Best of: New Zealand 2013
The third stop on our trip around the world was New Zealand. We started on the South Island in Christchurch, where we took a shaky rental car and made our way to Auckland on the North Island from where we headed to our next destination.
Autumn was the perfect time to travel NZ. It wasn’t yet too cold but the landscape was beautiful with vibrant colors.
New Zealand from above
View over Southern Alps before landing in Christchurch
On the way to Lake Tekapo
Valley in front of Aoraki Mount Cook Village
Mount Cook National Park
Railway station in Dunedin
The dreamy Purakaunui Falls
Sheep blocking the road were a common sight
Fiordland
Mossy woods along the Kepler Track
Fiordland beer in Te Anau
Lake Te Anau
Mirror Lakes
Waterfall during a rainy day in Milford Sound
Milford Sound Fjord
New Zealand’s main inhabitants
View over Queenstown from Ben Lomond Scenic Reserve
Autumn in Queenstown
On the road to Lake Wanaka from Queenstown
Lake Wanaka
Sundown at Franz Josef Glacier
Mount Cook – the highest Mountain of New Zealand
A fern – the national symbol
Hiking at Abel Tasman National Park
The fjords of Marlboro Sounds
Mount Ruapehu
Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Mount Tongariro
Emerald Lakes at Tongariro Crossing
Mount Taranaki
Black beach at North Taranaki Bight with Mount Taranaki in the distance
Wei-O-Tapu thermal site in Rotorua
Wei-O-Tapu thermal site in Rotorua
Pigs on the road at Coromandel Peninsula
Coromandel Peninsula
Coromandel Peninsula
Auckland by night
Rainy day from our hostel-window in Auckland