
Days 57-61 Wellington to Waitomo
After exploring the green city of Wellington we headed inland past the volcanoes of Tongariro, to the massive crater lake Taupo and up to the karst country of Waitomo, famed for its glowworm caves.
After exploring the green city of Wellington we headed inland past the volcanoes of Tongariro, to the massive crater lake Taupo and up to the karst country of Waitomo, famed for its glowworm caves.
A few days with a fair amount of travel on coaches and a boat to move between these two cities. We stopped at Kaikoura for a dose of whales, seals and beautiful coastlines though. Oh, and the beach of death…
Our final days in the RV following our cloudy, grumpy spell turned out to be pretty perfect! Sunny skies, picture perfect lakes and mountains, stunning waterfalls and great walks. Almost made us like the RV in the end….
Every trip has it’s bad patch. This was deinitely ours (so far anyway). Don’t expect glorious pictures and happy faces in this post; instead you’ll get lots of rain and cloud and the harsh realities of living in an RV in the winter…
Our first days in the RV figuring out how it works and enjoying some beautiful sunny weather around the impressive Mount Cook, stunning Lake Pukaki, fossil filled limestone and the city of Dunedin with its wildlife rich peninsula.