South Island Spas - Reviews and Rates

We traded in Jetstar 1 in Christchurch because the engine was misfiring. Now we have our self-proclaimed 'Jetstar North'...much better!

We celebrated Christmas in Kaikoura with some hamburgers, Cantebury Cream and Cadbury chocolate. We opted for the light-plane flight for whale spotting. We did end up spotting a sperm whale below us for ...

Friday 1st March -4th March 2009 It had been a wee while since either or us had flown and so we were both rather excited and it was not long before Garvo indulged in a Steinlager Pure at the Airport. We soon touched down not long after in a chilly in Nelson then heading to our luxuary 5 star hotel and heading out to the local pub for a Mac's Gre...

I like Nelson...its a pretty little town and the hostel we stayed in was so luxurious it was unbelieveable! They had the biggest mirrors in the world in the bathrooms (steph would have loved it) AND free popcorn with the evening movie!! Heaven! From here we were able to explore Able Tasman National Park, well that was the idea until we got out o...

Stopped in Murchison which is a pretty small town, but too far to travel from Hanmer to Nelson. Very hot in Murchison so totally chilled out in the back of the van for a while having gone for a river swim where again the sand flies were really bad so it was short and sweet. Insect repellant is working, but not when you wash it off because you're...

We travelled straight from Picton (where the ferry port is) to our next port of call- Nelson. The first night we stayed in a holiday park and the second night we opted for the Paradiso hostel as we needed a bit of comfort as the weatherr was getting bad. We went out on the tiles in Nelson and had another good drunken night out, however we`ve nev...

After Blenheim, we headed back north west to the top of the south island. We took a walk up Farewell Spit, which is the very north of the south island before stopping at a couple of beaches near the very attractive Golden Bay on the way back down. Dave and I also had a day walking through the most attractive part of the Abel Tasman national park...

Found a fat eel in Queen's Park and a fig tree and an apricot tree right by the hostel, Paradiso. It's one rocking place: a crab dinner for six dollars! Visited the geographical heart of NZ.