Posts Tagged with "New Zealand"
Friday Travel Photo: Helicopter in the Southern Alps
Today’s Friday Travel Photo takes you high into the Southern Alps of New Zealand. While you have a number of different options for seeing the mountain range of the South Island, a helicopter ride is certainly one of the most epic ways to take them in. Would you like to see more of the Southern [...]
Continue reading...A Budget Option in Queenstown – Hiking to Queenstown Hill (Photo Essay)
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Queenstown bills itself as the ‘Adventure Capital of the World.’ You can experience a number of heart-dropping activities here from jet-boating, to bungy jumping, to white water river sledging (yes, really). Needless to say, a trip to Queenstown, New Zealand, can very easily break your budget. Yet it doesn’t have to. There are many budget [...]
Continue reading...5 Ways to Travel Around New Zealand
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
So you’re considering a trip to New Zealand? Why wouldn’t you? It’s a country known for dramatic landscapes, friendly people, succulent lamb, and stunning vistas. There is something here on each island to please the thrill seeking backpacker, the wine sipping connoisseur, or lovers of the outdoors. It’s an excellent place to come to as [...]
Continue reading...Running of the Sheep in New Zealand
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Just as much of New Zealand is overrun with tourists, much of New Zealand is overrun with sheep. Take for example, the King Country south of Auckland. It’s a rural heartland that raises All Blacks, sheep, and is much greener than my rural home of Iowa. A visit to New Zealand’s King Country on the [...]
Continue reading...Monday Escape: Coromandel, New Zealand
Monday, June 7, 2010
Today’s Monday Escape takes you to New Zealand’s North Island on the Coromandel Peninsula. I visited Coromandel after spending a couple weeks in the Northland near the Bay of Islands – I didn’t think this area of New Zealand could be topped, until I made it to Coromandel. It’s a beautiful area filled with mountains, [...]
Continue reading...Dealing With the End of Your Travels
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Today’s Guest Post was written by Melanie Colby – a first time traveler come backpacker from Plymouth, England. During Melanie’s working holiday she traveled a lot, worked a little, and even gave Wwoofing (Willing Workers on Organic Farms) a go. Melanie has guest posted for Backpackingmatt previously and was recently featured on the front page [...]
Continue reading...Cruising the Bay of Islands on The Rock
Thursday, May 13, 2010
If you’re on a backpacking trip to New Zealand, you can’t miss out on the Bay of Islands – an inlet off the South Pacific north of Auckland dotted with over one hundred tropical islands. On a sunny day, the blue-green, emerald waters contrasted with the white sand beaches will almost take your breath away. [...]
Continue reading...A Day Trip on New Zealand’s West Coast (Photo Essay)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
If you’re visiting New Zealand’s West Coast and have tired of the Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers, consider spending a half-day driving to Gillespies Beach. It’s an epic beach and there is plenty to keep you busy on the drive there. Gillespies Beach is found 30 minutes from Fox Glacier Village and 60 minutes from [...]
Continue reading...Crossing the Cook Strait with Bluebridge
Thursday, April 8, 2010
A visit to New Zealand will undoubtedly result in you crossing the Cook Strait – the body of water which separates New Zealand’s North and South Islands. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west with the South Pacific on the east. The strait was first discovered by the Europeans when Captain James Cook sailed [...]
Continue reading...Interview with Backpackingmatt at Sosauce
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Alisha over at Sosauce contacted me a couple weeks back and expressed her interest in interviewing me as part of Sosauce’s Travel Talk series. I was flattered and thought it was a terrific idea. In their Travel Talk interviews, Alisha seeks out travel bloggers and other members of the online travel community and interviews them [...]
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- Claire Walsh: Hey Matt - excelent list I have just returned from a round the world trip and the non chain hostel is the best peice of advice. I stayed at a small ho...
- Jamie: Interesting Blog. When I booked a Jucy in NZ, I used www.travelsavernz.com. The offered the cheapest jucy prices by miles. I don't know how they do it...
- Audrey | That Backpacker: Looks like an epic climb! I think I would feel a little vertigo looking down!...
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- Jeremy Branham: Wow, those are AWESOME photos! I would love to explore New Zealand but some of those photos and climbs scare me a little!...
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