1997 we have taken a leave of absence from work and spent this time for travel to the wonderful region of South Pacific. We have started our trip from Frankfurt with stop-over in Los Angeles where we have visited Holliwood, Beverly Hills, Disneyland and Universal Studios. After 3 days we continued our trip and arrived at Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji. A smaller plane took us in a bit more than 1 hour to Taveuni island. Here we discovered the beautiful landscape above and underwater of and around our dive resort, the Garden Island Resort. Our next destination was French Polynesia. After our arrival at Papeete, the capitol of FP we spent some days to discover Tahiti. After few days we decided to move to Moorea. Here we were deep impressed about the wonderful landscape and its mountains with embedded waterfalls. After some great days and spectacular dives with Sting Rays, Black Tip Reef Sharks and very large Lemon Sharks we finished our stay in French Polynesia and went to NewZealand. After exploring Auckland we started our roundtrip with a camper mobile. Our first destination was Cape Reinga in the North of the North island. On our way we visited the famous 90-mile beach in the North-East before we reached Cape Reinga, the most Northern edge of NewZealand. Then we continued our trip to the South and visited the Waitomo Caves, the hot springs of Rotorua and the Maori village in Tamaki before we arrived to Wellington in the South. Here we ferried accross the channel to the South island of NewZealand. We decided to take the West coast first because of its wilder landscape. On our way we made a stopover in Shantytown, a historic gold-mining town to wash for this metal with little success. Then we passed the glaciers where we had a breathtaking scenic flight with a helicopter to touch the Franz-Josef-Glacier before we hit the beautiful and famous fjord Milford Sound. Our time was running over and we shortened the way directly to the West coast. There we had a boat ride and a scenic flight to join whale watching. All pictures on land are outsourced stillpictures from the video. The underwater pictures were made with a Nikonos V. The video is categorized to travel movie and nature movie.
Departure from Frankfurt
Stopover in Los Angeles and Hollywood
Charly Chaplin is back?
Visit at Universal Studios
Disneyland was a must see
Disneyland at night
Fiji - Viti Levu, connecting flight to Taveuni
Amazing reefs off Taveuni
Arrival at Taveuni airport
Christian church on Taveuni
Taveuni means garden island
Sunset at Garden Island Resort
Sunset at Taveuni
180. Meridian, international date line
Local woman of Taveuni, Fiji
Beach of Vanua Levu, Fiji
Beach of Vanua Levu, Fiji
Scienic view to Vanua Levu, Fiji
Soft Corals, Fiji
Sea Fan Coral, Fiji
Whip Corals and Sea Fan Coral, Fiji
Coral block, Fiji
Trumpet Fish, Fiji
Nurse Shark, Fiji
Overwater Bungalows, French Polynesia
Mountains of Moorea, French Polynesia
Lava beach of Moorea, French Polynesia
Early sea chart, French Polynesia
Model of the “Bounty”, French Polynesia
Art made out of human bone
French Polynesia
Sunset, French Polynesia
Sunset, French Polynesia
Sunset, French Polynesia
Traditional dance, French Polynesia
Traditional dance, French Polynesia
Traditional dance, French Polynesia
Sting Rays, French Polynesia
Sting Rays, French Polynesia
Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia
Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia
Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia
Lemon Shark, French Polynesia
Auckland, New Zealand
On the way to the beach
90 Mile Beach
90 Mile Beach
Fisherman at 90 Mile Beach
Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga
Cape Reinga
Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo
Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo
Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo
Hell’s Gate, Rotorua
Entrance to hot springs, Rotorua
Warning at the gate to hell, Rotorua
Hot springs, Rotorua
Thermal lake in Waimangu
Hot spring in Waimangu
Info about volcanic eruption 1886, Waimangu
Visit of Maori village Tamaki
Maori warrior
Maori welcoming
Maori welcoming
Maori welcoming
Agency for scienic flights
Take-off to White Island
Cockpit
White Island
White Island
White Island
White Island
White Island
Port of Wellington
Ferry to South island of NZ
Ferry to South island of NZ
North-West of South-island near Charlston
North-West of South-island near Charlston
Shantytown, historical gold mining town
Traditional gold washing
Traditional gold washing
Result: a small crumb of gold
Store at Shanty Town
On the way to next attraction
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Flight to the top of Franz Josef Glacier
Landing on the roof of Franz Josef Glacier
On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier
On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier
On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier
Edge of Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef Glacier
Lake Gunn
Fjord Milford Sound
Fjord Milford Sound
Bottonnose Dolphins at Milford Sound
Bottonnose Dolphins at Milford Sound
Landscape on our way to East Coast
Kea (Apline Parrot)
Whale watching in Kaikoura
Whale watching in Kaikoura
Humpback whale
Sperm whale
Sperm whale
Moeraki Boulders
Moeraki Boulders
Moeraki Boulders
Farewell from NewZealand
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