We’ve now been tenting 15 out of the past 16 nights. Camping is a major New Zealand pasttime, and the sites are almost always in spectacular locations. We’ve camped on sandy beaches, calm lakes, and flowing rivers, with singing birds and usually sheep to wake us up in the crisp cool mornings.
What has impressed us most about New Zealand is not its stunning landscapes (though they are) but the amazing variety of them we’ve seen. The hills of Scotland are adjacent to the Rocky Mountains. The glaciers of Alaska collide with the rainforests of Hawaii. The torquoise waters of the Caribbean lap up against the fishing villages of Maine. And all this is within an easy day’s drive. Though New Zealand does not have the tallest mountains, deepest gorges, or longest beaches, it comes close on all counts in its two small islands.
We are now in Queenstown, halfway through our NZ (pronounced N-Zed) trip with what some way the most fantastic sights still to come. We’ll keep you posted. 🙂
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