National Forrest & Maritime Park

The government has tried to make everything easier in New Zealand for every visitor so that they may feel like home. For example; parks and protected areas in New Zealand are open all year round and you can visit those areas without a permit.

There is also no charge for you to go into the parks or tourist basic facilities such as visitor centers, tracking area, picnic places and even toilets.

The only charge to make is for some park’s information brochures and to stay overnight in some country huts. For information about hut tickets or passes you can find it in Department of Conservation Office.

In those parts you can enjoy yourself with commercial sightseeing, adventure trip or education tours if you like. Transport and accommodation are optional in many parks.

You will only need some permits or licenses if you are planning to go hunting or fishing. You will also have to get permit for your dog because in many national parks this animal is not allowed to enter.

Even though New Zealand has a nice mild climate but you should be aware that the weather in New Zealand can change very quickly at any time of year. You should be careful because heavy rain, snow and even ice can hit you from above even in the summer. This means that trips into the outdoors are always potentially hazardous.

So before you hide yourself in the wilderness and make your own plan with someone in the bush make sure that you have read the information guide carefully. Ask for guidance and advice from a park staff before you go is a must.

The New Zealand’s Department of Conservation: useful help for visitors

In 1887 the paramount chief of the Ngati Tuwharetoa, that is Te Huehue Tukino IV gave Tongariro to the people of New Zealand. Tongariro is now well-known as New Zealand’s first national park.

In New Zealand, there are now at least 13 national parks throughout the country, enriched by 19 forest parks with a lesser protected status, several maritime parks, and nearly 4000 regional parks reserves of various sizes. These all are making New Zealand a huge wonderful park for you to track.

The New Zealand’s Department of Conservation has done many things to guarantee you can enjoy your visit to New Zealand. That department has provided visitor center with display and information about each park you are planning to see. They have made several huts for walking tracks or camp sites or when you planned to see some beautiful picnic spots. In this department you may also ask some advice for planning the route, asking about weather condition or even asking their advice about equipment and safety tool needed for your journey. It is very complete and helpful for tourist just like you and me. Last but not least you can also find some maps, handbooks and ever souvenirs at the store located in that department.

Information for tourist through FM radio in New Zealand

Every tourist in New Zealand will find easy information from FM radio available at three frequencies; 88,2 (in English), 100,4 (in German) and 100,8 (in Japanese)

In those radios you will find exciting, informative and authentic information about anything that a tourist would need like travel agencies, weather, restaurants, events, hotels and many more.

I think this is a really unique service from New Zealand country that we don’t find in many countries. This service has shown how serious New Zealand in working on its tourism. With this radio service, any visitors in New Zealand can hear the latest information for 24 hours per day 365 days per year.

Some choices for you to fly in New Zealand

In New Zealand there are many airlines company available for you from both domestic and international airlines company. So don’t worry to travel from one place to another in New Zealand.

Domestic Airlines and their telephone numbers are as follows:

Mount Cook Line (0-9-3095395)

Air New Zealand Link (0-9-2757717)

Ansett New Zealand (0-9-3022146)

Air New Zealand (0-9-3573000)

International Airlines and their telephone number are as follows:

Aerolinas Argentinas (0-9-3793675)

Cathay Pacific (0-9-3790861)

Continental Airlines (0-9-3795680)

Garuda Indonesia (0-9-3661862)

Japan Airlines (0-9-3799906)

Polynesian Airlines (0-9-3095396)

Qantas (0-9-3578900)

Singapore Airlines (0-9-3032129)

Thai Airlines (0-9-3773886)

United Airlines (0-9-3793800)

You will able to travel to any place in New Zealand with a lot of choice of airlines like I listed above. You can visit the King and Gentoo Penguins in their own world of snow and

Daily activities in New Zealand

If you are planning to travel to New Zealand you should aware of its time for daily activities. I think some information below may be useful for you.

Usually, New Zealand offices and businesses operate from Monday to Friday, starting from about 8.30 am to 5 pm. However you will find that some tourist agencies and airlines have longer hours. This is a good thing for travelers who might need such services from those agencies.

For you car supply; some gas stations open for 24 hours and usually there you will also find some places for food or if you might need a newspaper or magazine.

For those who love shopping; stores and shops usually open from 9 am to 5.30 pm from Monday to Friday. For those who like to go for shopping in the night there are also late shopping open until 8.30 or 9 pm on one or two nights each week usually on Thursday or Friday.

Shopping on Saturday may vary as many shops shut at 12.30 or 1 pm while others will stay open longer.

Many supermarkets and grocery stores, some large retail chains, most shopping malls and weekend markets are also open on Sundays.

Local convenience stores which also called dairies are usually open from 7 am to 10 pm seven days a week. So if you need something immediately you still can find it at those stores.

Usually daily life in New Zealand is not so rush like the one you will see in Japan or some other busy places in the world. What surprise me most is the custom of the trader in New Zealand. I once stop near a fruit store; it was only a small store which provides fresh fruit by the side of the road. At first I don’t understand why the store keeper is not around for his stock; until my cousin explained to me that I just have to put some money and take the fruit that I want. I did the thing I was telling to and leave the store without seeing the store keeper. This is a strange experience for me. How come this store keeper trusts the buyer so much? What if I took the fruit without giving some money? Well, inside my heart I admired this custom.

Visit New Zealand and find a happy traveling with your family or the one you love. Once you get there you will come over and over again.

New Zealand: vegetables and restaurants

Fruits and vegetables are plenty in New Zealand. Avocados, asparagus, kiwifruit, apricots, cherries, boysenberries, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries are among those many tasty options. A distinctively New Zealand vegetable, brought by Maori settlers from their Pacific Island homeland, is the kumara, a form of sweet potato. New Zealand honey includes some delicious varieties from native flowers. There are many special foods

Maori delicacies include seafood such as shellfish, kina (prickly sea urchin), mutton bird (tasting like fish) and freshwater eels, often accompanied by native thistle and watercress.

There are two main kinds of restaurants: the licensed, which sell wine, and the “BYO,” which stands for Bring Your Own.

Most of the BYOs are located near bottle shops where restaurant customers can buy their wine, beer or spirits for dinner.

Late night and 24 hours cafes and bar or restaurants are gaining popularity; some are fun by the major hotels. They will often have live entertainment. Local papers, especially on Thursday and Friday, print details of what is on at the different nightlife venues.

Meat pies, fish or steak and chips are traditional food from the British background of many New Zealanders. In homes, visitors may still encounter traditional roast dinners.

Several international fast food operators have franchises throughout the country and there are many independent fish and chip shops or burger bars offering tasty food which you can either dine in or take away.

You should know this before you travel to New Zealand

Hi friends, maybe this information will help you arrange your travel to New Zealand. The average rainfall varies widely from less than 400 mm in Central Otago to over 12.000 mm in the Southern Alps. For most of the North Island and the northern South Island the driest season is summer. However for the West Coast of the South Island and much of inland Canterbury, Otago and Southland, winter is the driest season.

Well friends, which one interest you most? Dry place or wet one? You can chose anywhere in the New Zealand and still have fun.

Traveling New Zealand: the search for food and beverages

If you love to have some fresh food while you are traveling then you should go to New Zealand because this country is well known as the producer of some of the world’s tastiest fresh food. Many restaurants offering variety tasty dishes coming from a wide variety of countries in Europe and Asia like France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Greece, China, Thailand, India and Vietnam as well as growing numbers of Middle Eastern and Latin American restaurants.

If you love native’s food better then you can also meet a Pacific-style New Zealand cuisine using the abundant fresh meats, fish, vegetables and fruit in a creative manner. It is so delicious and interesting in style that you absolutely have to try.

The demands of an increasingly tourist industry and wider international travel by New Zealanders have led to many international chefs coming to the country to practice their art. This condition enriches New Zealand as one of the most interesting traveling place for food.

The raw ingredients of New Zealand meals could hardly be bettered. Animals are pasture fed, rather than grain-fed, in the lush grasslands and mild climate, giving beef and lamb more flavored. Venison and lean pork are also farmed. Dairy produce is famous, and the butter, cheese, fresh milk, yoghurt and cream are produced to the strictest standards of quality and hygiene. Fish, rock lobsters (also known as crayfish), oysters, scallops, mussels and squid from New Zealand waters add an important seafood element to any menu, with fresh fruit and vegetables to complement them to perfection.

New Zealand: a beautiful country at Southern Hemisphere

New Zealand is located in the Southern Ocean Pacific about 1600 km from Australia, east direction.

New Zealand is a beautiful country which comprises of many islands. The two biggest islands situated at north and south with many smaller islands around them resulting a total area of more than 250.000 sq km.

New Zealand landscape is dominated by mountains and hills. One of the most outstanding physical features is the Southern Alps. These, along with fiords, glaciers and lakes, and the coastal plains of Canterbury and Southland, add to the variety of the South Island scenery.

In the north island, the volcanic interior contains New Zealand’s largest lake, Lake Taupo, and most of the country’s active volcanoes. The other objects like Ruapehu, Gnauruhoe and Tongariro are considered quiet.

Hot springs, geysers and mud pools also form part of the volcanic system centered on around Rotorua.

If you like traveling to a country with many panoramic areas, New Zealand is the best place for you to visit. New Zealand provides you with many opportunities to fill your holidays with many adventure traveling vacations.

Visit New Zealand; you will love it and will never forget the experience of traveling there.