Maori Night Tour in the Waipoua Forest – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – BackpackerGuide.NZ
Day 360: Today we’re joining Footprints Waipoua to explore the Kauri forest of Waipoua and seeing Tane Mahuta and Tane Matua Ngahere – New Zealand’s largest kauri trees!
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Today we are exploring the Waipoua Forest in Hokianga with Footprints Waipoua Maori Tour in Northland. If you’re looking for a cultural experience in New Zealand then definitely consider this tour in Hokianga.
So what do you think of the Waipoua forest in New Zealand? Would you add Footprints Waipoua to your Hokianga travel itinerary? LUK in the comments!
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365 Days: 365 Activities
BackpackerGuide.NZ is New Zealand’s biggest online travel guide for adventure and budget travel in New Zealand. Join us, as the team behind BackpackerGuide.NZ, Robin and Laura, update the travel guide while taking on 365 Days: 365 Activities in New Zealand! It’s New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year! We release new videos of the New Zealand backpacking adventure every single day, as well as New Zealand travel tips and 360 videos every Sunday so start making your New Zealand bucket list!
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New Zealand: Best places to visit and travel tips for the South Island and North Island.
Traveling around New Zealand is amazing. There are so many great spots, you can just pull over and stop at awesome view points. From Kairoura, Abel Tasman National Park to Tongariro National Park. So in this video I summarize my favorite spots of New Zealand (North Island and South Island) - by the way if you only have limited time while traveling New Zealand, you should only focus on the South Island.
Highlights of the South Island of New Zealand:
- Christchurch
- Kaikoura
- Picton / Malborough Sounds (Queen Charlotte Track)
- Abel Tasman National Park (kayak tour and hike)
- Farewell Spit
- Buller Gorge Swing Bridge
- Pancake Rocks
- Okarito
- Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier
- Wanaka
- Queenstown (bungee jumping, sky diving etc.)
- Milford Sound / Doubtful Sound (Alternative for Milford Sound)
- Dunedin
- Mount Cook
- Lake Tekapo
- Akaroa
Best spots of the North Island of New Zealand:
- Wellington
- Tongariro National Park
- Lake taupo (Craters of the moon, Huka Falls)
- Rotorua (Wai-o-tapo)
- Cathedral Cove
- Hot Water Beach
- Paihia
- Cape Reinga
- Waipoua Kauri Forest
- Auckland
- Waiheke Island
- Glow Worms (Waitomo, Waikako)
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- Bridal Veil Falls
- Mount Taranaki
- Cape Foulwind
- Lake Mahinapua
- Roys Peak Tour
- Nugget Point Lighthouse
- Elephant Rocks
- Mount John
- Redwood Forest
- Whangarei Falls
- White Island
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The 10 Best Places To Live in New Zealand.
In a word, New Zealand is varied. For a relatively small island nation there are many different places to live, offering lots of options in the way of activities and opportunities. Here are 10 of our favourites spots from around the country.
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Photographing The Lone Tree on Lake Wanaka
Had this place on my list before I stepped foot in New Zealand. Along the lakeshore in Wanaka sits this lonely tree that is visited regularly by tourists. The beautiful tree out on the water with the mountains in the background helped create a beautiful scene certainly worth exploring and photographing!
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Kiwi Night Walk in the Trounson Kauri Park – New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – BackpackerGuide.NZ
Day 363: This evening we are looking for kiwi birds in the Trounson Kauri Park and seeing a magnificent kauri forest at night with the Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park in Northland!
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Tonight we are doing a kiwi tour with the Kauri Coast Top 10 Holiday Park to spot wild kiwi in the Trounson Kauri Coast. The Kauri Coast is one of the best places to see kiwi birds in the wild in New Zealand! If you want to see kiwi in New Zealand then don’t miss the Trounson Kauri Park in Northland!
So what do you think about this kauri forest walk in Northland? Would you add a night tour of the kauri forest to your Kauri Coast travel itinerary? LUK in the comments!
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Kauri Forest, Northland, New Zealand
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The Ultimate Itinerary for Northland New Zealand
From Paihia to Cape Reinga and back, my (mis)adventures and recommendations on what to see on New Zealand's eastern coast of Northland.
Trip to Cape Reinga from Auckland / Best scenic viewpoints in North New Zealand / Must visit places
In this video, beautiful places of North New Zealand have been shown via short clips. Road Trip all the way from Auckland to Cape Reinga is highlighted. These viewpoints can be covered easily within a two days trip that too within a reasonable budget.
The best scenic viewpoints are:
1. Whangarai Falls
2. Rainbow Falls
3. The Stone Store
4. Paihia
5. Giant Sand dunes
6. Cape Reinga Lighthouse.
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New Zealand is a country of stunning and diverse natural beauty: jagged mountains, rolling pasture land, steep fiords, pristine trout-filled lakes, raging rivers, scenic beaches, and active volcanic zones. These islands are one of Earth's most peculiar bioregions, inhabited by flightless birds seen nowhere else such as a nocturnal, burrowing parrot called the kakapo and kiwi. Kiwi are not only one of the national symbols – the others being the silver fern leaf and koru – but also the name New Zealanders usually call themselves.
These islands are sparsely populated, particularly away from the North Island, but easily accessible. There are sparklingly modern visitor facilities, and transport networks are well developed with Airports throughout the country and well maintained highways. New Zealand often adds an adventure twist to nature: it's the original home of jet-boating through shallow gorges, and bungy jumping off anything high enough to give a thrill.
Māori culture continues to play an important part in everyday life and government and corporate symbolism with abundant opportunities for visitors to understand and experience both the history and present day forms of Māori life.
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Mountains, lakes and glaciers
It can be said that in New Zealand it's the countryside that's magnificent, and perhaps no more so than the Southern Alps of the South Island. In the Mackenzie Country, the snow-capped jagged peaks rising above turquoise lakes have provided the inspiration for many a postcard. Tucked in behind is the country's highest peak, Aoraki Mount Cook. The lakes and mountains continue south, becoming a stunning backdrop for the towns of Wanaka, Queenstown and Glenorchy.
Another region where mountain meets water with striking effect is Fiordland National Park where steep, densely forested mountains rise from the sea. The most accessible, and possibly most beautiful spot, is Milford Sound. The road in is spectacular and the view even more so when you arrive.
Glaciers may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of an island in the South Pacific, but New Zealand has several. The most notable are the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers in Westland National Park. These glaciers are unique in how close they get to sea level and are sustained by the enormous amount of precipitation that falls on New Zealand's west coast.
Volcanoes and geysers
New Zealand is a geological hotspot and has many dormant and active volcanoes, geysers and hot springs. The best place to start is Rotorua, where the smell of sulphur lets you know you're close to the action. The surrounding countryside has many parks with geysers and hot springs, and Mount Tarawera, the site of one of New Zealand's more famous eruptions, lies a short drive away.
South of Rotorua is Taupo and Lake Taupo, which was formed in a massive volcanic explosion thousands of years ago. Beyond Lake Taupo is Tongariro National Park, dominated by its three volcanoes, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapheu. All three mountains are still active (Ruapehu last erupted in 2007) and Ruapehu has a crater lake that can be viewed with a bit of hiking. Ngauruhoe is famous for filling in as Mt. Doom in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
North of Rotorua is Whakatane, with tours to White Island, a volcanic island just off the coast. The island is truly a different world with its smoke plume, green crater lake and the pohutukawa trees clinging to a fragile existence on the volcanic rock.
Flora and fauna
Being so remote, New Zealand has very unique plants and animals. One of the most impressive is the kauri tree, one of the biggest species of tree in the world. Few of these giants are left (a result of overlogging), but a visit to the Waipoua Forest in Northland will afford a glimpse.
The beaches of the South Island, particularly The Catlins and the Otago Peninsula, are good places to see marine animals such as penguins, seals and sea lions in their natural habitat. The Otago Peninsula is also noted for its albatross colony.
Unfortunately, many of New Zealand's most unique animals are endangered and can only really be seen in captivity. This includes the kiwi, a common national symbol, the flightless takahe and the tuatara (a small lizard-like reptile believed to have existed at the time of the dinosaurs).
New Zealand's National Parks are maintained by the Department of Conservation (DOC) and various local governments. Access is usually free but may be restricted in some parks during some parts of the year due to weather (avalanche risk) or farming (lambing season). It is best to check with local tourist information centres for up to date information on park access.
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