We left Nelson and headed towards Nelson Lakes National Park. We stopped next to Lake Rototi which was surrounded by beautiful snow capped mountains. We went for an hours walk through the native bush before stopping for a group photo by the lake. We drove through the winding Buller Gorge before reaching Westport. On arrival we stopped of at Buller Adventure Tours to go Jet Boating. We had loads of fun, it was pretty cold and very fast! The boat had a huge engine ...

From River Valley we headed to Wellington and arrived quite late so unfortunately we didn't have time to explore the city as much as we would have liked too. We were up early the following morning to get the ferry across to the South Island, the crossing was a little windy but apparently not as bad as it can be at times. On arrival in Picton we boarded another Kiwi bus and made our way towards Nelson. We passed through Marlborough Valley with its many vineyards. ...

We drove around Lake Taupo and into Tarangi to pick up food for lunch. We headed into the Tongariro National Park for a 2 hour walk. It was exhausting but we saw a huge waterfall & walked alongside mountain streams, some of which were frozen over/ The walk was pretty but we were knackered by the end, apparently the area was used when filming The Lord of the Rings. We came across a huge waterfall which was pretty spectacular. We then got back on the bus and ma...

This morning Arber woke up & went quad biking whilst I had a lazy morning. We left Waitomo to make our way to Taupo- a place described as the adventure capital of the North. The weather was amazing so it was perfect for a sky dive! Me & Arber both did a 15,000ft skydive and it was unbelievable. We made our way up in this tiny plane and I was so nervous! I was first out of the plane and sitting on the edge was so scary but I was free falling out of the pla...

That morning we made our way to Waitomo an area with many caves under the farmland. Our hostel was really nice and we got a lovely en suite twin room for no extra cost! That afternoon we did the 'Abyss' Black Water Rafting. It was so scary! We had to abseil down into the caves (wearing full wetsuits, gumboots & helmets) the abseil was so scary that I cried before doing it but the guide was so nice & helpful. We abseiled downwards and had to pass through '...