The Rakiura National Park takes up a big part of Stewart Island. There is a short 3-day track, the Rakiura Great Walk, or you can go on longer, 7-12-day tracks that take you through very secluded forest. I decided to do part of the Rakiura Great Walk from Lee Bay to Māori Beach and back […]
Stewart Island has about 750 km of coastline (compared to just 28 km of roads). There is a bay after each bend, and many have nice bright sandy beaches. Beware though that the water temperature reaches only about 14º C on a few very hot summer days. Normally, it’s around 10º C. In the water […]
The first trip that I took was to Ulva Island, an open bird sanctuary in the Paterson Inlet, on Sunday, 21 December 2014. Birds and regenerated rainforest are the main attractions on this small island, about 10 min. by small boat away from Golden Bay Wharf. I took the 8:30 a.m. water taxi with a […]
Although Stewart Island / Rakiura is just about 20 min. by plane away from Invercargill, it can take much longer to get there if the weather conditions are not great. That was the case on 20 December 2014 when we boarded the plane in rain and had to turn around just 3 km shy of […]
What does my trip to the U.S.A. look like in photos – and a video? Watch it. Portland, OR to New York City to the Finger Lakes to Niagara Falls (and Canada) to Boston to the Bay Area.