New Zealand

Today we spent 4 hours cruising through the Milford Sound which is part of Fiordland National Park. A few of the peaks still had snow, even though this was late summer / early fall in New Zealand. There lots of waterfalls and people on sightseeing boats, planes, and helicopters. There were many waterfalls, some large […]

See all of our photos of New Plymouth New Zealand. There is not a lot to see in New Plymouth, New Zealand but there is a beautiful park, Pukekura Park. We took the shuttle bus from the port into the city central area and then walked about 15 minutes to the park. Along the way, […]

See our Picton photo gallery for all of the pictures. Today we took a four hour wildlife boat tour in the Queen Charlotte Sound from Picton. We rode aways down the sound and found a pod of Hector’s Dolphins, one of the rarest species in the world with a population of only about 35 and […]

See all of our photos of our adventure to Hobbiton Movie Set from Tauranga New Zealand. Today we rented a car so we could visit the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata New Zealand. It was about an hour drive from Tauranga. On our way, we stopped at McLaren Falls. There were wild hydrangea flowers everywhere. […]

See all of our photos of Auckland New Zealand. We took a 2 hour walking tour of Auckland. There is not really much to do or see here, its just a big city. After our tour, we found a place to get Ken a haircut and then Karen a manicure. Afterwards, we had a few […]