Book and Travel Blog
Day 14 is a little different as there are two sides of the day. My side and my fiancé. I'm going to start with mine because is the unpleasant one and I want to end this post on a high. When we felt for New Zealand it was at the beginning of the pandemic. At... Continue Reading →
Day 13 started awfully early. We had booked with doubtful sound kayak tour (The guys were amazing and I highly recommend them) and we had to report at their office in Te Anau is at 6.30am. Which mean we had to wake up at 5.30, lucky us their office was just a 5 minutes drive... Continue Reading →
Day 12 started with this lovely sight just outside our bungalow. I mean isn't that beautiful? The weather was a little raining but we had come prepared for that. It is worth mentioning that the temperature difference between Matamata and Te Anau was easily 10 degrees Celcius down! But we didn't care! So we made... Continue Reading →
Day 10 was cave day! I had booked to visit Ruakuri and Waimoto caves on the same day. Fun fact I don't like close spaces and yet I love caves! I found them fascinating! The drive from Matamata to Waimoto was about 1,5 hours of nice landscapes. The first cave we visited was Ruakuri since... Continue Reading →
After a couple of very full days, we decided that day 9 will be more relax and just do some visiting. So our plan was to drive to Taupo, which is about 1,5 hours from Matamata where we were staying, for some sightseeing and then stop at Rotorua on our way back for some luge... Continue Reading →
Day 8 was a very busy and emotional day. It was the day that I finally fulfil one of my dreams, which was to visit the Hobbiton movie set, and after that, we had a day full of Maori culture which I found so fascinating! So here how this day went! The day started early... Continue Reading →
Day 7 was the day I crossed swimming with dolphins off my bucket list. Ok, I personally didn't get into the water because I was cold and I didn't want to risk getting a cold but it was close enough. The day started very early. We had to be there at 7:30 at Tauranga Marine... Continue Reading →
Day 5 was the day of our rescheduled dive at the Poor Knights Islands. The Poor Knights Islands are a Marine Reserve and Nature Reserve about 20km off the Tutukaka Coast in Northland and they are internationally renowned as one of the premium dive destinations worldwide. We had to be at the Tutukaka marine... Continue Reading →
On our 4th day, our initial plan was to go diving at the Poor Kight Island. Unfortunately, the night before jet lag did its appearance with mean we didn't sleep all night. We decided that diving with very little sleep would both be slightly dangerous and that we probably also won't enjoy our trip so... Continue Reading →
Our first official day in New Zealand we decided to visit two places. Mount Manaia Track (get some walking down after so many hours on a plane and a car) and the Whangarei Falls. Mount Manaia is 28 km east of Whangārei. There is a car park where you can leave your car and gently... Continue Reading →
