Queenstown Travel Blogs - Page 4

Me and my friend studied one semester in Auckland,NZ. Although we were really busy with uni and it rained a lot we love NZ ! NZ rocks but Auckland sucks ;) !

 On the drive back, it started to snow these crazy golf-ball sized clumps of snow that came down so fast and hard that when I pulled over, almost 2 inches accumulated in not more than 15 minutes!  But I managed to crawl slowly out of the mountains and down to lower elevation where the sno…

One month in New Zealand - two weeks on each island. Fantastic nature!!! Kayaking, paragliding, bungy jumping, Christmas... and much, much more. This is absolutely one of the most beautiful places I've ever been! I have to go back.. and back.. and back, and back..

New Zealand... the adrenaline capital of the world as it sometimes is called. Spent this 3 week trip with one of my best college buddies. Zipped around both islands as quickly as we could to see as much as we could. Started in the Bay of Islands of the North Island and finished in the Milford Sound in the South Island after the Milford Track. Everyday a new adventure :)

Queenstown is located on the South Island, at the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Here I met a friend of mine who was going to acompany me for the next 10 days. The plan was to explore the area around Queenstown for two days before heading South along the West coast...and so we did.Queenstown is a lovely t…

Queenstown is the resort town of New Zealand. Its a cross between Banff and Canmore, but bigger. With breathtaking scenary, great restaurants and at least three ski hills. We spent out time shopping, doing a Lord of the Rings Tour, visiting the bird sanctuary and having drinks at the ice bar. - Geo…

The Dart stables in Glenorchy offer riding tours to ,,The Lord of the Rings´´ movie sets. It was a very scenic horse ride, which makes you think, you are in the middle of a LOTR movie. So probably a must for every fan!(You also get the chance to ride one of the film horses when you are lucky;-)) I'm not a big LOTR fan (yes, i watched the movies), but when you get to New Zealand you just have to visit the movie sets! No wonder why they filmed it on this BEAUTIFUL piece of land!!

Finally!! I am going to New Zealand for the first time in my life. Unfortunately only for 6 weeks...but I think this is not bad for the beginning :-)

NO early start today, so we left at 8:30. We were only with 4, because the others wanted to explore Queenstown. After 2 fotostops we arrived in Glenorchy were we saw the smallest library of New Zealand.After 30 minutes we changed into a 4wD so we could drive throught the fields. In the fields there…

My first overseas adventure couldn't have been more perfect. I met some amazing friends travelling around on a contiki tour. Aside from spending a substantial proportion of my holiday being sick, it will definately take a lot for any future travels to compare to how good of a experience this one was.

Vandaag slapen we uit, we staan pas om 07:30 op. We gaan op ons gemak ontbijten, dit in tegenstelling tot een groep Amerikanen, die hun eten naar binnen proppen en dan haastig naar hun touringcar dribbelen, omdat deze op het punt van vertrekken staat. Het valt op dat het personeel bij de receptie v…

Pictures say more than words, so I'll keep it short. In our 6 month of travelling, for the most part New Zealand,i took tons of pictures.In this blog i picked some of them to show my favourite places of my favourite country ;-)...

Only a bit more than a week has past and I've already experienced so many things..... In Wanaka I did this walk to the Rob Roy Glacier which was quite hard as it was going up and up and up.... 2 hours!!! I'm not used to that at all but I managed to do it and I actually doing quite well!! However, …

Left Queenstown after a lovely breakfast and plenty of coffee.  Drove to Dunedin - there by 5pm.  Tired after last night's events so chilled out at the hostel for a while.  Walked into Dunedin centre for the Hairraiser Ghost tour - lots of fun and scared the hell out of me!  The…

This is a blog about my very first international trip to New Zealand and Australia. I hope you enjoy the photos!