Smack in the middle of the North Island and 80 south of Rotorua is where you find a most beautiful lake' "Lake Taupo" 660 sq km in area and elevated at 360 meters it is actually the top of an extinct volcano. The roads leading the lake are breathtaking. Best not to say too much but let the pictures tell the story. The road follows the line North East – South West and ends in the town of Stratford which is in sight of the 1220 meter high Mount Egmont, local...

The Haka The Maoris are a very proud people; many are of mixed race which is clearly notable in their faces. In 1642 The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman arrived on New Zealand's shores. He didn’t stay very long as several of his crew were killed and cooked. You can just imagine these guys landing on the beach and facing the warriors performing the Haka. A war dance to send shivers over your spine. No just imagine this scene when Able Tasman reached the beach...

2014-04-19 Rotorua Rotorua must be the North Island most popular destination. The area where the town is built and a vast region around it sits right on top of a thermal active area and is famous for its geysers, hot springs, hot mud pools and its Maori population. By the way the Maoris are the native people who have been there since the 14th century. They came in very large canoes from the east from the several Polynesian islands. Before that the land was al...

2014-04-19 Sat Auckland to Tairua. If you like forests than New Zealand will deliver. Much of the country is still forest "as it was" with vast wilderness areas. Due east from Auckland is the Coromandel Peninsula. The centre of the Peninsula is still unpolluted and pristine/ The Coromandel State Forest stretches almost the entire length of the Peninsula. If you just want to relax , laze around and do some fishing this is the place to be. The place is scattered ...