Road Trip Map

By Ben Schechter

Here is a map of our road trip ! I also included a little info on where we stopped.

North Island

• Waiheke Island- where we first stayed, many beaches
• Auckland- Sky tower and Auckland Aquarium are both here
• Pakiri Beach- the first campsite we went to
• Bay Of Islands/Paihia – Hole in the Rock and Russell
• Rawene- Sand Dune Sledding
• Waipoua Forest- home to the huge 2,000 year old kauri tree, Tane Mahuta
• Wellsford- a farmhouse we stayed for one night
• Mercer- farm where we camped for the night
• Coromandel peninsula
  • Whangapoua- New Chums Beach is one of the top 10 beaches in the world!
  • Hot Water Beach- at low tide if you dig in the right spot you will hit hot water!
  • Whangamata- a surfing town where Paula took a surfing lesson
  • Cook’s Cove- A bay with many caves we took a boat tour
• Rotorua- a geothermal town that stinks because of sulfur
• Lake Taupo- the largest lake in New Zealand
• Ruahine Mtns – a sheep and horse farm where we stayed
• Wellington – the capital of NZ

South Island

• Picton/Marlborough – where the ferry arrived and location of Smith’s Farm
• Nelson – the town where we got haircuts
• Abel Tasman – national park
• Punakaiki – pancake rocks
• Franz Josef – glacier
• Queenstown/Wanaka – Helicopter to Milford Sound, jet boating, and luging
• Catlins – sea lions
• Oamaru – penguins
• Akaroa – dolphins
• Christchurch – where we flew to Australia