National Park Travel Blogs

The Tongariro national park is the home of the main volcanoes on the north island and the site of some of the most varied and beautiful landscape we’ve ever seen. Like most of NZ you need to get well away from the roads to get the best views so the park is crossed by many miles of well marked, we…

There was very little in "National Park Village", only a few houses, hostels, a pub and a petrol station, we came here not for the exciting nightlife and sprawling metropolis - we were here for the famous Tongariro Crossing. We were up at about 6.15 to get the bus over to the start of the cro…

I started in Auckland, drove to Rotorua, Napier, Wanganui, and back to Auckland. It was a quick overview of the North Island of New Zealand.

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

Both got up at 7am to check the weather forecast.  It looked cloudy and misty, and we had made up our minds that we weren't going to do the walk.  When we got to reception we were told that the trip was on, that it would clear up and we would have a good day.  We decided to go ahead …

Hi, here's the pictures from my well-deserved Kiwi trip after having successfully finished my studies in Australia. Beginning with the Northern Island...

As a part of my trip for five months, I've spent two beautiful months in New Zealand

Trip to New Zealand in 2009, mainly to the south island