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Umschlag, Inhaltsverzeichnis PAZIFISCHER Alexandra und Peter Albert Handbuch für individuelles Entdecken AUSTRALIEN OZEAN Sydney Melbourne Wellington 0 2000 km NEUSEELAND TIPPS Mit REISE KNOW-HOW gut gerüstet durch Neuseeland: Touren für Einsteiger und Fortgeschrittene Die Natur Neuseelands Atemberaubender Sternenhimmel: auf 1800 m Höhe in der Mueller Hut | 192 mit diesem Outdoor-Handbuch entdecken: Z Die schönsten Nationalparks und Gebiete für Wanderer und Radfahrer Die Wiege des neuseeländischen Mountainbikesports: Karapoti Classic | 131 Z 41 ausgewählte, ausführlich beschriebene Touren mit Übersichtskarten Z Informationen zu Lage, Anreise, Informationsstellen, Schwierigkeitsgraden, Vulkanismus und Alpinismus hautnah erleben: Sicherheitsaspekten für jede Tour Neuseeland Tongariro Alpine Crossing | 101 Maori – Neuseeland Z Praktische Tipps zum Reisen nach und in Neuseeland: Einreise, Transport, | CityTrip Wort für Wort: Slang: Essen und Trinken, Unterkunft, Notfälle ... Ökologisch Kräfte auftanken: Wellington: handlicher, alltags- die Sprache der Z Ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen zur Geschichte des Natursports In Eco Lodges kann man sich nachhaltig Neuseelands tauglicher Kauder- modernen „Kiwis“ verwöhnen lassen | 32, 290 Hauptstadt entdecken welsch-Sprachführer besser verstehen sowie zum Natur- und Umweltschutz Z Exakte Infos und Adressen zu Reisevorbereitung, Ausrüstung, Wandern durch märchenhaften Regenwald: Sportversicherungen und Anbietern und zu Fuß Neuseeland in der Tararua Range | 127 (1:1.000.000): Weitere Titel die detaillierte Altem Weg neues Leben eingehaucht: für die Region (Auswahl): Landkarte Z 324 Seiten REISE KNOW-HOWVerlag per Rad entdecken der Little River Rail Trail | 170 Peter Rump, Bielefeld Rump Bielefeld Peter Verlag Z Australien kompakt aus dem world Z Über 120 Fotos mapping project™ 3., neu bearbeitete und komplett OW Abgeschiedenheit vom Wasser aus erleben: Z Australien – Osten und Zentrum Z 29 Landkarten und Routenpläne -H aktualisierte Auflage 2016/17 Verlag Z mit dem Kanu auf dem Whanganui River | 241 Z Australien – Westen u. Zentrum Kleine Sprachhilfe Kiwi-Slang NOW OW € 19,90 [D] K Z CityTrip Sydney Z Ausführliches Register ISBN 978-3-8317-2626-4 -H EISE Wo Outdoor-Herzen höher schlagen: Z 20 Exkurse und Info-Kästen R Z KulturSchock Australien NOW Natursport in den Marlborough Sounds | 136, 249 Z Neuseeland – Reisen und Jobben K EISE R Reiseführer Das komplette Handbuch für individuellen Natursport auf der Nord- und Südinsel Das komplette Handbuch für individuellen Natursport auf der Nord- und Südinsel ä Wandern Neuseeland Nordinsel 0 100 km © REISE KNOW-HOW 2016 3 Wairere Boulder Valley Reserve S. 71 NZ_Outdoor_U2 4 Kaiaraara und South Fork Track S. 61 5 Waitakere Ranges S. 57 6 Kauaeranga Kauri Trail S. 76 Neuseeland 8 Mount Taranaki S. 120 66 Nordinsel 11 Tongariro Alpine Crossing S. 101 Cape 16 Mount Hikurangi S. 87 Reinga North Cape 17 Lake Waikaremoana Track S. 111 18 Kapakapanui Track S. 127 Ninety Mile Beach 68 Kaitaia 1 Kanu (KA), Kayaking (K), Bay of á Tauroa Point 64 á Islands Seakayaking (SK) Paihia 1 Bay of Islands (SK) S. 244 2 I Kaikohe ä 3 9 Whanganui Journey (KA) S. 241 Whangarei 12 Lake Taupo (K) S. 246 59 Neuseeland Dargaville Great Barrier Südinsel Island Biketrekking und I ä 4 Mountainbiking Kaipara 75 2 Twin Coast Radweg S. 68 Harbour Hauraki 7 Hauraki Rail Trail S. 79 Gulf 73 Whitianga 10 42 Traverse S. 98 52 5 ä 13 Whakarewarewa Forest S. 109 Auckland Thames ä 6 Major 14 Whirinaki Forest MTB Track S. 105 Island 54 I 7 15 Otipi Road S. 89 Bay of Plenty 19 Karapoti Classic S. 131 TASMANSEE Cape Runaway Tauranga 84 Hamilton East Legende Übersichtskarten 92 Cape 108 Lake Rotorua Whakatane Rotorua North Taranaki 15 ä 16 Bight Te Kuiti 13 I I Murupara 94 Taupo 14 83 116 Lake I Gisborne New Taupo á 12 ä 17 Plymouth Taumarunui I 10 Turangi Wairoa 8 ä á g ä 11 Mt. Egmont 9 g Hawke 2518m Stratford Mt. Ruapehu Bay Mahia 2797m Peninsula Hawera Napier 118 Hastings Cape Wanganui Kidnappers Waipukurau 124 Dannevirke South Taranaki SÜDPAZIFISCHER Bight Palmerston Levin North Cape Turnagain OZEAN Paraparaumu ä 18 Masterton 123 I 19 Wellington Cape Palliser 99 Ortsbeschreibung auf Seite 99 Neuseeland Südinsel 0 100 km © REISE KNOW-HOW 2016 NZ_Outdoor_U3 ä Wandern Neuseeland 20 Heaphy Track S. 160 Nordinsel Stephens 21 Abel Tasman Coast Track S. 155 150 Island 22 Nydia Track S. 146 Golden Marlborough Bay Sounds 27 Lake Angelus Track S. 163 20 ä 21 ä Tasman ä 22 136 Bay 28 Fox River Cave and 136 I 23 25 á Ballroom Overhang Walk S. 185 Picton á 24 29 Avalanche Peak S. 172 26 I Nelson Blendheim 151 31 Mount Peel S. 177 32 Okarito Trig Walk S. 187 Westport 27 ä Cape Foulwind Lake 34 Mueller Hut Route S. 192 Neuseeland 182 Rotoroa 35 French Ridge Track Südinsel 28 ä Kaikoura am Fuße des Mount Aspiring S. 206 36 Hollyford Track S. 221 Greymouth Lake 37 Routeburn Track S. 208 181 Brunner 168 38 Rob Roy Glacier Track S. 203 Hokitika ä 29 41 Rakiura Track S. 230 g Pegasus Mt. Murchison Rangiora Bay TASMANSEE 2400mLake 167 Coleridge Christchurch Kanu (KA), Kayaking (K), 33 á ä 32 30 I á Banks Peninsula Seakayaking (SK) g 24 Marlborough Sounds (SK) S. 249 34 ä Mt. Cook Ashburton 3754m 31 ä 25 Abel Tasman National Park (SK) S. 252 Lake 33 Okarito Lagune (K) S. 187 Pukaki 199 Timaru 196 Wanaka Lake Ohau Lake Biketrekking und Lake Wanaka Benmore Canterbury I 35 ä Bight Mountainbiking g Mt. Aspiring 23 Queen Charlotte Track S. 142 3027m ä 218 Milford 36 I 39 Oamaru 26 Dun Mountain Trail S. 154 Sound ä ä 37 38 Lake Queenstown I 40 30 Little River Rail Trail S. 170 Wakatipu Lake 39 Plantation Trails/Sticky Forest S. 201 Te Anau 216 Otago Peninsula 40 Otago Central Rail Trail S. 211 Te Anau Lake Manapouri Dunedin Gore Balclutha Dusky Sound SÜDPAZIFISCHER Invercargill West Fovea OZEAN Cape ux St ra it 225 ä Oban 41 South West Stewart 226 Cape Island 99 Ortsbeschreibung auf Seite 99 Legende zu den Übersichtskarten in vorderer Umschlagklappe Alexandra und Peter Albert Neuseeland zu Fuß und per Rad entdecken 065ns rj It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves. (Es ist nicht der Berg, den wir bezwingen, sondern uns selbst.) Sir Edmund Hillary (neuseeländischer Bergsteiger, 1919–2008) Impressum Alexandra und Peter Albert REISE KNOW-HOW Neuseeland zu Fuß und per Rad entdecken www.fotolia.de © Delphotostock www.fotolia.de erschienen im REISE KNOW-HOW Verlag Peter Rump GmbH Osnabrücker Str. 79, 33649 Bielefeld © REISE KNOW-HOW Verlag Peter Rump GmbH 2009, 2011 3., neu bearbeitete und komplett aktualisierte Auflage 2016 Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Gestaltung Umschlag: G. Pawlak, P. Rump (Layout); A. Hesse (Realisierung) Inhalt: Günter Pawlak (Layout); Andrea Hesse (Realisierung) Karten: world mapping project, der Verlag Fotonachweis: siehe S. 7 Titelfotos: Ralph Junghanns (Mountainbiker auf dem Queen Charlotte Track), www.fotolia.de © naruedom (Wanderung im neuseeländischen Regenwald) Lektorat: amundo media Lektorat (Aktualisierung): Andrea Hesse Druck und Bindung: D3 druckhaus, Hainburg ISBN 978-3-8317-2626-4 Wir freuen uns über Kritik, Kommentare Printed in Germany und Ver besserungsvorschläge, gern auch per E-Mail an [email protected]. Dieses Buch ist erhältlich in jeder Buchhandlung Deutschlands, der Schweiz, Österreichs, Belgiens Alle Informationen in diesem Buch sind von und der Niederlande. den Autoren mit größter Sorgfalt gesammelt Bitte informieren Sie Ihren Buchhändler und vom Lektorat des Verlages gewissenhaft über folgende Bezugsadressen: bearbeitet und überprüft worden. Deutschland Da inhalt liche und sachliche Fehler nicht Prolit GmbH, Postfach 9, D–35461 Fernwald (Annerod) aus geschlossen werden können, erklärt der sowie alle Barsortimente Verlag, dass alle Angaben im Sinne der Schweiz Produkthaftung ohne Garantie erfolgen AVA Verlagsauslieferung AG, und dass Verlag und Autoren keinerlei Postfach 27, CH–8910 Affoltern Verantwortung und Haftung für inhaltliche Österreich und sachliche Fehler über nehmen. Mohr Morawa Buchvertrieb GmbH Sulzengasse 2, A–1230 Wien Die Nennung von Firmen und ihren Produk- Niederlande, Belgien ten und ihre Reihenfolge sind als Beispiel Willems Adventure, www.willemsadventure.nl ohne Wertung gegenüber anderen anzuse- hen. Qualitäts- und Quantitätsangaben sind Wer im Buchhandel trotzdem kein Glück hat, rein subjek tive Einschätzungen der Autoren bekommt unsere Bücher auch über unseren und dienen keinesfalls der Bewerbung von Büchershop im Internet: www.reise-know-how.de Firmen oder Produkten. Alexandra und Peter Albert NEUSEELAND ZU FUSS UND PER RAD ENTDECKEN 4 Geleitwort Geleitwort „Vor w är t s“ Zyniker könnten behaupten, Neusee- land tauge nur für zweierlei: als Weide- land für Schafe und als Augenschmaus für den Betrachter. Das winzige Land ganz unten im Süd- pazifik, das nicht mehr Einwohner hat als viele europäische Städte, ist das jüngs te der Erde, da es sich lange nach den anderen Landmassen aus dem Ozean erhob und erst im 12. Jahrhun- dert von Menschen besiedelt wurde. Sein gemäßigtes Klima lässt zwar gesun- des, grünes Gras für Schafe und Vieh ge- deihen, die Wolle, Fleisch und Milchpro- dukte liefern, doch dieses wichtigste Auf der Reise zu Hause Standbein der Wirtschaft ringt mit der www.reise-know-how.de subventionierten Landwirtschaft (z.B. in Europa) und mit der großen Entfernung von den Hauptabsatzmärkten. 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