North Island aka: Te Ika-a-Māui

..and while I wouldn’t necessarily recommend doing this more than once, you absolutely MUST do it once—even if you are a native to this country. It’s entrancing.

In the autumn, the opportunities to chase photographs of rainbows from dusk to dawn is unprecedented.

Have seen Cormandel Peninsula, Rotorua, Tongariro National Park, Lake Taupo, Bay of Plenty. Great.

We covered:

1) Auckland
2) Bay of Islands
3) Taupo
4) Volcanoes south of Lake Taupo
5) Rotorua
6) Napier
7) Wellington

- Great trip, wonderful scenery. Wish we had more time.