HK2NY Ep 7: Backpacking in New Zealand
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 พ.ย. 2014
- Ever wanted to quit your job and go travelling round the world? Well that's what we did - and we filmed it all!
Episode 7 of our backpacking documentary series as we travel on the Kiwi Experience bus round both islands of the stunningly beautiful New Zealand.
This episode has everything: bungy jumps, sky diving, climbing mountains, glaciers, riding helicopters, visiting Hobbiton, plus all the crazy drunken antics from the bus.
Watch the entire HK2NY series here as we travel through 20 countries, across 4 continents in 9 months: yt.vu/p/PLi_ubgzYiPgvxje3qGjE1...
If you wanna know how much the whole trip cost and how we budgeted check out this short video here:
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I vote Carl Watson's videos the best travel videos I have ever seen, anyone with me?
I prefer Karl Watson myself, but to each their own.
100%
It annoys me this doesn't have more views, brilliantly made series!
Jesus!! I swear I was watching an actual tv show!!! Well done man! This is by far the best TH-cam video I ever saw!!
This made me so homesick for my beautiful home country!
Awesome! Getting excited about my future travels to NZ
I´m enjoying your trip as it was my own. And in my beloved New Zealand!. Amazing. You are an inspiration guys.
Respect! You did jackson 5 without blackface, I was worried for a second.
This is absolutely incredible to watch! Found myself giggling throughout. I'm glad you all had such an amazing experience!
I want to thank you. Your videos have provided the perfect escape. My last two evenings were spent watching just about all your videos with a cold beer.
Thank you for documenting your adventures and thank you for putting all that footage back together for some outstanding videos. Easily the best travel channel on TH-cam.
Cheers Adam 🍻👍
Currently rewatching yet again, and will do many times, as this video has inspired me to go ahead and book a 6 week (maybe longer) trip to NZ next summer with Kiwi! I don't think I would have seriously considered going if I hadn't found your series a year and a half ago, so thanks so much!
Simply beautiful glaciers and beaches! Amazing 👍
Loved this video because I live in new zealand and a couple years ago me and my dad travel the whole of new zealnd and it was cool seeing you guys experience our amazing country.
The land of the long white clouds, great people and forever wanderlust. Sweet documentary!
so much LOTR music, really amazing! I have never felt homesick for a country I've never visited, but now I definitely do!
Literally the best travelling series on TH-cam ! So well put together ! One day I hope to travel around the world myself and you have inspired me to do so
Simply beautiful country! Well done 👍
I've literally watched these episode after episode!! You guys must off had a epic time as a whole journey!! Inspired me to do it myself. 👌🏻👍
The thing that really amazed be about the glaciers and especially milford sound is how insignificant they make you feel. Not only how ancient the landscape is but say, the milford sound, you're on your little ferry boat looking up at Mitre Peak, which just rises straight up out of the water to 1,700m and the day I was there there was a cruise ship across the other side of the sound, a massive cruise ship, 5000 people on board and it looks like a minuscule little row boat in comparison to the mountains and landscape around it.
This video made me so much more excited for my month long backpack in NZ starting next week!
your guys video are amazing man. keep up the travels. love from melbourne,Australia
Wow spectacular the frame 26.55 to 27. Min is fantastic...so beautiful wow
Awesome video guys! Thanks for showing the world our little piece of paradise, Kia Ora from Auckland!
I am loving this documentary!!! Out of all the countries you've been to so far I'd have to say I've enjoyed NZ the most! Been wanting to go here for the last 10 years and I'm finally going next month with my mom for 2 weeks! I am beyond excited and your video has made me look forward to my upcoming trip even more!
Man, those caves were spectacular. Lucky you!
the best travel videos ever and it is so inspiring. gonna start planning my travel like you do. and kudos to your video edit, its very cool. :D keep up man! :)
Hey Guys ! I LOVED this episode (first of your travelogues that I watched). It's fun, it's hilarious..nicely done :) Makes me look forward to my move to NZ (hopefully sooner) :) Good luck with all your travels.. Much Love x
Amazing video! Love the use of Lord of the Rings/Hobbit music :D
Wow, really inspirational videos, I loved the comment about 'this is better than waiting at Earlsfield station' seen as I've been doing that for the past 2 years! Off to New Zealand in December! Thanks for the information and a little insight!
Amazing video of our little NZ, makes me want to do a road trip this winter.
Best episode so far! (watching through this entire series for the first time, just discovered it)
I think so too.
Love the Soundtrack :D
Brilliant series. So jealous, making me seriously consider quitting my job on Monday!!
great docuvideo , love it. coming to New Zealand in March 2017, can't wait. I LOVE NEW ZEALAND
what a fantastically edited little program. really showcases New Zealand. I really want to do the South Island! so beautiful
NZ is truly stunning. Lived there for ten years, but have not been back since 2005... this video makes me want to return. Beautiful.
Your videos have been such an inspiration for me in my own travels. Thank you
Awesome thanks! 😊
Absolutely love these videos Karl, just watched all these eps back to back! My boyfriend and I are planning a 6 month trip to South East Asia, Australia & New Zealand - so these videos have been so helpful and inspirational!! Cheers!
Did you ever get to go?
You guys are the best vloggers I’ve ever seen .... can’t stop watching ♥️
Thanks very much 😊
Amazing, love it!
That was great .... and I live here !
Good job! I did the same journey last year- best place on earth !
Ooh I was working at Punikaiki around the time you guys came over. Beautiful country!
Wow...
Ur series is inspiring me to travel..
This was probably the best one so far, what an adventure and how much fun you all had on that bus😱I was totally geeking out just watching you visit Hobbiton and try to sneak into the huts, but then Milford Sound looks insanely epic.
Cheers buddy! Yeah this was my favourite episode. So much fun to edit with the LOTR music too before I worried about copyright issues 😉
Wow..nice filming... After watching this vid, I wana go there very soon. NZ was always my dream destination. It gives complete guide on how to plan your route.
Just watched this episode again, must be going on 6 times now. Its just so good.
haha will do. Quick question, what time of year did you go to New Zealand during this series?
awesome to see you enjoyed our little country
god, i'm so jealous! i hope to travel as much as you guys as well when i'm done with school!
I lived in New Zealand for 7 years and moved to Calgary, Alberta last April. Now, it made me cry when I see NZ in videos. Only heaven NZ.
Wow this video is sick! Looks like you had a gr8 time! I'm heading there in 4 weeks for 2 years! Buzzing now after watching that! Cheers boys!
Looks like you had a blast! We love the Kiwi Ex bus - we did that when we first got to NZ. This year we decided to travel by camper for 365 days around new zealand. It's been epic!
Congratz and welcome
I really enjoy watching these videos because they remind me of my past time travelling across Asia and Australasia and I personally feel as though they truly reflect what travelling is really like!!!! i.e. the difficulties you sometimes face and also the great times (meeting the same people along the way, finding incredible spots off of the beaten track etc etc). I recognise a lot of the places you visited in NZ and its really interesting seeing what somebody else's travel experience was like because two peoples will never be exactly the same! NZ is and will probably always be the best country I have ever visited though :)
Thanks Laura, yep NZ is my fav too :)
Cool vid..Am flying out Christmas Eve, got week in Auckland and New Year Eve, then on the 2nd Jan, am cycling the North & South Island and back up the west coast of the south..over 6weeks trip..Cant Wait..
love the series very well done keep up the good work. Was wondering what type of camera you used during this trip?
Awesome video man!!!........thx 4 sharing.
This is amazing! You and James are adorable (especially James LMAO). Visiting NZ for the first time in Dec and just starting planning... I want to do EVERYTHING you guys did! (well, yes to the skydiving, no to the bungee :P ) But alas won't have enough time. Gorgeous footage and exceedingly entertaining. The LOTR soundtrack made it even more epic. Just brilliant! Cheers.
this was amazing to watch!!!!
Thanks very much 😊
Yeah really awesome Guys!!! I've been in kiwi land 2012 too. It was just incredible fun time
so funny. Loved new zealand so much! travelled both south and north island
amazing videos mate tnx for sharing
Well its been 10 months but im back... This episode is just too good
I'm getting ready to go study in Melbourne, but I think I might leave a bit early and do this trip through New Zealand!
ok
Just finished your SouthEast Asia journey. I don't know what job you quit Karl, but you definitely have a talent for film-making and editing. Hope your working on a career in it. Your videos are absolute quality and have me buzzing to get back to Asia. Great work man
Those ice caverns are UNREAL... looks amazing!
Once one closes another one opens .
I love how you guys put LOTR and The Hobbit soundtracks to this episode!
Ahh Ne Zealand looks so worth doing! One word, epic! My contiki friends are hooked after I showing them your video! Luckily New Zealand is close to Australia
OMG this just made me want to watch Lord of the Rings,,,,,, Nostalgia ! So love New Zealand
Really made me want to visit NZ! Wonderful video, really jealous you got to see all of the beautiful sights!
Which pass did you you two get which allowed you to see all those sights? and did you get any Add-ons to see things which weren't included in that trip?
Many thanks in advance!
This video is an Amesooommme video!!! Keep on rockin the world. All together, How long were you out in New Zealand?
Really love all your videos man, helping me loads with my planning, hoping to do a 5-6 month gap year travelling to NZ Aus and SE Asia and hopefully working in NZ wth a few friends, just a few questions, what time of year were u in NZ at? were all the activities you did included in your KiwiExp tour or did you have to pay for the on top? and how did the accommodation work with KiwiExp? thanks a lot!
awesome video, nice editing
Watching this series for the second time in 3 years August 2021...howaa...
Im gonna backpacking on Febuary for 3 weeks, thanks for sharing your experiences!!
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries Thanks, u should come to visit my city (Phuket, thailand)
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries :)
Made me so home sick for the cold weather and a awesome pie
Sweet ass, this was an amazing documentary! I am planning to visit NZ next year, and i hope i will have amazing experience like you guys! This video made me smile and i felt like i am there with you all! Really inspiring! Cheers from Denmark :)
Thank u karl watson for sharing and uploading this video.. This documentary probably increased my anxiety to travel to new zealand some day in near future..
Hey Karl, I'm a kiwi living in Brisbane. Growing up on the North Island I travelled around the world as soon as I finished school and never checked out the back yard (south Is). Went on youtube this weekend to find any footage on Queenstown/Milford to get inspired and came across your Doc and loved it so much, watched your whole series. Thank you so much, what amazing job you did and yes it got me inspired. South Island trip coming up. Love your work. Anthony
We're so eager to leave and explore the rest of the world, we don't stop to appreciate how amazing our own country is (from a fellow Kiwi living in Western Australia). :)
+Emma O i like country and u
+zahid iqbal That's nice
thanks
Thanks so much for posting this! I want to do the kiwi experience too! Which pass did you take? And did you have to book the pass a long time beforehand? Is 5 months beforehand enough?
This is so great. I currently live in China, however will be traveling home to New Zealand for the first time in over 2 years. Your video has given me so much inspiration for when I do my road trip around the South Island. Appreciate the content you have made, keep creating and doing cool stuff!
Sick ill check it out for sure.
Thanks for this NZ episode. It allows me to refresh those experiences I had thru this vid. For the most part of my 3 wks' trip in 2010, I was mainly on South Island and been to those places you have featured. I think you'd agree with me that NZ is pretty easy to get around fr pt to pt on those coaches and because NZ is quite compact, you are likely to bump into the same persons somewhere along the way and getting to know them again and again thru those shared experiences like ice hiking, bungy jump, cooking together in the kitchen etc, just made my whole NZ trip so much more enjoyable. best episode for me so far (yes im biased here), and great content on NZ. Hv u been to Mt Cook/Lake Tekapo and did the star-gazing thing with fellow travellers? It's an amazing feeling!
That'd seem like a long way from London. Don't think there's a direct flight, prob stopover mid-way in S'pore. :-)
Thank you for sharing your videos, i've been addicted to watching this series. I watched them all in two days, found it so interesting. Also the way you edited all of the videos is so professional, not doubt you have a really talent for story telling. I am thinking about spending a month in New Zealand next year, i have watched your budgeting video, which i found very helpful, but i am wondering did you pre book the sky diving, bungee jumping , glacier walking tours etc, or did you sort that when you got there?
Cheers
***** Cheers mate, i have been to the STA travel agent a spoke to them after seeing your budgeting video! Very helpful, i also enjoyed your China and Nepal episodes would definitely consider going to Nepal after seeing that! Hope you keep making videos mate!
Amazing stuff! Great video with all the wonders of New Zealand and and your own adventures beautifully captured! Just came across this when browsing through videos on what to do in our trip to New Zealand. One question on this trip - what were your travel dates to New Zealand? Want to see when we can expect similar weather - mix of snow and sunshine. On another note it might be just as useful if the travel dates/period was included in all your other videos as well. cheers!
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries - Thanks for the quick reply! (:
thanks for the response karl! what would you recommend in the way of travel packs? you're essentially backpacking so bring what you can carry right?
This is an absolute joy to watch!! wow!!! New Zealand looks like A LOT of fun!!
You guys did a amazing job on the editing of this video! Really awesome to watch!
I just wonder, do you guys still have any contact with the big group on the bus drive?
Man, I really want to go travel also! I am planning to first go on holiday to Bonaire (Dutch Caribbean) and after one or two holidays, I want to move there to live there for a while.. excellent diving and surfing place!
Thanks for sharing this awesomeness with all of us!
Aloha! ,
Fer
this is sweet as BROW!!.. great job Karl dude! Goosebumps @ 47:00 ..
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries which cam did you use mate?
@Karl Watson
Wow it looks like awesome ! How much did it cost you ? (Activities + Kiwi tour)
Great job on the video ! I visited NZ in Jan 2016 and did all you have done, only on my own. Kiwiexperience sounds fun. Were u ok spending quite a long time with a big bunch of ppl?
Taupo whas my home base for 10weeks ! Beautyfull country,realy amzing natere !
Hey! Loved your video. What time of the year were you in New Zealand? It looks cold!!
Love ur ideas mate. I'm from UK and just been on gap year in Oz! I want to go to New Zealand soon. What was ur favourite country u went to?
loved that pile of rocks. i have lived in NZ my whole life and never been able to leave my city because of money. so much beauty i could still see. This Video was amazing :')
What city?
this is one of the most inspiring videos, if not the most inspiring i've ever seen. my plan for now: save up money a few years and do a huge tour arround australia and NZ!!
This is so motivating that even in the shittiest job you are looking forward to go to work to get money together for this trip!
cheers m8 from germany and keep up the great work!
OMG This looks soo awesome! I would love to just go to the airport and take the next plane to new zealand now 😂😂😉
Such an amazing episode. I'm planning to do the Kiwi experience tour also next year. Which buss pass did you take? how long did it take you guys from Auckland to Queenstown? Keep up the good work Karl!
We did the funky chicken, think it was 2-3 weeks from Auckland to Queenstown but check their website they’ve got all the itineraries on there
Watched the whole video while I actually have to study.. ooops.. I do not regret it though.
You two are such an inspiration to me. I want to go to NZ next year July/August for 6 weeks! :D
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries Haha exactly! I'm gonna 'like' your facebook page right now! Woohoo!
+Merel .Saarloos For Real? I'm going to New Zealand next July too! Relatives there :3
O MY GOD! That's amazing! Where will you go to and for how long?
Merel .Saarloos I'm most likely going to Rotorua, Auckland and areas around Rotorua! What about you??
Me too! Will stay in Auckland for 2/3 weeks
I love your videos
This is the best adventure experience video I have seen about New Zealand :) It's truly a gorgeous country. Thanks for all your tips, I'll definitely be checking out more of your videos about traveling! I'm moving to New Zealand and Australia for 2 years this may to live/work there and of course have a shit ton of fun while visiting there!! Any advice for a first time traveler?
+Karl Watson: Travel Documentaries Thanks for the advice! I'm so excited to start traveling but damn is it so much planning to do! Oh well it'll all be worth it once I'm there, in the mean time I'll check out some more of your videos for more tips :)
Hi Karl
Just caught wind of your vids , thinking of doing the same later this year. Just wondering how much your trip cost from Hong Kong up until the end of travelling New Zealand ?
I've been wanting to move to New Zealand since a young age and you've made me want to move even more! Do you have any plans to go back to New Zealand?
You guys are just awesome, what a great video. Thank you for sharing your experiences! I'll quit my job next month and will travel to New Zealand for a year with a friend of mine in september, you guys showed me some new sights that we'll definetly check out! Just subscribed to your channel and gave a deserved thumbs up to this video!!! It must have been really difficult to plan such a huge journey through all these countries.Many greetings from germany! :-)
***** yes definetly! So looking forward to it.. can't wait! Btw, according to your reply I hope you don't think my name is germany xD