Tea Tasting at Zealong - New Zealand's Biggest Gap Year – Backpacker Guide New Zealand
Day 16: Today we are taking a tour and tea tasting at Zealong in Hamilton! Zealong is New Zealand’s only tea plantation and today’s activity for New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year!
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Today we are in Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand, where New Zealand’s only tea plantation is: Zealong! We hit the road to the Zealong Tea Estate for a surprisingly affordable tour and tea tasting.
Our guide tells us the history, as well as the process of tea making at Zealong Tea Estate. We learn how tea made its way from Asia to New Zealand before going into the tasting rooms to taste some Zealong Tea! It’s definitely a new experience for us – tasting tea at Zealong with many different cups, saucers and other utensils. It’s like a wonderful science experiment.
We taste around seven different fabulous teas at Zealong then do into the dining room for some amazing afternoon tea at Zealong: cakes, pastries, scones and so much more!
The evening ends at the Hamilton Central Backpaclers right in the city centre of Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand. Thanks for joining us today! See you tomorrow!
Robin and Laura from the online travel guide, BackpackerGuide.NZ, are challenging themselves to do 365 Days: 365 Activities. It’s New Zealand’s BIGGEST Gap Year! That way, we can bring you all the best activities, all the hidden gems, and a true backpacking New Zealand experience to YouTube and BackpackerGuide.NZ. Enjoy!
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Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway flyover – April 2018
The Hamilton section commences at the Lake Road junction with the Ngāruawāhia section in the north. It then runs south, to the east of Hamilton, connecting to the existing Tamahere interchange deviation just south of Hillcrest.
The Hamilton section will connect the Ngāruawāhia section of the expressway; reduce traffic congestion and improve safety on Hamilton’s local road network by significantly reducing through traffic.
The Waikato Expressway is one of New Zealand's Roads of National Significance.
For more information about the Hamiton section project visit: nzta.govt.nz/hamilton