Itinerary:
Auckland - Whitianga - Rotorua - Wellington -
Nelson - Franz Josef - Queenstown - LakeTekapo -
Christchurch - Wellington - Napier - Auckland

in the City of Sails, in Auckland. Be our guest at our common meeting during the traditional Welcome Dinner.

After breakfast and the briefing of the day, we pick up our Motorcycles at the rental-station. Last safety-tips (Keep Left!) and we start our tour to the Pacific Coast Highway and the wonderful region of Coromandel.

On our way south we stop at Cathedral Cove, a natural rock cathedral which you can only reach after 40 minutes of strenious marching on foot, but it is worth it's while. We fully enjoy the cruise following the coast line to Rotorua. Already before we reach the city we are greeted by sulfur smell and the bubbling torrenting Geysers.

Pure New Zealand culture is offered at night in the authentic Maori-Village of the Tamaki-Brothers with a spectacular Maori-Show and following native Maori-Dinner.

In the morning of the next day we learn about the mystics of the geysers and the famous Kiwi birds of Te Puia.

Overwhelmed by the nature spectacle we continue our journey along Lake Taupo and enjoying it's wonderful view to the 2797 m (9175 feet) tall Mount Ruapehu.

We continue our journey by Dessert Road to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

Before we leave the northern island to the southern, first we will visit the brandnew Nationalmuseum of New Zealand named Te Papa.

In the afternoon we are leaving north island by ferry Interislander or by katamaran The Lynx to Picton.

Crossing the the Cook Strait and the beautiful Marlboro Sounds we have plenty opportunity to take pictures. From Picton we follow the Tasman Bay to Nelson, the first city in New Zealand.

Nelson and the surrounding region is enjoying statistically the most hours of sunshine in New Zealand - ideal for us Motorcyclists - they talk about more than 400(!) Motorcyclists living in and around Nelson...

Our trip takes us on the famous Buller Gorge Road in a southern direction to Westport, to the Tasman Sea with its beaches crowded with sea lions, crossing Cape Foulwind and straight on southwards

to the Pancake Rocks. We get a close up of the blowholes orchestrated by the sea.

Next we are passing Greymouth, the old goldtown Ross and enjoy the all encompassing landscape with its impressive mountains, the green rain forest and the Tasman Sea to our right. Quarters for the night will be below Franz Josef Glacier.

For early riser there is a possibility to do a helicopter-flight to the Franz Josef Glacier. Passing Fox Glacier, another majestic glacier, we are leaving the Tasman Sea over the Haast Pass and reach Lake Wanaka and finally the city of Wanaka and Puzzling World.

A deserted street between Wanaka and Queenstown leads us finally to the most adventurous city of New Zealand where every night feels like saturday night - Queenstown.

Dinner, is possible to spend at the Colonel's Homestead Restaurant of the Walter Peak High Country Sheep Farm. A short farmtour will give you views of the farm-work in New Zealand.

We will reach the farm by the oldest steamship of New Zealand, the TSS Earnslaw. On Lake Wakatipu we cruise to the Walter Peak Station and enjoy the wonderful scenic.

Highlights over highlights. New Zealand's tallest mountain, the snow covered Mount Cook with its 3.754 m (13,316 feet) awaits us and in the foothills the world famous Hermitage Hotel.

With its unmistakeable charm it is one of the few hotels on this earth that one has to visit in a lifetime. You are one of them and by drinking a cup of coffee you can have a look to the Mount Cook.

After this excursion we are riding back along Lake Pukaki to our hotel for the night direct at the Lake Tekapo.

Also this day on the road awaits us with unforgetable views. Visiting the Church Of The Good Shephard at Lake Tekapo we take the Inland Scenic Route to Christchurch.

Shure there will be time to visit the Cathedral Square,

visit the Canterbury Nationalmuseum or simply go shopping.

Wonderful roads, the Alpine Pacific Triangle. On your left the mountains and on your right the blue Pacific. That is New Zealand pure.

We pass the Marlborough Wine-Area and finally reach Picton, where we take the ferry to Wellington in the late afternoon.

In front of us the whole northisland. After leaving Masterton and Hastings we are reaching Napier. The town was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1931 in style of art-deco. The Marine Parade at the sea is an absolutely must, for here you find museum and art-galery and a special Kiwihouse. We will spend the night in an original art-deco hotel near the beach.

On our way northwestwards to Taupo we are happy of the nearly untouched nature and forests. After meeting Lake Taupo again we will cross Hamilton to Auckland, where we drop off our Motorcycles at the rental-station. In the evening you are welcome for our Farewell-Dinner where we all remember the tour again. JOIN US.

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