1997 S-Pacific and NZ

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.

Abflug Frankfurt am Main
Hollywood
Charly Chaplin

Departure from Frankfurt

Stopover in Los Angeles and Hollywood

Charly Chaplin is back?

Universal Studios
Disneyland
Disneyland bei Nacht

Visit at Universal Studios

Disneyland was a must see

Disneyland at night

Fiji - Flug nach Taveuni
Fiji - Riffe vor Tavuni
Tavuni Flughafen

 Fiji - Viti Levu,  connecting flight to Taveuni

Amazing reefs off Taveuni

Arrival at Taveuni airport

Taveuni Kirche
Taveuni Garteninsel
Garden Island Resort - Abenddämmerung

Christian church on Taveuni

Taveuni means garden island

Sunset at Garden Island Resort

Sonnenuntergang Taveuni
180. Meridian, Internationale Datumsgrenze
Einheimische auf Taveuni

Sunset at Taveuni

180. Meridian, international date line

Local woman of Taveuni, Fiji

Vanua Levu Strand
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Blick auf Vanua Levu

Beach of Vanua Levu, Fiji

Beach of Vanua Levu, Fiji

Scienic view to Vanua Levu, Fiji

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Soft Corals, Fiji

Sea Fan Coral, Fiji

Whip Corals and Sea Fan Coral, Fiji

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Coral block, Fiji

Trumpet Fish, Fiji

Nurse Shark, Fiji

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Overwater Bungalows, French Polynesia

Mountains of Moorea, French Polynesia

Lava beach of Moorea, French Polynesia

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Early sea chart, French Polynesia

Model of the “Bounty”, French Polynesia

Art made out of human bone
French Polynesia

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Sunset, French Polynesia

Sunset, French Polynesia

Sunset, French Polynesia

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Traditional dance, French Polynesia

Traditional dance, French Polynesia

Traditional dance, French Polynesia

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Sting Rays, French Polynesia

Sting Rays, French Polynesia

Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia

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Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia

Black Tip Reef Sharks, French Polynesia

Lemon Shark, French Polynesia

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Auckland, New Zealand

On the way to the beach

90 Mile Beach

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90 Mile Beach

Fisherman at 90 Mile Beach

Cape Reinga

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Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga

Cape Reinga

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Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo

Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo

Stalagmite Caves Aranui, Waitomo

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Hell’s Gate, Rotorua

Entrance to hot springs, Rotorua

Warning at the gate to hell, Rotorua

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Hot springs, Rotorua

Thermal lake in Waimangu

Hot spring in Waimangu

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Info about volcanic eruption 1886, Waimangu

Visit of Maori village Tamaki

Maori warrior

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Maori welcoming

Maori welcoming

Maori welcoming

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Agency for scienic flights

Take-off to White Island

Cockpit

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White Island

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White Island

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White Island

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Port of Wellington

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Ferry to South island of NZ

Ferry to South island of NZ

North-West of South-island near Charlston

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North-West of South-island near Charlston

Shantytown, historical gold mining town

Traditional gold washing

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Traditional gold washing

Result: a small crumb of gold

Store at Shanty Town

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On the way to next attraction

Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier

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Franz Josef Glacier

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Franz Josef Glacier

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Flight to the top of Franz Josef Glacier

Landing on the roof of Franz Josef Glacier

On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier

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On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier

On the roof of Franz Josef Glacier

Edge of Franz Josef Glacier

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Franz Josef Glacier

Franz Josef Glacier

Lake Gunn

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Fjord Milford Sound

Fjord Milford Sound

Bottonnose Dolphins at Milford Sound

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Bottonnose Dolphins at Milford Sound

Landscape on our way to East Coast

Kea (Apline Parrot)

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Whale watching in Kaikoura

Whale watching in Kaikoura

Humpback whale

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Sperm whale

Sperm whale

Moeraki Boulders

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Moeraki Boulders

Moeraki Boulders

Farewell from NewZealand

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