Lake Coleridge and the hike of Peak Hill
An other beautiful week end of June in Canterbury… It would be silly of us not to enjoy it! So we jump in our hiking boots and, with our friends Pauline and Florian, take the direction of Peak Hill, a…
Ashburton Lakes and Mount Sunday : Edoras
Mid-june, in Christchurch. To escape from the demanding urban life, we decided to enjoy this weekend’s nice weather to go exploring the Ashburton lakes region and hike on Mount Sunday. The Ashburton Lakes It takes 2:30 from Christchurch to reach…
Day trip to Castle Hill
Since a few months, we are back to a « normal » life in Christchurch, but that doesn’t mean we stop exploring !! Every weekends, we leave this awesome city sitting right between mountains and sea to go wandering through beautiful Canterbury.…
Lake Tekapo
On the way north from Mt Cook, where we spent the two last days, sits Tekapo. Small, quiet, set along the beautiful namesake lake, Tekapo offers a place of choice for passing travelers. Famous for its jewel-like lake and for…
Mount Cook and the Hooker Valley
The Catlins Coast at the far south of South Island was wonderful, no doubt. After this good breath of fresh marine air, we are ready to travel back North to visit the Giant of New Zealand: Mount Cook and its…
Hitchhiking along the Catlins coast
After an amazing stay in Wanaka where we rode fat bikes, hunted for aurora australis on Roys Peak and hiked along the Rob Roy Glacier, we are on the road again heading South! And more exactly heading to the wonderful…
Wanaka : Hiking at Rob Roy glacier
We wake up early on this cold morning, the sky is still covered by the starry veil of the night. We are camping in Albert Town, 8 km away from today’s meeting point and we must thing about walking all…
Wanaka : hiking on Roys Peak and chasing aurora australis
It’s been a few days now since our friends Younn and Francois dropped us in Wanaka, after an amazing trip to Fiordland National Park and a cruise on Milford Sound. Wanaka is a lovely little town, with its wonderful surrounding…
Fiordland : Key Summit and Milford Sound Cruise
In the brand-new silvery rental car of our French friends Younn and François, we are driving fast on the Stae Highway heading to the Fiordland… The Fiordland ! This mythic place, located at the far south-west of the South Island,…
Fox Glacier
A few kilometerss away from Franz Josef glacier, a little bit further south on the South Island west coast, you can find its icy little brother : the Fox glacier, equally reknown for its walking tracks and its helicopter tours.…