After a first trip in 2016, I decided to come back for a year in New Zealand (with a WHT visa).

• The map

Find here a New Zealand map to visualize spots I visited. Click on each pin to discover the dedicated post 🙂

 

 

I grouped all spots by theme and by island as well.

The summary of my main Road Trip

• “Beach” spots

• North Island

Bay of Island (beach and waterfalls)

Bay of Island (dolphins)

Cape Reinga The nothernmost point of New Zealand

Cathedral Cove (and New chum beach in October)

Coromandel (Whitianga and the Cathedral Cove – Christmas hollidays)

Mount Manganui

Piha

Three sisters and Elephant Rock

Waiheke Island

• South Island

Abel Tasman (Great Walk)

Cable Bay (Close to Nelson) and here

Moeraki boulders (road trip from Christchurch)

Wharariki et Farewell point

• “Nature” spots

• North Island

Cape Palliser and seals

Rotorua (geothermia + Hobbiton)

Tongariro (mythical hike in the mordor)

Waiheke Island

• South Island

Arthur’s Pass

Blue pools

Hokitika

Isthmus Peak

Milford Sound (cruise in a Fjord)

Mount Cook

Oamaru (road trip depuis Christchurch). And then + Katiki point

Tekapo

Wanaka tree

• Cities

• North Island

Auckland (santa parade)

Auckland (new year’s eve)

Auckland (anniversary)

Hamilton (its beautiful gardens)

Napier

Taupo (the biggest lake in New Zealand)

Wellington (the capital)

Whangarei

• South Island

Christchurch

Dunedin

Nelson

Queenstown