after about 40 hours of travelling from Auckland to my homevillage ... I had the urgent need for a long sleep. But I was greeted by this sign at the entrance of our village and by my neighbours in...

on the way from Taupo to Rotorua you drive on the 'thermal highway'. The earth's crust is made up of a patchwork of interlocking plates. Here on the northern island of New Zealand the edge of the...

ok, I had to leave New Zealand in a few days when I came to Taupo. And something was itching ... I was looking forward to going home, but there was something not done yet. And this is what I did:...

Back to the northern islands - 920 km. The right time to leave Queenstown, because they expect snow in a 2 weeks time ... church of the Good Shepard at lake Tekapo a very popular setting for...

Queenstown from Bobs Peak and here on Bobs Peak is the Skyline Luge they say the Skyline Luge is a fun filled gravity ride ... And this are Heidi and Fabian having a fun filled gravity ride :-) no...

Fox-Glacier looks like the Alps with cattle in front - no, it's the Southern Alps in New Zealand Lake Matheson If I turned the picture upside down - would you know it? Mount Aspiring NP This very...

this is a very special experience: heli-hiking to the Franz Josef glacier means: you'll go on top of the glacier by helicopter and there you walk for 2 hours on the glacier with cramps on your...

Beautiful New Zealand ... the southern island has a variety of impressions for you. In my next articles you'll find beautiful nature in very different kinds. For instance Abel Tasman: The Abel...

After the volunteering work around Auckland two other volunteers and myself decided to go to the southern island of New Zealand traveling around on a 'Hop on hop off'-bus. From Christchurch north...

We spent our second volunteering week in the Waipoua-Forest, 3 hrs-drive north of Auckland. It was all about Kauri-Trees. Real giants of the forest ... The Ranger Stephen is very passionate about...