New Zealand South Island 2025
Updated ( 10/01/2026)
In 2025 we were lucky to have a trip to the South Island of New Zealand, this was for the whole of March with a few days either side in Singapore. We started off at Christchurch and headed off on a road trip around the coast down the East side to the far South at the Caitlin’s, then back up the West coast via Milford Sound, and the Hast Pass to Greymouth then back across the island on the Trans Alpine train to Christchurch, finishing with a short trip up to Kiakoura North of Christchurch.
As you can imagine there are a lot of photographs to work through and so I am slowly adding these to the website and to this page, bear with me it will take a while but will grow slowly.
Our route :
(Updated )5-6 March 2025 : Christchurch , Hagley Park and Akora. South Island New Zealand
We arrived in Christchurch South Island and picked up our hire car, the trip to…
7-8 March 2025 : New Zealand South Island – Dunedin area
7 – 8 March Portobello area of Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand Having arrived at…
(updated) 9 – 10 March 2025 – Dunedin area of New Zealand South Island – Penguins, Albatrosses , Sea Lions, Fur Seals, Spoonbills and Sacred Kingfishers ! phew
What a place this is, the early morning light was bright and so we had…
(updated)11- 13 March 2025: The Caitlins, New Zealands South Islands
On from the Portobello area of Dunedin, we headed down to the very South of…
13 – 16th March 2025 – Caitlin’s to Te anau & Milford Sound
The morning in the Caitlin’s was another damp start but with the sun on the…
17 – 21 March 2025 – New Zealand trip. Queenstown, Wanaka & Arrowtown
We left Te Anua well rested and full of joy, what a place to spend…
22-23 March 2025 – New Zealand , Wanaka to Franz Joseph
Today we were heading away from the West coast with its lakes and fjords and…
22-23 Wanaka to Franz Joseph and the Glacier
24 March 2025: New Zealand South Island Franz Joseph Glacier Helicopter Flight
The day dawned on what should have been our journey day to Hokitika but as…
25-26 March 2025 New Zealand South Island, Hokitika and the Transalpine train back to Christchurch from Greymouth
Following on from our amazing helicopter ride, we headed off a little late on the…
26 – 27th March 2025, New Zealand South Island, Christchurch to Kaikōura
A bright and early start today and we left our hotel room at Christchurch and…
28 March 2025 – New Zealand South Island, Kaikōura Albatross Boat Trip
Today we had a morning trip booked from Kaikōura out into the bay to look…
29 March – 1st April 2025 – New Zealand South Island, Kaikōura
For the final few days of our New Zealand adventure we decided not to travel…
11 January 2026 – Full Wildlife Diary from New Zealand South Island 2025 is finally live on the web site !
After lots of delays I have finally finished the journal of last years trip to…