🇳🇿 Come Explore New Zealand!🌏✨

Day 1: Hobbiton → Huka Falls → Lake Taupo** 🚐 *Private car tour: - Hobbiton: So cute! Like stepping into a fairy tale 🧙♂️🍃 - Huka Falls : Incredibly blue water — stunning surprise! 💙🌊 - Lake Taupo: Home to the world’s coolest McDonald’s! 🍔✈️ Day 2: Auckland → Queenstown (5-Day South Island Tour) 🏔️ Queenstown - Rode the Skyline — loved wandering this charming town! 🚠❤️ - Patagonia Ice Cream 🍦: Just okay - Fergburger 🍔: Overhyped (sorry!) - Lanzhou Noodles 🍜: Surprisingly delicious! - Mid-Autumn Festival 🌕❄️: It snowed! Snow + moon = magic. Day 3: Milford Sound 🚢 *Cruise through the fjords* - Rainy weather made it even more dramatic! 🌧️🌄 - Braved the wind and rain for photos — totally worth it (even if freezing!) ❄️📸 Day 4: Te Anau → Dunedin → Oamaru - Baldwin Street: “Steepest street in the world” — dad was not impressed 😂🛣️ - Otago University + Railway Station 🏫🚉 - Moeraki Boulders 🪨: Ancient spherical rocks on the east coast - Blue Penguin Colony 🐧: Adorable smart little penguins waddling home at night! Day 5: Mount Cook → Lake Tekapo - Mount Cook: Sunny but too windy for helicopters or boats 🚁🌬️ — next time! - Lake Tekapo : Absolutely fell in LOVE 😍💙 - Stayed in a lakeside cabin 🏡 — already marked on Google Maps for retirement! - Church of the Good Shepherd: Windy but beautiful ⛪️ Day 6: Lake Tekapo → Christchurch → Auckland - Alpaca Farm 🦙❤️ - Christchurch Botanical Gardens + CBD : Small but pleasant city 🌿🏙️ Day 7: Auckland CBD Quiet, not much shopping — mostly souvenir stores 🧳🛍️ 💰 Cost Breakdown: - Boston ↔️ Auckland flights: $10,000 - Domestic NZ flights: $1,200 - Hotels: $1,000 - NZ visa: $246 NZD 🌸 Final Thoughts: NZ is totally worth it! ❤️ - Nights watching *Empresses in the Palace* and *In the Night Garden* 📺🍌🥛 - Banana & chocolate milk 🤤 - Clean toilets with hot water 🚽♨️ - Staying up late doing homework → passing out in the car next day 😴📚 But late September was COLD — bring a down jacket! 🥶🧥 Next time: spring or autumn! 🍂🌷 💡 Quick Takeaway: A Photo Paradise You Can’t Miss This bridge is *such* a photo prop! Any casual snap looks full of Instagram vibes. Highly recommend it to all photography lovers out there 📷✨! #HunuaFalls #AucklandAttractions #PhotoParadise #TravelPhotography #NewZealandTravel #HiddenCheckInSpot ✨