New Zealand (Part 3) -TRAVEL BLOG- Flying up a glacier in a helicopter! (video included)
What makes New Zealand so amazing? You can be on the beach in the morning, enjoying the sun and the nice weather and do a glacier hike on a mountain of ice in the afternoon!
click the above thumbnail for video!
I always wanted to fly in a helicopter and when i got the chance in New Zealand to do so, i didnt have to think twice!
That morning i had been on the beach, that was already so beautiful but this helicopter trip is what really made it my best day in New Zealand!
The west coast of Southern Island is absolutely stunning, later on in this post Abel Tasman national park, also incredible!
We were a little bit unlucky with the weather, cloudy on the mountain so i can imagine it would be even better on a sunny day, nevertheless it was so nice flying true the mountains towards the glacier...it really feels like you are playing the main role in an action movie ;-)
From the air the glacier looks messy, ofcourse it was summer so the glacier was melting with a muddy and rocky result at the bottom.
But once you walked up the glacier you could find beautiful colors of blue and the glazier trandformed in to a maze of icey corridors, the sound of dripping water made it a mysterious adventure!
Try to find the people on the last picture, it gives you an idea how big this wall of ice actually was!
The hike was nice, but if im honest .....it was all about the heli ride!
Another must see on the Southern Island is Abel tasman national park, i stayed at a place called: The Barn, no luxury here but an excellent location rigth in front of the entrance of the park! Simple cabins with a superb view in the morning!
I went on a sailing trip on a catamaran, i really enjoyed it, sight seeing, seals, and a mysterious rock that was split in half :-)
In the afternoon we stopped on a cute little beach and we had the choice to walk back or sail back home, im glad i went for the walk eventhough it was a long one! What a walk that was, i fell completely in love with this part of New Zealand!
Ive never seen so many different colors of green ....really hope i can go back here one day!
The walk back took me a long the coast and i just couldnt stop taking pictures of small pretty beaches, unfortunately i tripped over a tree trunk (yep the slippers and no shoes mistake grrr) and had to walk 2 more hours with a swollen and bleeding toe. I was Lucky the walk was so nice, it distracted me i quess cos the next day i couldnt walk anymore :-(
I was planning on a much longer walk, a 4 day hike true the park but with my f*cked up toe i had to skip that. Absolutely a reason to go back here, it was an amazing place!
Tomorrow my last New Zealand post, Mount cook and Queenstown.
Note: All pictures and video taken/edited by myself
Thank you very much for reading! Please be so kind to resteem!
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Im blushing ;-) Thank you @geekgirl ..also for the generous upvote!
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Thank you @travelfeed for sharing my post! Its a great way for me as a "newbie" to reach more readers and followers! Im very grateful!
Upvoted! love the work you put in Fellow Dutchie! hope you can travel as much as you can.
I did so for four years and post about it now, for now back in Amsterdam thinking about next move.
Thx a bunch!!
I wish i could travel more again but for now.....more then enough to write and post about :-)
Will follow you and thanks for the upvote, wish u many great adventures!!
nice your post did really well! my friend travlefriend resteemed! very happy to see this all
Yeah thats great! Good to see that it is being noticed by other people if you try to do your best! Cheers!!
Following your write up on New Zealand I am so glued I had to check your blog now and again to see the next post and it just keeps getting better and actually feeling you were in different country each time you post.
Amazing view, the helicopter flight must be awesome...I have never flew in one and the landscape were just breathtaking and above all pictures of our planet as these just reminds of our creator.
He is just an awesome God!
Thanks for sharing your New Zealand experience with us, I await your last post about New Zealand and consider this resteemed.
Very kind words Joe, gives me joy writing these blogs! Hopefully one day you can check the box of both New Zealand and the helicopter!
Its as good as it gets, and you are rigth, every time you drive from A to B it feels like you crossed an ocean to another country!
Have a great day Joe!
You are welcome @luckyme03200
Hello luckyme03200! Thanks for sharing. Keep writing good quality content and let's grow the community together.
Sure thing my friend!
beautiful place
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Looks amazing! ✨
New Zealand is still on my bucket list!! I'm leaving the Netherlands myself in 3 weeks, starting in Bali and hopefully make my way too New Zealand too.
Keep up the good work! :)
Thank you Vladana (or should i say Vla...read that on your introduce post haha)
If you are going to be that close to New Zealand....dont make the mistake to skip it!! I have been to many countries and this one is probably the most diverse and pretty one ive been to! Hope you have enough time!
Check out my other blogs about New Zealand ( plus other countries also) and please follow me, I will do the same!
Wish you all the best with steemit, you will have the perfect opportunity when you step in to that plane!
Goede reis en geniet er van!
groetjes lucky
Haha yes Vla it is! Thanks for your kind words and giving me even more motivation to go on this trip and to New Zealand. For now I don't really have a plan so I'm definitely gonna try to make it all the way down there. I'll check out your blogs on NZ and all the other trips you've been on. Nogmaals bedankt! En ben je gaan volgen! :)
Groetjes Vla
Dank Vla! ik hou je blog in de gaten...genoeg inspiratie voor je, tijdens je reis!
Gr.
This is amazing Luckyme !!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never seen any glaciers in my life..... I’m soooo excited....!!!!!
Ahw ty @chaelinjane ! All those upvotes....makes me shy hahaha!
Soon another blog about glaciers....perito moreno in Argentina! A beauty!!! Google it...
Hope you are doing good!
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