Auckland Hotels - Reviews and Rates

OK work this one out we left Santiago on the 15th September on a 13 hr 20 minutes flight to Auckland New Zealand and arrived on the 17th September. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 16TH SEPTEMBER.....we just missed out on a whole day. It was dark from the minute we left Santiago to the minute we arrived in Auckland, strangest flight EVER!!

We had a g...

Woke up this morning to the wonderful sunshine. Not much planned for the day, so Hall and I just decided to play it by ear and call up Kathy see what she has planned for us. We decided to go take a drive around Devonport, didn't get to see the beach since we were crunched for time, but got to do a walk around North Head, which contains an extens...

We got a late morning bus out of Rotorua to head to Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, for mid-afternoon. Along the way we passed through the town of Matamata, a.k.a. Hobbiton as this is where Peter Jackson filmed this part of the Lord of the Rings on one of the local's farmland. We didn't get to see the exact location, but we did get the cha...

Well we have arrived at our final destination, Auckland! Some people say Auckland is the real capital, not sure why though. It just seems to be this intercity rivalry, Sydney/Melbourne etc etc etc! I have to say I do prefer it to Wellington, it has a better feel to it. Not that I have been round touching and feeling everything though. It is anot...

Leaving Napier behind we set out for Rotorua. This place is the activity centre for the North island. If it invloves adrenaline you can find it in Rotorua. A trip here isnt complete without a go at Zorbing. We opted for the wet zig zag course, which involves jumping into what resembles an over-sized balloon, adding a bit of water and hurling you...

AUCKLAND By Mairead We just got off the boat and took a taxi to our hotel. This hotel is cool. I went to the Auckland Aquarium. I also went to the the Auckland sky tower. We went up so high!! Some people jumped off it !Then we went on a walk I made a fairy house and found a cool tree.. AUCKLAND We went to the Kelly Tarton aquarium and saw the st...

February 1 We were in Auckland, today, the "City of Sails" and the largest Polynesian city-and took a trip across the isthmus on the north side of the island to Murawai, on the coast. We drove through farmland and wine country to the west coast to see one of the largest Gannet colonies in the world. I had never seen a Gannet before-and now I've ...

I woke up this morning, my last in New Zealand, knowing that I was going to have to live through this day twice. Hope I had enough sleep to manage it! It was going to be a long drive and I wasn't really looking forward to it, but then Dan kindly offered to come along for the ride, which meant we could share the driving and have some good company...

Hello, Its been a while since my last updates and apologies for those who've been missing the news from abroad! (unless you've been checking up on Rhona's blog which is much better updated than mine!!) So, we arrived in Auckland very early in the morning feeling bizarre because of missing a day due to crossing the dateline (still haven't quite g...

Another night of driving rain but up to a beautiful morning for breakfast by the sea. Drove out of Warkworth and south again towards Auckland where we drove over the Harbour Bridge and had fantastic views of the skyline as we went in. First stop was Mount Eden which was recommended to us as a great viewing spot for Auckland. Drove up most of the...