90% of the time, my go to travel style can be described as "winging it". I don't like committing to a certain itinerary because I have found that sometimes the best experiences are spur of the moment unplanned adventure. This usually works for me, but in New Zealand not so much.
The thing I did not think about beforehand was that I was traveling during the NZ summer, peak backpacker time. They also aren't fans of free wifi in the hostels which made it very difficult to fly by the seat of my pants. I ended up with the most ridiculous route of the North Island (literally went in circles) but I just embraced it and was happy to check off some pretty amazing things on the bucket list.
My favorite excursion was my visit to the Waitomo glow worm caves. Originally I planned on simply taking a nice leisurely boat through, but my travel agent suggested a more adventurous route. Little did i know this meant crawling through tiny spaces and jumping backwards down waterfalls 🙈🙊 It was awesome though! At first I was definitely thinking to myself "could anyone hear me scream down here?" But once the cave opens up and you are floating down the river surrounded by thousands of glowworms it was 100% worth getting so out of my comfort zone!
After all of the excitement of the tour and excursions I headed back down to Wellington for a much needed relaxing few days before heading off to the South Island and it was exactly what i needed!
The thing I did not think about beforehand was that I was traveling during the NZ summer, peak backpacker time. They also aren't fans of free wifi in the hostels which made it very difficult to fly by the seat of my pants. I ended up with the most ridiculous route of the North Island (literally went in circles) but I just embraced it and was happy to check off some pretty amazing things on the bucket list.
My favorite excursion was my visit to the Waitomo glow worm caves. Originally I planned on simply taking a nice leisurely boat through, but my travel agent suggested a more adventurous route. Little did i know this meant crawling through tiny spaces and jumping backwards down waterfalls 🙈🙊 It was awesome though! At first I was definitely thinking to myself "could anyone hear me scream down here?" But once the cave opens up and you are floating down the river surrounded by thousands of glowworms it was 100% worth getting so out of my comfort zone!
After all of the excitement of the tour and excursions I headed back down to Wellington for a much needed relaxing few days before heading off to the South Island and it was exactly what i needed!
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