New Zealand

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that kiwi birds are a true symbol of New Zealand. What used to be an amazing 12-28 million population now hardly reaches 100,000 species. Bringing new predators and pests to the country and cutting out forests is what nearly killed these unique birds. Here are a few ways and important facts you should know to help grow kiwi birds’ population.

We were invited to check out the newest addition to the lush Waikato festival scene – Feast Waikato, food festival like you’ve never seen before. For a whole weekend, there were degustations in local restaurants, food workshops, outdoor cinema that everyone was talking about and, of course, tours to private vineyards, breweries, cheese factories and other intriguing places that are normally close for public.

Tourism Bay of Plenty approached us with an amazing opportunity – to film video about the local waterfalls for an advertising campaign they are launching in Wellington. Need we even mention we have never visited all three waterfalls before? So, let’s explore them together!

New Zealand’s warmest area is so unique and has so much to offer, you’ll regret never exploring it properly! From giant sand dunes to Maldives-like tiny islands surrounded by crystal clear water, from the largest kauri trees to the oldest industrial and stone buildings in the country – this 2-week Northland itinerary has all the highlights of Northland!

Road trips are a lot of fun! Travelling by car has a lot of benefits. It gives you freedom to go wherever you want and spend there as much time as you wish. To make sure that everything goes as planned, Alex had prepared some tips on how to get ready for a perfect road trip.⁣

Sunsets are gorgeous. Period. But I think, we all agree that while some of them come and go, others are born to become the brightest memories.

Thanks to Peter Jackson, New Zealand is now known worldwide as the ‘Real Middle Earth’. But the meaning behind this world goes far beyond ‘the place where ‘The Lord Of the Rings’ was filmed’. The landscapes of this country are so diverse, unique and absolutely out of this world that sometimes it’s difficult to believe your eyes.

As you guys know, besides writing about our travels in blog, we also write quite a lot of travel articles for different New Zealand and worldwide magazines. In 2018, our texts and photos were published in six New Zealand magazines and two websites from another countries. All together it was about 30 articles!

Built in the late XIX century, Forgotten World Highway is the oldest heritage trail and one of the most scenic roads in New Zealand. This beautiful, remote and desolated route boasts incredible views, historical artefacts, colourful birds and friendly animals and is overall an amazing adventure for any nature lover.