Kaikoura is well known for its wildlife, especially for its marine mammal encounters. Dolphins, fur seals and whales live permanently in the coastal waters. Located on the west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Kaikoura is caught between the Kaikoura Range and the Pacific Ocean. Home to roughly […]

Green Hills Track is a hiking track on the South Island of New Zealand – 28 kilometres away from the town of Collingwood. Located next to Farewell Spit, Cape Farewell and Wharariki Beach it offers enough possibilities to enjoy a great day of hiking and exploring. Green Hills Track is […]

At the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand one can find Cape Farewell. It is the northernmost point of New Zealand’s South Island and is characterised by steep cliffs facing the Tasman Sea. Cape Farewell was discovered by Abel Tasman in 1642. Named Cape Farewell by captain […]

Wharariki Beach is a white sand beach on New Zealand’s South Island. Even if it is only accessible by foot it became quite popular in the last years but is still not overrun with visitors. The reason for the popularity of Wharariki Beach is a rock formation in front of […]

Tata Beach is located on the South Island of New Zealand, approximately 20 kilometres north-east of the small town Takaka. Tata Beach is, as the name may suggests, a beach. Furthermore it is a small coastal settlement of mainly beach holiday houses right next to the beach. Tata Beach can […]

Franz Josef Glacier can be found on the Westcoast of the South Island of New Zealand. Located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park the glacier was named after emperor Franz Josef I of Austria by the German geologist Julius von Hasst in 1865. Franz Josef Glacier is at about 10 […]

Hokitika River is in the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. Hokitika River has its source in the Southern Alps and flows after 64 kilometres into the Tasman Sea right next to the town of Hokitika. 33 kilometres upstream from where the river meets the sea Hokitika […]

Pancake Rocks are situated next to Punakaiki on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Over several thousand years sediments of sand and small marine creatures became buried and compressed on the ocean floor. Started over 30 million years ago this resulted in areas with multiple layers of hard […]

Arthur’s Pass is located in the Southern Alps in the South Island of New Zealand. At an elevation of 920 metres the mountain pass connects the villages of Bealey and Otira. Named after Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson, who led the first Europeans across the pass in 1864, Arthur’s Pass is […]