Thar she blows!

Kaikoura had some of the most beautiful scenery yet!  The snowy mountain-peaked background and an almost impossibly aquamarine sea sparkling in the foreground was truly magnificent.  We had some lovely walks around town and down to a sea colony to watch them play before heading uphill to the lookout from which you can see both [...]

The Road to Milford

Te Anau is a lovely destination on its own, and we took advantage of the lakeside setting for a morning walk.  After checking out road conditions (there has been snow and sleet), we rented snow chains from the service station and head north 119k to MIlford Sound.  It was still quite cold, so we bundled [...]

Curio Bay

In a suburb of Dunedin is the Guinness record holder for world’s steepest street, Baldwin Street. We left the van at the bottom and walked up. It was a good workout and challenging coming back down as well.
The weather deteriorated as we head further south, but it hadn’t started raining when we stopped at Nugget [...]

Etosha National Park

Even before we entered Etosha National Park, there were giraffe standing by the side of the road.  We entered through the eastern gate and had a game drive on the way to camp at Namutoni.  We were delighted to see more giraffe, elephants, countless hoofed creatures (springbok, oryx, kudu, impala) and zebra.  The camp area [...]