New Zealands South Island

Before the craziness of the festive period, my husband and I jetsetted to New Zealand's South Island to roam the countryside for 10 nights in a campervan. We are keen campers and are not afraid to rough it, we own a swag and a camper trailer and love the adventure camping brings! This time however we 'glamped', yep that's right we toured the countryside with a full kitchen, shower and toilet onboard. It was glamping at its best! We cruised around the countryside listening to the soulful tunes of a busker we came across in Queenstown Nicholas Ferretti. We bought his cd and had him on repeat as we drove the windy mountains and coastline. We absolutely loved New Zealand as there are so many beautiful sights, so I thought I would share some of my favourite snaps with you...

This was our first stop - Lake Tekapo. Neither of us had ever seen snow before, so there was some screaming of 'do you think that is what I think it is up ahead on the mountain tops?!' when we first pulled up. It was so beautiful seeing the snow capped mountains and crisp blue spring skies!

The moment we realised that it was actually snow on the mountain tops and not low sitting cloud. Excited much?!

On route to Queenstown, the beautiful countryside and sweeping valleys

Judging by the line up outside Fergburger its the place to get the towns best hamburger. The burger names are a laugh - 'Cockadoodle Do' and 'Little Lamby' to name a few. My cousin recommended it to me and my recommendation to you is skip a meal before eating here, as the burgers are large BIG! 

I just had to add this photo - its a standard bridge crossing where you nearly risk your life each time you cross. This is for a few reasons - the bridge is so narrow it feels like the Campervan is going to get stuck. Oncoming international drivers seem to not obey the road rules or signs and want to play 'who will reverse off the bridge first' game. Lastly, who enjoys suspension bridges, the bridge moves under you when navigating across it?!!

If you are into driving like a race car driver and feel like living life on the edge, the Crown Range just out of Queenstown is for you. My husband was just a tad excited trying to navigate the bends Mad Mike style - yes his driving idol was seen doing crazy stunts on the road here and he thought it looked like a little fun! Luckily the campervan wasn't able to exceed 40km/ph uphill so I live to tell the tale!

We called this place home, sleeping alongside this beautiful lake (image below) for one night. We woke surrounded by cows munching on the lush green fields around us. 

Okay this is where things got a little exciting... After two days of solid rain and missing out on sights, we decided that if it was sunny when we woke the next day we would splurge a little and take a helicopter over Fox Glacier and see snow close up and touch it for the first time. Guess what...yep you guessed it, we woke to sunshine! So here we are on top of the mountain, overlooking the incredible 13km Fox Glacier! This is right after I face planted outta the helicopter as I was so damn excited to get my feet on the snow for the first time.

We also toured right up along the West Coast, here are some snaps of the views and rocky shores...

This is our trip mapped out - if you want to know where we stayed or what we saw, let leave a comment below or send me an email.
I would love to help you out with some travel advice! 

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