The South Island of New Zealand is less populated than the North Island of New Zealand. Follow me to popular tourist attractions as well as to not so known areas of the New Zealand South Island. Starting in the north you find the beautiful Marlborough Sounds and the golden beaches of Abel Tasman National Park. Down the east coast along the amazing Kaikoura coastline for a whale watching trip to see the sperm whales or to swim with dolphins. On the west coast of the New Zealand North Island we travel west of the Southern Alps and visit the famous tourist attractions like the Pancake Rocks or the glaciers of Westland National Park. We fly by helicopter around Mount Cook and check out the blue ice of... (... more information below the photos)
Abel Tasman Kayaking Vacation A guided kayaking tour along the Abel Tasman National Park coastline is a must do while on vacation in New Zealand. |
Kaikoura New Zealand Pictures The seaside community of Kaikoura is a popular vacation destination for visitors interested in whale watching and great seafood restaurants. |
Nugget Point Lighthouse Catlins High upon a rocky cliff in the Catlins, New Zealand sits the Nugget Point Lighthouse. |
Penguin Bird Watching Sights A close encounter with a penguin during an evening out bird watching in the Catlins. |
Ocean Landscape Sunset Picture The Kaikoura Peninsula features a dramatic rocky landscape which fringes the waters of the Pacific Ocean in Canterbury, New Zealand. A beautiful time to visit this area of the peninsula is at sunset. |
Haematopus Unicolor The scientific name for the boisterous Variable Oystercatcher, a sea bird found around the coasts of New Zealand is Haematopus unicolor. |
Yellow Eyed Penguin Portrait A side ways glance by a cute Yellow Eyed Penguin provides a perfect portrait of these rare birds. |
Wildflower Pictures Yellow Tree Lupins are a wildflower which grows in abundance along the roadside in Central Otago. |
Seniors Beach Walk New Zealand Vacation Catlins A couple of seniors take a beach walk at Waipapa Point in New Zealand as part of their relaxing sun filled beach vacation. This beach is found in the Catlins along the Catlin's Highway on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. |
Elegant Decorated Christmas Lights And Tree Scene A beautiful Christmas tree scene on a verandah bordered by elegant wreaths and delicatly draping lights. This delightful Christmas Scene was taken in 2006 at a house in Pukeuri in Otago on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. |
Diomedea Sanfordi Northern Royal Albatross Kaikoura New Zealand A Diomedea sanfordi, a Northern Royal Albatross skims across the water as a whale watching tour with Encounter Kaikoura goes by. This bird was seen around Kaikoura on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. |
Woolly Sheep Titirangi Bay Marlborough South Island New Zealand A woolly sheep looks directly at the camera at the Titirangi Bay Campground in Marlborough on the South Island of New Zealand. These animals are usually livestock and are kept on farms but you can find wild sheep in some countries as well. |
Variable Oystercatcher Ocean Bay Port Underwood South Island New Zealand A Variable Oyster Catcher, also known by its scientific name of Haematopus unicolor, stands up on a rock along the beach at Ocean Bay in Port Underwood in the Marlborough District in the South Island of New Zealand. |
Melting Glacier Ice Effects Of Global Warming New Zealand Part of a melting glacier on Fox Glacier turns into a spectacular blue lake that can been seen from the air on a Mount Cook Spectacular with Glacier Helicopters flight, in Westland, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. |
Aerial View Te Pukatea Bay Beach Abel Tasman National Park NZ A beautiful aerial view of the curved sandy beach of Te Pukatea Bay in the Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island of New Zealand. The Abel Tasman National Park covers an area of 22,530 hectares and is New Zealand's smallest national park. |
Blue Fox Glacier Lake Aerial Photo Westland National Park NZ An aerial view of a brilliant blue lake caught between the crevasses of Fox Glacier in Westland National Park situated on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. |
Wave Picture Pacific Ocean Coastline Catlins New Zealand A spectacular show as a wave rolling in off the Pacific Ocean hits the coastline and splashes high into the air in the Catlins district of the South Island, New Zealand. |
Beautiful Scenic Waterfall Catlins New Zealand Matai Falls is one of the most beautiful waterfalls and scenic areas to stop at along the Catlins Highway on the Southern Scenic Route in New Zealand. |
Kaikoura Peninsula Aerial Picture South Island NZ An aerial view of the Kaikoura Peninsula and the coastline of the South Island is another way to sightsee and whale watch while visiting New Zealand. |
Abel Tasman Sea Kayaking Adventure NZ A great family vacation adventure during a visit to New Zealand is paddling the pristine waters of the Abel Tasman National Park during a sea kayaking Tour. |
New Zealand Christmas Oamaru The magic of Christmas is alive as people decorate their homes throughout New Zealand. |
Pancake Rocks Punakaiki New Zealand Sunsets along the lush coastline of Punakaiki on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand are exceptional especially when the rays from the sun glisten off the Pancake Rocks. |
Kaikoura Coast Sunset Fascinating cloud formations of extraordinary hues fill the sky at sunset over South Bay and the Kaikoura Coast on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Catlins Waterfall New Zealand The multi-tiered Purakaunui Falls situated along the Southern Scenic Route in the Catlin's is an iconic waterfall for southern New Zealand. |
Mt Cook New Zealand Mt Cook and the Southern Alps tower above Lake Pukaki in Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Christmas Lights Display South Island Christmas lights on display on a residential property in Pukeuri, Otago on the South Island of New Zealand shows some true Christmas spirit. |
Penguin Sign Oamaru A Penguin crossing sign along the road in Oamaru, Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Aerial Glacier Crevasses New Zealand Beautiful hues of blue appear amongst the crevasses on Franz Josef Glacier on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Paradise Te Pukatea Bay South Island NZ Te Pukatea Bay is a paradise for any visitor to Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Dunedin Railway Station Otago The historic Dunedin Railway Station in Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Kaikoura Peninsula Sunset New Zealand Unique rock formations are part of what makes Kaikoura Peninsula in New Zealand a radiant place to be at sunset. |
Kaikoura Peninsula Canterbury Visiting Kaikoura Peninsula in Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand at sunset is a breathtaking experience if you like beautiful scenery and wildlife. |
Russell Lupin Picture Fiordland The roadside is ablaze with colour as the Russell Lupins bloom from early to mid summer in Fiordland National Park. |
Russell Lupin Flowers Thousands of Russell Lupin flowers create a carpet of colour waving gently in the breeze along the Milford Road in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. |
South Island Sunset New Zealand A threatening sunset of fascinating colors near Hopewell in Kenepuru Sound on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Destination Kaikoura New Zealand A clear day at the popular holiday destination of Kaikoura along the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand |
Sperm Whales Kaikoura Aerial Stock Photo of a Sperm Whale of the kaikoura coast |
Whale Watching New Zealand Aerial Stock Photo of Sperm Whale Watching in New Zealand |
Endangered Whales |
Endemic Weka Bird New Zealand The cute 'chicken like' Weka is an endemic bird of New Zealand. It is also a flightless bird which is listed as a vulnerable species due to habitat depletion, and predators of adults, chicks and eggs. |
Walking Yellow Eyed Penguin Set against a backdrop of flax bushes and hebe plants, a Yellow Eyed Penguin draws close to its nest after walking a great distance from the Pacific Ocean. |
Wading Bird Variable Oystercatcher Completely black and featuring a distinctive bright orange bill, the Variable Oystercatcher is a wading bird endemic to New Zealand. They range in colours from pied to mottled and black, most of the South Island species are completely black. |
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... Fox Glacier and the Franz Josef Glacier before we reach the rainforest and finally the beaches. We visit the old steam train, the Kingston Flyer, visiting Queenstown and Fiordland National Park. In the south we reach the not so know The Catlins with sandy beaches, hidden waterfalls, Nugget Point Lighthouse, the fossil forest if Curio Bay and the rich wildlife with yellow eyed penguin or hooker sea lions. We "finish" the tour with the city of Dunedin, the Otago Peninsula, and the Banks Peninsula near Christchurch.
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