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17 incredible campgrounds in the South Island, New Zealand

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17 incredible campgrounds in the South Island, New Zealand

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At first I thought it was a family in puffer jackets, four squat figures shuffling along the beach.

The sun wasn’t up yet, and I thought I would be the first one on the beach - the rest of the campground was calm and still, no one around as I

A little red hut, high in the mountains.

Reached by a trail that isn’t really a trail but more of a suggestion as to how to scramble across rocky terrain. Way too many river crossings, but at least the glacial water looked like diamonds in th

A few photos from an overnight camping trip in Tongariro National Park 📸✨

For a long time I’ve felt like the South Island is where the best of New Zealand’s hikes are, but this little mission made me change my mind 🌅

Home for this nig

2024 is stumbling to a close and I’m still untethered.

It has been almost two and a half years of living out of a bag, out of a pile of things I almost always throw on the floor of subletted apartments and rooms with friends and family who ap

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