Today we left the hostel at 8.30am to head to Wesport. Gina and I were feeling wide awake and even got up in time for the all you can eat breakfast for $5.00. Bargain. On the way we went to the Nelson Lakes National Park. We parked next to the stunning Lake Rotoiti surrounded by snow capped mountains and native New Zealand beech forest. This is one of the most beautiful spots in the world. Nelson Lakes National Park is a picturesque wilderness area of glacier lak...

We got up ready to leave the hostel at 7.15am. Gina and I were seriously hungover and I had less than 2 hours sleep and Gina only had 20 minutes sleep last night. We were taken to Wellington ferry terminal and had to check our bags in as we are going on the ferry as foot passengers. The driver Cam leaves the Kiwi Experience bus here and picks up another one in Picton. The ferry was leaving at 8.25am. We are leaving the North Island today and heading to the South ...

Today we got up ready to check out at 10am but we weren't leaving the lodge until 2pm. It was a pretty chilled out morning. Some people had gone White Water Rafting or horse trekking. Gina and I didn't do any of these activities so we just sat chatting with everyone. At 2pm we left River Valley to head to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. We stopped briefly on the way in a place called Bulls to get some food. The drive to Wellington is dominated by the...

Today we left the hostel at 9.30am to head to River Valley. On the way we stopped for food supplies in Turangi, the trout fishing capital of New Zealand and then went to Tongariro National Park for a 2 hour loop walk. Tongariro National Park is New Zealand's oldest National Park, one of New Zealand's three World Heritage areas and the fourth one created in the world. We explored native bush and waterfalls in this volcanic region. A lot of the filming from Lord of...

We got up ready to be picked up at 10.30am to go on the Huka Falls jet boat. Huka Falls jet boat in Taupo is a 30 minute thrilling jet boat ride to the base of the spectacular Huka Falls - New Zealand's most visited natural attraction. We cruised along the water at high speed and did really fast spins. We all got very wet but we were wearing waterproof jackets over our clothes. We got 50% off this jet boat ride with our Explore New Zealand cards whereas the cost ...