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📌 Save for New Zealand trip planning! These ar

📌 Save for New Zealand trip planning!

These are my recommendations for must-visit easily accessible places in New Zealand after traveling the country for a month:

🏔 Mount Cook/Aoraki: New Zealand's most iconic mountain. I recommend the easy but rewarding Hooker Valley Track to Hooker Lake hike for the best views of it and the southern alps.

♒️ Fiordlands National Park: Some of the most dramatic landscapes in New Zealand, plus aquatic wildlife. Here you can see Milford Sound, a wonder of the natural world.

🌳 Wānaka: Nice jumping off point for hiking and adventure. See the famous Wānaka Tree, then do the Diamond Lake to Rocky Mountain hike. You can also base yourself here for Queenstown adventure sports.

🌊 Cape Reinga: Northernmost point of the North Island and most spiritually significant place for the Māori. Walk to the lighthouse and admire the sea cliffs.

🌋 Rotorua: Good base for easily accessible Māori cultural experiences, natural spas and hot springs and a high concentration of geothermal activity.

🎬 Hobbiton: The former movie set of The Shire in Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. Fun for major Tolkein fans and more casual enjoyers alike.

🏞 Tongariro National Park: Beautiful park filled with hiking trails, waterfalls and more LotR filming locations. Here you can do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing - one of New Zealand's Great Walks.

🏖 Abel Tasman National Park: Home to beautiful beaches, curious flightless birds and more hiking trails. The Abel Tasman Coastal Track is another Great Walk.

🍷Marlborough: In my opinion, New Zealand's most beautiful wine region. I recommend renting a bike for the day and following bike trails around the vineyards.

Which of these would you be most interested in? If you've visited New Zealand, is there anything you'd add?

If you like this list, look out for a future reel about some must-visit places in New Zealand a bit off the beaten tourist track!

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New blog post: Planning a New Zealand campervan tr

New blog post: Planning a New Zealand campervan trip!

Taking a campervan trip around New Zealand has been on my bucketlist for a long time. But when it came time to actually plan out the trip, I was overwhelmed.

So I wrote a planning guide to help anyone else doing the same! Read the guide at the link below or in bio.

https://welltraveledbackpack.com/how-to-plan-your-perfect-new-zealand-campervan-trip

The guide covers choosing a van, planning your route and other important considerations.

Photo explanations:

1. Lake Tekapo
2. Mt. Cook/Aoraki
3. Nugget Point
4. Punakaiki Pancake Rocks
5. Milford Sound
6. Flightless bird at Abel Tasman National Park
7. Orakei Geothermal Park
8. #ThatWanakaTree
9. Monkey Island sunset
10. Fish & chips beach dinner
11. Cape Reinga (North Island's northernmost point)
12. Lambs at Tawharanui regional park
13. Auckland skyline

Do you have any questions about taking a campervan trip around New Zealand?

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#NewZealandRoadTrip #NewZealandTravel #NewZealand #Aotearoa #NewZealandCampervan

Welcome to my New Zealand series! When I left on

Welcome to my New Zealand series!

When I left on my year-long travel sabbatical, one of the top bucket list experiences I wanted to prioritize was a campervan trip around New Zealand.

My partner and I spent 28 days traveling the country in a converted Hyundai Elantra minivan, getting way out of our comfort zone. We freedom camped across beaches, parks and parking lots. Took too many cold showers. Even jumped off one of the world's tallest bungee platforms.

Follow along to explore New Zealand (Aotearoa in Maori) with me! From the subtropical beaches and volcanic terrain of the North Island to the dramatic mountains, fiords and alpine lakes of the South Island. The entire country is just breathtaking.

I'll share plenty of tips on traveling New Zealand: Hiking, road tripping, camping, wine tasting, finding Lord of the Rings sites, and more. Plus the ups, downs and in-betweens of living out of a tiny campervan for a month.

What are you most interested in seeing or learning about?

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New Zealand Campervan Trip | New Zealand Road Trip | New Zealand Guide | New Zealand Travel

#NewZealand #Aotearoa #VisitNewZealand #NewZealandTravel #NewZealandRoadTrip

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