Located in the Marlborough Sounds area at the north end of the South Island, the Queen Charlotte Track stretches 70 km from historic Ship Cove to Anakiwa. Described as one of New Zealand's premier trails for hiking and mountain biking, it's one of four hiking destinations we built into our New Zealand vacation plan. But …
With a 1 pm check-in time for our water taxi to Bay of Many Coves Resort, we had limited time for stops and side trips along the 155 km drive from Kaikoura to Picton. After checking out of our hotel, we were driving north by 9 am. We didn't get very far - maybe 10 …
Home to the main population of sperm whales in New Zealand, a whale watching excursion headlined our short stay in Kaikoura. We arrived a little too early to check in for our Whale Watch trip, so to pass the time we headed down to the beach, equipped with tripods, cameras and 10-stop ND filters to …
Driving day #3 we moved from Arthur's Pass to Kaikoura: Distance = 275 km, bypassing Christchurch Expected driving time = 3.5 hours Actual elapsed time = about 8 hours Main reason it took so long = extended stop at Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area Also known as Castle Hill, the Kura Tawhiti Conservation Area was the …
I first learned about Cave Stream while putting together a list of geocaches we might try to find to while on vacation in New Zealand. In December, I started trying to convince the rest of the family that walking up a stream in a cave for 600 meters would be a great adventure. By the …