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Queenstown: Day 29 — Farm Tour, Fergburger & Camper Return
Queenstown: Walter Peak Farm Tour, Fergburger, Bathhouse Playground, and the emotional moment of returning the camper.
Queenstown
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Lake Wakatipu & Kingston: Day 28 — Lakeside Camp Before Queenstown
The drive from Te Anau toward Lake Wakatipu feels like gentle decompression. Kingston Lake Camp, no agenda, and the day when it all felt integrated.
Kingston
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Milford Sound: Day 27 — Fjords, Waterfalls, and Sheer Rock Walls
Te Anau to Milford Sound — cinematic road, Homer Tunnel, rain as a gift, and a boat cruise into overwhelming scale.
Milford Sound, Fiordland
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Te Anau: Day 26 — Stopover Before Milford Sound
Te Anau sits on the edge of Fiordland — a practical base before Milford Sound, with a lakeside playground and mountain views.
Te Anau
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Wānaka: Day 25 — Playgrounds, Lake Views, and Lakeside Calm
Wanaka unfolds gently — Rotary Playground, Dinosaur Playground, lakeside calm, and the first place we imagined daily life.
Wānaka
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Lake Pukaki & Mount Cook: Day 23 — Alpine Roads and Hooker Valley
Some roads are unforgettable. The drive along Lake Pukaki toward Mount Cook is both — Aoraki revealing itself gradually, Cook Look, and alpine silence.
Aoraki / Mount Cook
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Lake Tekapo: Day 22 — Turquoise Water, Alpine Light, and Silence That Feels Almost Sacred
Turquoise water, Church of the Good Shepherd, Tekapo Springs and Dark Sky Reserve — Lake Tekapo slows you without asking.
Lake Tekapo
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Christchurch: Day 21 — Resilience, Wildlife, and a City Rebuilding With Intention
Driving into Christchurch felt different from Wellington — open, wider, a city that carries the marks of the earthquake and rebuilds with care.
Christchurch
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Kaikōura: Day 20 — Mountains From the Sea, Seals at Your Feet, and Raw Natural Power
The drive toward Kaikōura is one of those stretches where you stop checking the clock — mountains, ocean, wildlife, all compressed into one strip of land.
Kaikōura
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Kaiteriteri & Abel Tasman: Day 17 — Golden Beaches, Clear Water, and South Island Scale
The ferry crossing behind us, Kaiteriteri welcomed us with gold — beach as basecamp, Wilson boat tour to Golden Bay, and the South Island playing bigger.
Kaiteriteri / Abel Tasman