Aotearoa Adventures: The New Zealand Travel Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Aimee Jules is based out of Nelson and has recently started canyoning. As a beginner, she shares about what canyoning is, how to get started and what gear you need. Aimee shares about a five day canyoning trip with her partner in the Abel Tasman, where they kayaked between campsites and canyons. At one location, the duo had to make a hard call to bail on the canyon, after Aimee was feeling emotionally and physically exhausted and terrified. She talks about other awesome locations around NZ for canyoning. As a photographer and filmmaker, Aimee Jules loves to document her own and other people's epic adventures.

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Nick Allen has had a love for adventure since he did the Pinnacles Hut at age 7. Nick has fibromyalgia and FND, neurological disorders that make it incredibly challenging to pursue his outdoor passions. He shares about a recent winter adventure doing the Avalance-Bealey Traverse in Arthur's Pass and describes it as "walking a knife's edge." Nick was grateful that this adventure didn't lead to a relapse and hopes to continue to get outdoors. His advice to make the outdoors more inclusive is to look out for everyone in a group, communicate well and don't fixate on the goal. Nick runs a charity called Mastering Mountains that helps others with MS and FND get rehab and smash their outdoor goals. KEA Outdoors is a kiwi brand on a mission to build innovative, versatile and reliable outdoor gear for the every-day adventurer. Use the code Adventure2024 for 15% off your next online order: https://bit.ly/458VGEG Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can’t wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :) Follow Nick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nick_allen/ https://www.masteringmountains.org.nz/ Read the Blog: https://www.abigailhannah.nz/ Follow Abigail on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abigailhannnah/ Follow Abigail on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@abigailhannnah/

Hamish McColl, a North Islander from Whangamata, had never ventured to the South Island until his honeymoon. In this episode, Hamish shares his week long road trip from Queenstown to Christchurch. He talks about experiencing beautiful sunrises at Lake Wakatipu to epic 4WD adventures at Tasman Glacier, all while navigating the quirks of campervan life, including a funny story when emptying the wastewater. Hamish shares advice around picking the right rental, along with key locations to visit along the route. After that adventure, Hamish was inspired to trade his $630/week home-rental for a caravan trailer and life on the road with his wife and two kids.

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Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can’t wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :)

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Although #vanlife has been glamourised on social media in recent years, Goose and Ellen open up about the realities of living on the road full-time, without a physical house as a base. With several different vehicles that they've called home, in two countries, over three years, they are definitely pros at this. In this episode they share the highlights - like waking up for sunrise every morning; and open up about the challenges - like rolling your van (aka house) on a rural road. They also talk about the hilarious wtf moments (warning: not safe for work). For Goose and Ellen, living in a van has given them the freedom and flexibility to travel around the Aotearoa. They're now based in Kaikōura, 16 seconds away from the beach, with the mountains as their backdrop, working dream jobs as opportunities arose from living on the road and having the time to hone their skills. Goose and Ellen's advice to anyone that wants to live a similar lifestyle on the road - just do it!

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The Te Araroa Trail stretches from Cape Reinga in the north to Bluff in the south. Aimee Roberts spent a couple of months walking the South Island section of the trail over summer. While it’s impossible to condense her experience into a short conversation, Aimee shares snippets into what it was like - bathtubs in the middle of the backcountry, the bluest water she’d ever seen, getting lost and climbing an unnecessary hill, crossing waist deep streams in a human chain, being woken by possums at 3am, even giving a fellow walker a tattoo!! We talk about Aimee’s challenges, her feelings, the people she met and the things that surprised her most. Buckle up, you’re in for a wild ride and you're guaranteed to be grinning throughout the whole episode just like I was.

Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can’t wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :)

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You'll find her bouncing up a dirt track or hooning down the beach in her 70 series Land Cruiser named Sunny. Meet Bri Woolnough, a Wanaka-based photographer who's life motto is "broke, but stoked" which perfectly sums up the joyful way she embraces life. Her passion for the outdoors finds her surfing at the beach, hiking in the mountains and spending months on the road cruising around Aotearoa, sleeping in her rooftop tent. We talk about some of her mishaps on the road, her favourite moments and upcoming trips that she's hoping to make happen.

Thank you so much for tuning in and coming along for the ride. If you love the show and enjoyed listening, please take the time to leave a review on Apple or Spotify. I would also love to connect with you, so send me a DM on Instagram, leave me a voice message and I can’t wait to see you next time. Until then, keep adventuring :)

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An outdoor enthusiast, Kristina Montgomerie has a giant spreadsheet of all the hikes she wants to complete in Aotearoa. In this episode, she shares some of her favourite hikes in the Taranaki region and we compare notes from hiking the Pouakai Circuit in opposite directions during different seasons. She also shares her experience hiking to Syme Hut in winter - the second highest hut in the North Island. Kristina also shares photography tips and advice on visiting the insta-famous Pouakai Tarns.

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Since age seven, Lucy spent her weekends on family camping trips and gradually built up to longer day-hikes and Great Walks across Aotearoa. Now in her teens, she shares her adventures to inspire other young people to experience the outdoors. In this episode, Lucy talks about one of her favourite hike to date - the Alex Knob track! She shares her best advice for you, whether you're walking it in a day or want to spend the night camping under the stars. A hidden West Coast gem, the Alex Knob Track gives you incredible views of Franz Josef Glacier - if you manage to find a gap in the clouds. Tune in to this episode for tips on the best time to hike the track and what to expect along the way - perhaps a Kea encounter?

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Dua's journey of growth from the Kepler Track being her first ever hike to being her first multiday hike a couple years later is inspiring. Her passion for Aotearoa, the outdoors, and hiking was so evident through her stories and through her voice. I am so in awe of her being the representation that she didn’t see growing up, breaking stereotypes and sharing her story as a hijabi that loves hiking and camping.

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Originally from the UK, Harry and Lydia have been travelling for the last year - first to Australia, then NZ, and they’re now in Bali! I talk to them about backpacking around New Zealand, their van Tilly and some of their favourite experiences in Aotearoa. With a working holiday visa, they lived and worked in Queenstown over the winter before hitting the road and taking content creation full-time over the summer.

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