day stopping by a couple of places and finding a free camp...
We wanted to slowly go towards Auckland to buy some stuff for the van, so we decided to stop back in Waipu, see some of the mis...
We woke up early in the morning to go up to Magic Rock - part of the private hikes of the campsite. We had really cool views, v...
We didn’t dare to drive the van in the 90 miles beach, sadly. The beach is officially a highway so we saw a couple of people dr...
Let’s go to the very top of New Zealand! We left Maitai in the morning and drove all the way up, walked around Cape Reinga. It...
We continued our way up and discovered our first spotted giant Kauri tree on the way. It’s crazy to imagine that some time ago ...
We visited the longest foot bridge in the south hemisphere, that was built to allow kids to go faster to school on the other si...
What we didn’t think about was the weather and it turned out to be quite rainy, so we did a wet hike :D it was cool anyways wit...
Following Todd’s recommendation we did the coastal path in the morning, it was foggy and grey but it was a nice walk - the walk...
Our first trip in New Zealand. We started in Waipu and stayed a few days in Uretiti beach campsite (with hot water showers! we ...
We arrived in Auckland looking forward for our adventure! We explored the city, went crazy with the Weta experience and discove...