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A night at River Valley Lodge
We arrived to 'River Valley Lodge' after the routine whistle stop tour of seemingly every little village, viewing platform, fast-food outlet and supermarket since departure from Taupo earlier on that day. True to the itinerary it was immediately clear ...
River Valley
I was surprised at how beautiful the North Island of New Zealand was. We stayed a night at River valley lodge which is sandwiched in between great green mountains. After the Tongariro crossing we were very tired and took the opportunity to rest in the ...
Entry #1 Where do you come from?
Entry #1: Where do you come from? Languages in New Zealand Before leaving, I watched the news broadcast on Internet to be well prepared to the accent of New Zealanders. I thought it wouldn't be hard and I didn’t have to worry but I was definitely ...
Mount Doom and River Valley
First stop this day was Tongariro National Park which is domitated by three large volcano's covered in snow. Also quite a lot of the filming for Lord Of The Rings was shot here, including the famous Mount Doom which we unfortunately couldnt ...
Ruahine Ranges
Hi People, Today we drove south to the closest big mountain ranges called the Ruahine Ranges, after stopping off for a 'flat white' (coffee) we ventured in to the heart of the mountains to do some tramping(hiking) for a couple of hours, with nothing ...
Taupo to River Valley
Take it away Erika. Day 6: Travelling from Taupo to River valley – Ringo realised that most of us did the Tongariro Crossing & went easy on us regarding walks today. He took us to a beautiful waterfall, were you had the option to jump ...
Deseret, rafting and picnic in park
... Europeans would flock here for the healing powers of the thermal waters. At the Maori village one can see the largest geyser in New Zealand. After checking into our rooms the group decided on doing a picnic in the park. We met back later at our van ...
Entry #2: I feel like I am in the perfect country!
... there are more. I saw another thing that amazed me: public washrooms! In Quebec, we have the big blue cabins and in New Zealand, there are those sophisticated toilets. It is unbelievable! There is a light that says it is unoccupied, another one to say it ...
A well earned break from it all
... friends we met on the Kiwi bus. The view outside was of the sloping valley covered in grass and scattered with a collection of typical New Zealand flora all the way up. The river flowed just a few meters in front of our room and came complete with a pull ...
muscle aching, the finest ;)
... I have muscle ache, of course! We walked the whole 19.4km plus the summit of Mt. Tongariro which is another ... forgot how much km :) New Zealand is the country of nature - everywhere you go (drive) you will be (or at least i am) impressed by this ...
A Giant Sheepdog
We made it Hunterville. Stayed at a B and B of some rellies. They were quite nice people. nice place, nice view, nice gardens. I highly recommend them ...
White Water here i come!
... of things since i been away! We had time to grab a bit of lunch then it was onto the next stop, the capital of New Zealand Wellington for 2 nights which would be the conclusion of the north island. Apparently the south is where the fun really begins but i ...
River Valley
My third visit to Taupo was a bit more relaxed than the first two. The Kiwi Bus stopped here for two nights, giving most a chance to do the Tongariro Crossing, sky-dive, drink or some combination thereof. I stayed in and did laundry. Yippee! Last ...
River Valley Adventure Lodge
... that had come from Taupo (the skiing crew plus a girl called Fran) played some card games which drew the attention of some of the new bus passengers so we decided to play ring of fire. Most of you probably know this game but for those of you who ...
River Valley
I was completely hanging today after last night's antics. It was made even worse by the winding roads on the way to River Valley! Once we got there we had another 300m to walk down a steep winding path as the coach couldn't make it down the hill - worst ...
A change of islands
Goodbye South Island, hello North Island. A short flight to Christchurch, a change of planes, a short flight to Wellington in a twin-prop plane and we're on the North Island. There we collected a hire car (a godawful GM Holden) and we're off heading ...
A well needed rest
Today we drove along the eastern shores of Lake Taupo and into Turangi (Two-Rangi), the trout fishing capital of New Zealand. We stopped here briefly to pick up supplies for the day and dinner this evening. The bus then headed into ...
Onward to Rotorua
... evening. The guy at the rental car counter down the street had a better suggestion than anyone in the hotel. After picking up the new car, we headed out for the longest drive of the trip, a little over 500km. A quick stop in Johnsonville brought a ...
Foolishly thinking less km's means easier..
Well, the thinking was that only 100km today and this should be easier then the previous day.. Oh how wrong i was going to be.. Stats below will show this.. For the first 30 odd kilometers there was a hidden steady climb. I say hidden was I thought it ...
En compagnie de Kate
Allo tout le monde ! Je voulais juste vous donner un peu de nouvelles de moi ... Alors je travaille au lodge ą tous les jours, le matin je commence ą 10h et je commence par nettoyer les chambres, ensuite je vais aider un peu en cuisine ą préparer le ...
Down again but not out !
... is it's not looking too good. We rose from our beds at 7am and headed off towards River valley which is 35 minutes from Taihape for those who care. Anyhow we arrived to the grand news that there would be no afternoon rafting and we could go the ...
River Valley
Eina įstęšan fyrir žvķ aš Kiwi Experience stoppar į žessum staš er sś aš žar er aš finna eina af flottustu River Rafting į ķ Nżja Sjįlandi, en hśn er af stigi 5. Svefnbśstašurinn (ekki hostel sem sagt) var stašsettur djśpt ķ ...
in the middle of no where
... lol. O one cool thing though, there was an AWESOME pully thing over a river. Yeah that was ace :-D. All in all a strange little place, but hey ho all is good i guess. Next is time for the capital of New Zealand before heading to the south island :-D. ...
Francie's first bungy jump
Francie's first bungy jump We headed off from Pokira bay this morning on our way to Rotorua, sbout 5 hours drive.The weather was still grim but as we drove north the rain stopped and the blue skies reappeared. We passed through lots of flat ...
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