New Zealand - Flashpacker HQ https://flashpackerhq.com Inspirational travel photography and stories for the independent traveler. Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:46:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Cape Foulwind, New Zealand – Flashpacker’s Photo of the Day https://flashpackerhq.com/cape-foulwind-flashpackers-photo-of-the-day/ Fri, 06 Jun 2014 18:56:23 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=1456 From a day spent hiking around Cape Foulwind on the south island of New Zealand during my trip with Stray.

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]]> Flashpacker’s Photo of the Day – Lake Takepo https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpackers-photo-of-the-day-lake-takepo/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpackers-photo-of-the-day-lake-takepo/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:49:30 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=1103 https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpackers-photo-of-the-day-lake-takepo/feed/ 2 Flashpacker’s Photo of the Day – New Zealand Sea Lion https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpackers-photo-of-the-day-new-zealand-sea-lion/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:36:12 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=1089 Stray, New Zealand – A Detailed Case Study of Hop On Hop Off Bus Travel https://flashpackerhq.com/hop-on-hop-off-backpacker-bus-travel-a-detailed-case-study/ https://flashpackerhq.com/hop-on-hop-off-backpacker-bus-travel-a-detailed-case-study/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:44:57 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=999 What’s it like to travel on a hop-on hop-off bus? I recently finished a whirlwind, twenty-five day trip around all of New Zealand with a...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/hop-on-hop-off-backpacker-bus-travel-a-detailed-case-study/feed/ 29 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Final Days & Kiakoura https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-final-days-kiakoura/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-final-days-kiakoura/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:48:37 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=978 The last few days on the bus were mostly filled with scenery instead of activities.  We woke up in Dunedin and had a long drive...

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]]> Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Days 20 and 21 – Stewart Island https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-21-and-22-stewart-island/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-21-and-22-stewart-island/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:55:36 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=953 If you’ve been following along form the beginning, you’ll already know that, while in the North Island, heavy rain prevented us from doing river rafting...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-21-and-22-stewart-island/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Queenstown Part 2 https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-queenstown-part-2/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-queenstown-part-2/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:14:01 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=938 These two posts on Queenstown cover five days, which, in keeping with the previous posts, would be days 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-queenstown-part-2/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Queenstown Part 1 https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-queenstown-part-1/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-queenstown-part-1/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:13:33 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=926 These two posts on Queenstown cover five days, which, in keeping with the previous posts, would be days 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-14/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Days 12 and 13 – Franz Josef Glacier https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-12-and-13-franz-josef-glacier/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-12-and-13-franz-josef-glacier/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:45:45 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=903 Today we not only slept in but left at half-past noon due to one of our activities being canceled.  Normally we would have stopped in...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-12-and-13-franz-josef-glacier/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 11 – Cape Foulwind https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-11/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-11/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 05:26:29 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=886 Today we head south along the west coast of the south island.  Our destination is the town of Greymouth, which, by all accounts, isn’t much...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-11/feed/ 8 Flashpacker’s Photo Of The Day – Bridge over Abel Tasman https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpackers-photo-of-the-day-bridge-over-abel-tasman/ Thu, 21 Jul 2011 06:09:27 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=883 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Days 9 & 10 – Abel Tasman https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-with-stray-days-9-10/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-with-stray-days-9-10/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:00:53 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=874 We rushed out far too early this morning to make sure we made the 8am ferry from Wellington to the south island.  There were five...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-with-stray-days-9-10/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Days 7 & 8 – Wellington https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-7-8/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-7-8/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:17:45 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=855 Today was taken up with the “Ultimate Lord of the Rings Tour” put on by Movie tours in Wellington.  From 10:30 – 6:30 it was...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-days-7-8/feed/ 2 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 6 – Te Papa https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-6/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-6/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:54:53 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=849 Our group got up and out an hour early today to try and beat some of the weather and get in a few stops along...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-6/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 5 – National Park https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-5/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-5/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:40:57 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=842 The following is posted from the road during the middle of a month long trip through New Zealand with Stray.  If you don’t know who...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-5/feed/ 2 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 4 – Blue Duck Lodge https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-4/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-4/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 12:45:47 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=832 Woke up early this morning on the off chance there would be a dawn skydive in the works, but the sound of rain and outside...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-4/feed/ 2 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 3 – Hell’s Gate https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-3/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-3/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:42:51 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=822 We woke up this morning to the sounds of ABBA blaring out of the kitchen.  Apparently this is the standard wake up music for the...

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]]> https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-3/feed/ 1 Flashpacking New Zealand with Stray – Day 2 – Maori Culture https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-2/ https://flashpackerhq.com/flashpacking-new-zealand-with-stray-day-2/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:45:13 +0000 https://flashpackerhq.com/?p=802 Up and out by 8am this morning headed to Wiatomo for some caving.  There’s multiple options for activities today so the way it works on...

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