Update: The Black Odyssey Tour is not currently operating. Other tours are still available with The Legendary Black Water Rafting Co, such as The Black Abyss Tour.
Sometimes you just don’t want
New Zealand
Day 1-50
Rain pelts down in force, pitter-patting on the roof of our campervan. It rocks from side to side in the high winds and makes for a long and noisy night… so Robin says. Laura slept through the w
After the black water rafting adventures of yesterday in the Waitomo caves, we’re thinking of taking it down a notch for today’s Waitomo activity – something less wet, because someti
You thought Waitomo was a place to relax in boat and look at glowworms? You’re wrong! (Well, actually, you can do that, we’ll be doing that tomorrow). Today, we are willing to get the adre
Glowworms! We are going to be spending a LOT of time with these bright and shiny maggots over the next few days, checking out as many of the attractions, both free and paid, as we can! Day and night!
We have a very special appointment today – an appointment with none other than the Mayor of Otorohanga, New Zealand’s town for Kiwiana. Mayor Max Baxter will be joined by the Kiwiana Commi
Our hosts, Steve and Lorraine from Arapuni Backpackers, are keen as a bean to show us around their little Waikato town today. What better way to find the secret spots than for a local to show you? We&
Today is a day for mingling. We’re mingling with the locals, mingling with the farm animals, and mingling with some of world’s rarest birds. You know, the usual.
A sheepy start to the day
Ok, today we need to sort our sh*t out. Because our campervan is going in for repair for two weeks (see previous blog post), we are going to be travelling in a rental camper from Jucy. However, we are
Hamilton, here we come (again). If you recall from our last trip to Hamilton, we had a Certificate of Fitness (COF) check on our van to make sure it is still legal to be on the roads. Unsurprisingly,