We made it to the west coast. Well… sort of. Te Anau sits right by Fiordland National Park—you can’t really get much closer—but to reach the actual coast, you still have to drive about two hours through stunning scenery. The night we arrived, it poured with rain.

On the way to Dunedin we came across the Elephant Rocks, a field of Limestones that are over 20 million years old. Some scenes in Chronicles of Narnia movie were apparently filmed here. Dunedin is a bigger city than we expected, it has somewhat steep streets (apparently the steepest street

We drove southward from Christchurch to the next location, Timaru. We initially wanted to stay close to the Lake Tekapo, because that’s the main location for beautiful hikes and nature in that area, but the accommodations around were pretty much fully booked already. Timaru has a nice little beach,

A brief introduction to New Zealand, our arrival to the country and how we spent our first few days.