Sunday, July 3, 2011

Our New Zealand Campervan blog - What we will experience

 


There is nearly 12,000 kms between Calgary, Canada and Auckland, New Zealand.  This is a dream vacation to be able to attend the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand with my daughter.

  • We will be traveling around New Zealand for 39 days
  • We are planning a 6,000 km journey around New Zealand
  • Our travels will take us 1300 kms of longitudinal distance
  • Latitudinal distance covered will be 988 kms
  • We plan on seeing glowworms at least 5 times during our trip
  • My daughter and I will jump out of a perfectly good airplane for the first time
  • I am planning on tasting as many local brewed beers as possible on this trip ("Warning driver brakes for breweries" bumper sticker may apply)
  • Sleeping in our campervan at least 30 nights
  • Taking at least 100,000 photos and 100+ hours of video while on the trip
  • Planning on making at least 39 blog entries; at least one for each day of our trip
  • Albatross, Blue Penguins, Kiwi, Kakapo are among the birds we want to see
  • Horse riding down a trail
  • Scooter ride around Stewart Island
  • Visting Lord of the Rings locations
  • Sand surfing Northland dunes
  • Visiting at least 10 lighthouse locations
  • Going on 5 different tramps(hikes)
  • See an active volcano
  • Jet boat ride down a river
  • Kayaking on ocean or river
  • Taste the famous meat pies, fish & chips and ice cream
  • See the southern lights (aurora australis)
  • See the Haka performed by the All Blacks 
All set to begin September 9th, 2011.