Northland Road Trip

On February 12th, we moved into our student apartments. That night, twenty-four of us got together and planned out a new trip. In the morning, we rented three camper vans and an eight person van, got in, and drove north.

Paihia
A campervan park, a night hanging out on the beach

Bay of Islands

Artisan Crafts Market

Haruru Falls

Our sunny day turned into a torrential downpour. A couple of us went running through all the puddles back to the car. By the time we got there, the sun was shining again.

90 Mile Beach
Stayed in a Holiday Park in Ahipara, Northland
Late night beach run
Almost got kicked out for jumping in the pool. "Innocent tourist"-ed our way out of it.

Cape Reinga
My favorite part of the roadtrip- a day that embodied exactly how I pictured New Zealand being

Where the Tasman Sea and the Pacific Ocean collide,
The northernmost point of New Zealand

The white strip of breaking waves in the distance is where the Tasman and Pacific are meeting

Pakiri Beach

Unpaved roads. Late night beach run. More stars than you can imagine. All twenty-four crammed into 4 cars for the night. A day on a secluded beach. Massive, desert-like sand dunes. Back to Auckland.