On today’s picture you see one lane bridge. These ones are very common in New Zealand. One of the road signs that we often saw in New Zealand was the one informing about “one lane bridge”. 🙂 It’s the last picture from New Zealand this year. Hopefully you liked it and you enjoyed my series … Continue reading New Zealand – Final impression
December is almost over and also a month about New Zealand, but I’ll show you 2 more, hopefully inspiring, pictures from land of the Kiwis. Today you see the stunning landscape nearby Twizel, South Island. I haven’t mentioned so far something what New Zealand is also famous for: Do you know what it may be? … Continue reading New Zealand – activities in NZ
Wanaka is a little town but a much more popular ski resort on South Island, New Zealand. You may like it or not; I heard already different opinions. Anyway, when visiting the land of kiwi, people usually don’t spend so much time in towns. But Wanaka is lovely located at the Lake Wanaka. And I … Continue reading New Zealand – Wanaka
Hokitika is a small town on South Island, New Zealand. You can have a short break in Hokitika or just focus on its nearby attractions, e.g., gold mine, lakes, gorge, etc. While visiting New Zealand, it’s likely, that you’ll see on the way many signs labeled “scenic viewpoints”, many of them are worthy to follow … Continue reading New Zealand – Hokitika
Nugget Point is also a place where you want to take a nice walk. 😉 At the end of this walk, you’ll find a lighthouse. Surrounded by all that greenish cliffs, rocks, birds, seals, and water, the lighthouse presents itself I could not image better. 🙂 This walk is also easy, and trust me you’ll … Continue reading New Zealand – Nugget Point
Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes, in South Island, are very famous touristic attraction. These limestone formations are really unique and look exactly as its name says, like a huge pile of pancakes. There is one path, so you can spend a while walking around. And some rocks look not only like pancakes but like animals… … Continue reading New Zealand – Pancake Rocks
Today’s picture belongs to my category “on the way”. I don’t know how your road trips look like, but we often stop somewhere just because of an amazing view. We have some planned stops, but there is always time for unexpected pauses. 😉 This picture was taken on the South Island, New Zealand. We were … Continue reading New Zealand – On the way
Lake Matheson nearby the Fox Glacier is known for its picturesque view of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman. Take a nice walk around the lake; it’s only a bit more than 3 km, not demanding, and besides enjoying the lake and ferns, you will be rewarded at about halfway and if the weather not forbids … Continue reading New Zealand – Lake Matheson
Do you know lupins flowers? I think in many countries you can see colorful fields of lupins, but I always connect them with Iceland and New Zealand. It looks very spectacular when an entire meadow is covered by blossoming lupins of different colors of pinkish and bluish. For me lupins meadow looks great just like … Continue reading New Zealand – Lupins
Milford Sound is probably one of the most famous sites in New Zealand. It’s a fiord on South Island, that is surrounded by steep cliffs and dense rainforest. It’s so unique, that pictures from Milford Sound can be easily recognized. 🙂 To enjoy Milford Sound you can simply take a boat trip, and spend a … Continue reading New Zealand – Milford Sound
The Moeraki Boulders are large, spherical boulders lying Koekohe Beach, in New Zealand. Their size ranges from 0.5 up to 2.2 meters in diameter. They weight up to several tones and consist of mud, fine silt and clay, cemented by calcite. They were formed around 60 million years ago. I think, it’s the most stunning … Continue reading New Zealand – Moeraki Boulders
Amongst the evergreen trees in New Zealand you may want to have a look at so-called kauri trees growing on the most northern part of New Zealand. Some of them reach 40 – 50 meters height and have trunk diameters over 5 meters. The most famous of these forests is called Waipoua Forest. You’ll find … Continue reading New Zealand – Waipoua forest
In some places, not only in New Zealand, wind is strong enough to reshape trees. People call them windswept trees (today’s picture). The most famous place like that in New Zealand is the Slope Point. But it’s not the only one, you’ll find windswept trees in other places as well, especially along the coastline. These … Continue reading New Zealand – Windswept Trees
I think almost everywhere in New Zealand, you can enjoy sunset or sunrise. This picture was taken nearby Wellington. We’re searching for a good spot with a nice view, before sun goes down. 🙂 Do you chase sometimes sunsets? Like going a few kilometers further to get the perfect spot? __________________________________________________________ Wellington otoczone jest ładnymi … Continue reading New Zealand – Sunset
Do you know that Wellington is a capital of New Zealand? Maybe, it’s a silly question of me, however, it’s not so obvious… Auckland is bigger, higher populated and much more famous, isn’t it? Wellington feels just like a town, but in fact Wellington metropolitan area it’s quite big. When you go there, take a … Continue reading New Zealand – Wellington
Of course, ferns don’t grow on glaciers, but they can be found relatively nearby. 🙂 When we were exploring the area around Fox Glacier, in New Zealand, we took different hiking paths. The fern forest, was one of them. New Zealand has beautiful glaciers, but I was spoiled by Patagonian glaciers, and for me, almost … Continue reading New Zealand – glaciers and fern
New Zealand is also a country of glaciers. The most famous are Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. There are a couple companies that offer different activities in glacier regions, e.g., walking on glacier, taking a helicopter trip to glaciers, kayaking on glacier lake, etc. Maybe some of you remember, when I shared my travel … Continue reading New Zealand – Glaciers
Yellow-eyed Penguin is a second penguin species (after Little Blue Penguin) that can be relatively easily seen in New Zealand. It is one of the rarest penguins in the world and unique to New Zealand. We’re lucky to encounter a wild yellow-eyed penguin on the beach, nearby Dunedin. But later, we took a tour in … Continue reading New Zealand – Yellow-eyed penguin
In New Zealand, it’s possible to encounter my favorite animal – penguins. On the two main islands you have good chances to observe them including one endemic species – the yellow-eyed penguins. However on small islands (e.g., Fiordlands) in New Zealand, you have to try much harder to get some endemic penguin species in front … Continue reading New Zealand – Penguins
Christchurch in located on the South Island of New Zealand. And it’s one of sad examples how dangerous nature can be… In the years 2010 – 2012 several very strong earthquakes happened in Christchurch area. Today’s picture shows an art installation (185 Empty Chairs) made by Pete Majendie to commemorate the 185 people who died … Continue reading New Zealand – Christchurch