If we are already blown away by watching the sunrise over the North Island from our room at the Skotel Hotel & Backpackers, which sits at the base of Mt Ruapehu, imagine what it’s going to b

Ah New Zealand, you are always keeping us on our toes! New Zealand is renowned for its dramatic change in scenery in such a short distance. The drive between Turangi and National Park Village couldn&#

When we called the guys at Tongariro River Rafting to do one of their mountain biking tours, somehow we hung up with a pretty unique white water rafting adventure booked AND mountain biking! Oops! Tod

It was a little over a week ago that we arrived in the “Adventure Capital of the North Island”, and it has certainly lived up to or even exceeded all expectations! From skydiving to trout

If you thought yesterday was rapid-y fun, then you haven’t met today! It’s time to hit the white water of the Tongariro River! Our day begins rocking up to the Rafting New Zealand Adventur

Today involves a whole lot of rapids: rapids from a dam release and riding rapids on a jet boat! We should really savour this day, as it could just be the most rapid-y day of our lives. Let’s be

We don’t think we’ll ever get tired of waking up to the views of Lake Taupo. New Zealand’s largest and most magnificent lake is ever in sight in the town of Taupo, and Haka LodgeR

In between the likes of skydiving, kayaking and jetboating in Taupo, we are happy to have some downtime. Who are better at the art of “downtime” than locals? Luckily for us, Robin has a fr

Update: Souvenir Outlet is now called “Four B”. Taupo has had us trout fishing and sailing on the great Lake Taupo, kayaking and jetboating on the Waikato River, and skydiving over it all

As we have seen over the last few days, Lake Taupo is one impressive lake. Not only is it the largest lake in New Zealand, so large that it is said it is the size of Singapore, it is also the world