🇳🇿New Zealand
Aotearoa from north to south — Fiordland, the South Island road trip and everything in between.
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road trips
South Island Road Trip — Mount Cook, Milford Sound, Queenstown and the Catlins
I had a limited amount of time in New Zealand and it was hard trying to fit in as much as possible while also spending real time with my sister. I think I did quite well — Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Q
budget travel
City of Sails: Barbados to Auckland NZ
The plane broke through the rain clouds somewhere over the Tasman Sea and Auckland appeared below — grey, wet and not exactly the sun-drenched welcome I had imagined after 48 hours of travel. My fligh
budget travel
Rotorua from Wai-o-tapu to Tamaki Village
Rotorua smells like sulphur. This is the first thing you need to know and the thing nobody tells you until you are already there with your nose trying to work out what happened. It is the geothermal a
budget travel
Wellington — One Day in New Zealand's Coolest Little Capital
I will be honest — I arrived in Wellington off an eight-hour overnight bus from [Rotorua](https://wanderingbajan.com/rotorua-2/) at 8am with a bag on my back, zero research done and twelve hours to fill before my flight…
budget travel
20 Things to do in Queenstown New Zealand
New Zealand is an incredible place to visit for reasons that go *well* beyond its cities. But if you're able to spend a day in Queenstown, you'll find that there's still plenty to do in and around…
budget travel
20 Things to do in Auckland New Zealand
Oh Auckland! I literally spent a day here and had no idea there were so many things to do in Auckland! It was also rainy when I arrived which made a few things more difficult. When visiting Auckland,…
budget travel
Stepping into Middle Earth — Visiting the Hobbiton Movie Set in New Zealand
I arrived into [Rotorua](https://wanderingbajan.com/rotorua-2/) from [Auckland](https://wanderingbajan.com/city-of-sails-barbados-to-auckland-nz/) around 9:30pm, walked to my hostel, showered, and passed out. The…
bucket list
The Nevis Bungy Jump Experience in New Zealand
So if you haven't read all of our posts then you may not know that I (Stacey) travelled to New Zealand on my own back in 2016. On an epic trip through New Zealand to visit my sister we decided to head to Queenstown,…'t…
bucket list
Most Memorable Travel Experiences: Australasia
We've been asking travel bloggers to share their most memorable travel experiences and they have not disappointed! This post is all about Australia and New Zealand so get ready to take…'ve been asking travel bloggers to…
trip planning
The Epic New Zealand Itinerary — 4 Weeks Around Aotearoa
I travelled from Barbados to New Zealand at the end of May and spent four weeks exploring the entire country from Auckland to the Catlins. The weather was almost perfect — chilly, sunny and only two r
budget travel
Christchurch — A City Rebuilding.
I landed in Christchurch late that evening from [Wellington](https://wanderingbajan.com/wellington/) with a secret. My sister had moved here ten months earlier and had absolutely no idea I was in New Zealand. Nobody had…