I just feel the need over and over again month and year after year to say Thank You for taking me places I will never be able to see in this Life time. I am living vicariously through you both. Thank you, thank you, and thank you for this beautiful experience. Safe travels Peace.
It is heartwarming to read this post. I am happy to know you get such a great benefit from the fortunes of this selfless couple. Some do not realize how showing others a part of your travelling life can benefit others. Not all people can travel. What l like is they show it as it is, not some glamorous five star resort.
I wonder do Nikki & Jason understand just how important their videos are to us mere mortals, I want to add my thanks to Karens and add Good Luck wishes with it!
As a long time follower I have to say- it never gets old. You guys are so good at your craft. Your photography and story telling always astounds me. Regardless of the vehicle used to get you there, you never fail to share a genuine glimpse into your surroundings. Thank you.
“The dappled light of the lush rain forest and then sinks to the darkly shadows of the skeletal glaciers”…. Awesome. Forgive me if I’ve misquoted. Great episode. So glad you both brought us along. See you both next week. Be safe.
So regarding that Cardrona fence, 200 of those were removed in early 2006 by other locals who felt the attraction was an eyesore. The local council actually ruled in their favor and ordered it to be removed (which led to even more of them removed). In response to this, a festival in nearby Wanaka that year tried to do the world record of the longest bra chain. They reached 7.4K bras, which was over 71K short of the world record which was held then by a Singaporean group with 79,001 bras (who raised for breast cancer awareness) since 2002. It has since been broken twice by an Aussie group in 2009 with 166,625 bras and Athena's Cup (another breast cancer awareness group) in Rhode Island with 196,564 bras in 2019. The NZ group trying to break the record is also doing it to raise for breast cancer awareness.
I am a Kiwi on holiday in New York watching you travel NZ. You capture the feel and beauty of NZ so well it makes me want to retrace your footsteps. Thanks for such amazing and inspiring videos.
That was a beautiful night sky you captured. Light pollution has really spoiled many areas. Back in the '80s I was on a small cruise ship in the Pacific approaching Figi. I asked if all the ships lights could be turned off. We got all turned off but the small navigation lights for 30 minutes. What an experience to see such a sky. I was up on deck 30 minutes ahead of time with my eyes closed to get acclimated to the dark. Thank you for such nice videos.
Through out time well before the Triassic period glaciers have come and gone. Note it was also 10* warmer during those times our 2* warm up won't last long. Nothing is set in stone especially the weather and earths orbit around the sun.👍👍
Seeing payphones is definitely nostalgic. Living in the NYC suburbs, I've been on countless NYC trips, and payphones used to be a fixture of the city. They removed the last one in the entire city in Times Square back in May. Now replaced with a free WiFi kiosk system called LinkNYC Fun fact, those alps are home to the world's only alpine parrot, the kea. They're in the genus Nestor, and a part of the New Zealand endemic parrot superfamily Strigopoidea alongside the kākāpō (a bird famous for thinking a nature photographer was a female that it tried to mate with it). The kea is known as the world's smartest bird because of their curiosity, though the locals call them the Clown of the Alps because of how cheeky they are.
Wow wow wow. I almost cried watching this. I am an Australian, and hitchiked and worked around NZ 45 years ago for a year. I absolutely loved the South Island. And walked those same paths to the Glaciers. I also walked the Milford and Routeburn tracks. To me, NZ is the closest thing to Heaven on Earth. Anyone who loves nature is well advised to spend a month or more there. I appreciate the effort you put into the cinematography to capture the beauty.
Traveling with the 2 of you is a joy. I admire your zest for life and your skills as producer/videographer/editor of these vids. And as an aside, I’m almost 70 years old and I truly regret never having met a woman like Nikki. You guys are great.
I love this tour of the South Island!! I did a 3 week driving tour of the North Island years ago and have been aching to do the south. I remember being so blown away by the Milky Way as well. Absolutely stunning country with lovely people! I’m trying to talk my partner into boat life once we are done with van life but if he’s not willing to take on that adventure, he has agreed to expat to NZ, which is my favorite place on the planet so far. Really excited about your new boat and can’t wait to see it. I’ve been binging HH vids and am in love with their boats!
So far we have only experienced the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, so it was really awesome to see these NZ wonders. Sad they may not last long enough for us to ever get there. :/ That green forest, tho. Wow! Icing on the cake with the starry time lapse at the end. Stay safe and much love and support from FL as always!! - Claire
FYI- There are literally an uncounted number of glaciers. They are not disappearing. They have always advanced and retreated. Sea Ice is up massively in the past 20 years as are many glaciers. Don't believe the Carbon Dioxide propaganda-- we had an ICE AGE (EG: WORLD COVERED IN GLACIERS) with CO2 levels 10 times what they are now!
thanks for taking the time to make these videos; I've never been there and likely will never get thee in person but your videos transport me. Thank you! I look forward to them so much every weekend.
You have a way of capturing the awesomeness of big waves crashing on beaches to the stillness of a rain forest and the wonderful sounds of the birds in the morning. Beautiful!
Wonderful vid this week. Isn't our world SO amazing? Admittedly we are living in a time of great flux, and as my scientist daughter sometimes says "it's all fluxed up!" Still each adventure enriches our souls, and while my far wandering days are past me I can still enjoy memories and seeing your adventures to add to my own. Thank you Wynns!
You guy’s are by far the best outdoor, adventure, sailing channel on UA-cam! Your hard work really shows on every video. Brilliant! I hope to catch up with you two one day.
Absolutely beautiful and sublime series of videos from New Zealand. THANK YOU!! In 2005 my husband and I walked right onto the Franz Josef Glacier. Shocking but sadly not surprising to see its retreat.
No smog or any kind of pollution that we can sea/see...A pun for Jason. ..... lol.... Looks like crisp clean environment where I could live like a Queen inside my own brain with no neighbors that think they own the whole 5 acres you own. Long story that no one cares about, but me. The lady doesn't even own the house. It's her sisters house. When people have money they think you should bow @ there feet. Not this lady. I fight for the under dog. I want to thank y'all for your videos/travels. I can't even afford food/my medications half the time. Therefore y'all are my escape from my turmoil of reality. The videos are a blessing & thank you two for that. Watching your videos is a great escape from what's going on here in the USA & the world. So many senseless deaths & corrupt people in the world & people are clueless. So thanks for the escape from reality. Please don't stop. You really are helping people that you don't even know & can't travel themselves. I have a question for you two if you could answer it, it would be greatly appreciated. HAVE YOU EVER SEE UFO's DURNING ALL THESE YEARS OF TRAVELING? Please be truthful to us, your subscribers 🙏. Thank you & please be safe & God bless you two, Chris from Missouri
Being on that west coast beach gives you a taster of what it would be like to sail the Southern Ocean - makes it even more awe inspiring those sailors that have...
As for natural beauty, the stars and green on green, this episode may be one of the better ones ever. Thanks as always for sharing and taking us along on your life's journey. It continues to be one great scene after another.
Mr. Jay I said before your photography serpasses many. But that starry night shot took me back when we brought fatherless kids camping for the first time. Never seeing shooting stars or spending overnight in a state forest. Few Army buddies taking time out to share with city kids that have never seen the milky way. 10 boys 10-12 will never forget and I hope after all these years, I wonder if any went out exploring or took up photography after. We need to get out and enjoy the sky and land before we get to old. thx guys.
That ocean looks exactly like how it is here in northern California during Winter storms. It's one of my favorite times of the year to go for a walk along the beach I just love feeling all that power.. And ours is deadly too every year we lose some tourists who get swept off the cliffs
Great video! I was in NZ in 2007 and was able to hike the glacier then. Your night shots of the milky way were amazing!! Keep up the great work, Edmonton, Alberta Canada!
I really enjoyed the pacing of this video. You took your time and told lovely little stories. Intercut with all the b-roll. Many thanks for taking us along.
Some years ago, my son shared a national environmental award with an engineer for the roading, cycling, and car parking system for visitors to the two glaciers you featured. In that short time, most of the roading has been washed away even though it was all designed in anticipation of flooding and erosion. The pace of change and glacier collapse has been much greater than anticipated. In our lifetime we have seen retreat, advance, and retreat of those glaciers, but nothing like what is happening now. Thank you for enlightening people around the world to real life experience of what is happening.
I've been to that same exact beach, it's truly stunning to see. So sorry you didn't get to see the glacier up close. I was able to walk almost right up to it.
We took a trip to NZ when we lived in Australia. We took a helicopter ride over the glaciers and I still remember it to this day. LOVE LOVE LOVE New Zealand…..I wish I could move there. The people are fantastic!
Computer went down, technical issues. Late to the Main Event for Sunday - YOU~! Wow! What a raucous Beach like being in a large Cement Mixer! Swimming? No Thanks! As for the critters coming out of the Ocean to the Beach; I would have been very Silent, no chatter, and very quiet with Binoculars. Sitting in that blind on little stools with some lovely repast and special vintage to await the arrival of the Penguins, seals, birds, etc. The Glaciers were awesome, sad as well to see the retreating markers. The air in the Green Cathedral must have been delicious! Such a great Video. Glad you were not 'to Sea', I heard five were lost in a vessel off of N Z this week on Sky News. Thank you for reminding me to Get Outside! Be Safe you two, it is a brutal world. Be blessed. Love the chatter of the Birds, music, and lovely cottage by the Sea. Nice!
I must say I was stunned to see the Glaciers through your eyes. I remember being there around 30 years ago, and walking across the glaciers. It was an experience of a lifetime. So I had to find out when the walking possibility ceased. I read the following on Wikipedia-- It used to be possible to walk up to the glacier, but In March 2012 the terminal face of the glacier collapsed and it is now too dangerous to approach. Thanks for the beautiful walks you were able to make to reach the glacier 'views.' Thank you for sharing such beautiful detail about New Zealand with us all. Stay well and safe journey. 👍
His wonderful to be ab,E to travel this incredible road trip around the South Island of NZ with two genuinely open minded excited explorers. I can almost feel your wonder and appreciation of the beautiful, largely unspoiled, terrain. Such green, the sea power, mountainous grandeur and the sorrow of shrinking glaciers. Joy and loss, what we here in the green Somerset valley I’m fortunate to live in, are feeling in the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth. How far the glaciers have retreated since she was born so many years ago. She too was a country lover, a mountain and hill walker in far off remote places. It’s such a lovely expression of all that is simply real and yet grand in a calm and serene way…. Very comforting at this time of parting from someone we have loved and admired for so long. Nothing last forever we understand, but oh the wonder of nature and love of family and friends. You too have lived through some very challenging times in your lives so understand the ‘size of loss’. Thank you for expressing all of that so beautifully in your own loving way. I appreciate your peaks into NZ paradise very much this morning 😍
The Timelapse of The Stars ✨ … ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT … MAGICAL … I Love The Cottage You are staying in! So Charming! Much ❤️ to the both of you! …and a Very Special 💌 to King Franz Josef and The Protection of his Glacial Sanctuary…. Thank You
Not to worry, there is beauty behind the beauty. There is land where there was once sea, and there is sea where there was once land. May we all do our part to respect and care for Nature while allowing her to do what she does best , that is to create new breathtaking beauty for all to enjoy. This was beautiful , thanks for sharing!
Nikki, your toboggan ball is simply awesome. I have one on my toboggan which includes a flip out face cover. It is blue and white and about 45 years old. I love it! Great video!
New Zealand is my ultimate final destination. I plan to expatriate from the USA at some point and NZ is my #1 choice. It's hard to move and become a resident there, tho, so I have other locations on my short list...
To think the Earth is just a point a light amidst all those trillions points of light - and then to think of the green watery beauty this earth has to display - makes me want to travel the vast universe and experience the beauty that is out there - somewhere - far far away.
You are soooooo right that ocean view is mezmerising and beautiful Thanks for the memories again was on the south island for 2 weeks and was given a free trip from milford sound on the west coast around to Chtist Church so amazing Enjoy
I am so appreciative of your channel and the beautiful and sometimes dangerous places you have taken us , it was my one time dream to sail the world but unfortunately that dream happened only in small measures . Thank You and blessings on your journeys.
amazing amazing video,... You guys always knock it out of the park, but I feel like the last couple have reached a new level for cinematography and impactful story line. Incredible astronomy timelapses, and the impact of climate change many (including myself) can sadly resonate with. Thanks so much for all your work guys, keep it up
I have NEVER seen that many stars. My favorite part of the video, probably because I’m so astounded at seeing that! So very sad about the glaciers. Those beach waves were wow!
We traveled to New Zealand in December 2019 and saw the Franz Joseph Glacier and some of the other of the sights you visited. Thank you for showing the beauty of these spots and for talking about so much of the challenges they face today. Awesome video!
I was there 5 years ago and we hiked up the valley floor of Franz Joseph but we also took a 45 minute helicopter ride up on the glacier and got out and walked around and took pics. Great adventure.
Ahh the south Island west coast was there in nov,89 for 6 weeks in a caravan , the pancake rocks, the Haas pass , the Fiords the glaciers,They used to have these train/car bridges that were single lane or track pretty long ,2 way traffic and trains had the right of way. Wonderful country. Smelled like rose bracken everywhere with deer and rabbitts everywhere. oh oh we saw 4 new zealand penguins(tiny) while on the Milford Sound hanging around a waterfall.(there were only 7 in the world at the time.)
Speak for yourself - I live here 😜 But yeah, they are doing a brilliant job of showcasing our little country. Ironically the lack of crowds Nikki & Jason show is a major drawcard for a lot of people, so they all come here at once and crowd out the place. What to do about that though ...
New Zealand is very beautiful but with Nikki & Jason as the ones showing us, priceless. I've seen every Wynn video, and they have only improved with each video. This one was amazingly sweet. Thank you Wynns for showing us what we could never get to. Be well, be safe.✌🤟🖖
Just finished watching Itchy Boots who was at the Columbia Ice fields glacier in Alberta Canada saying exactly the same thing… glaciers are disappearing. Franz Joseph & Fox glaciers were the first glaciers I ever saw in 1975 (even though I am Canadian)… did eventually see the ones in Alberta. Thank you for posting.
I can't believe how much Franz Joseph glacier has retreated since I was there in 2008! We walked right up to and on to it on a guided tour, it was about 500m from where you guys were stood looking at it away up the valley!
I just feel the need over and over again month and year after year to say Thank You for taking me places I will never be able to see in this Life time. I am living vicariously through you both. Thank you, thank you, and thank you for this beautiful experience. Safe travels Peace.
It is heartwarming to read this post. I am happy to know you get such a great benefit from the fortunes of this selfless couple. Some do not realize how showing others a part of your travelling life can benefit others. Not all people can travel. What l like is they show it as it is, not some glamorous five star resort.
I wonder do Nikki & Jason understand just how important their videos are to us mere mortals, I want to add my thanks to Karens and add Good Luck wishes with it!
Really WELL said, thank you for posting all of our sentiments so well!
Amen.
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As a long time follower I have to say- it never gets old. You guys are so good at your craft. Your photography and story telling always astounds me. Regardless of the vehicle used to get you there, you never fail to share a genuine glimpse into your surroundings. Thank you.
“The dappled light of the lush rain forest and then sinks to the darkly shadows of the skeletal glaciers”…. Awesome. Forgive me if I’ve misquoted. Great episode. So glad you both brought us along. See you both next week. Be safe.
*darkest
@@jaygee5693 I honestly couldn’t make that out. But, thanks.
@@BB_Chaptsick I had to replay it.
I like "darkly" used as an adjective though, very poetic.
So regarding that Cardrona fence, 200 of those were removed in early 2006 by other locals who felt the attraction was an eyesore. The local council actually ruled in their favor and ordered it to be removed (which led to even more of them removed).
In response to this, a festival in nearby Wanaka that year tried to do the world record of the longest bra chain. They reached 7.4K bras, which was over 71K short of the world record which was held then by a Singaporean group with 79,001 bras (who raised for breast cancer awareness) since 2002. It has since been broken twice by an Aussie group in 2009 with 166,625 bras and Athena's Cup (another breast cancer awareness group) in Rhode Island with 196,564 bras in 2019. The NZ group trying to break the record is also doing it to raise for breast cancer awareness.
Anything that raised breast awareness is OK by me.
Hey I can agree I am all about saving Breasts of course I am a male so that was a given LOL. A to Triple F they all got the perfect start!!!
I am a Kiwi on holiday in New York watching you travel NZ. You capture the feel and beauty of NZ so well it makes me want to retrace your footsteps. Thanks for such amazing and inspiring videos.
This whole New Zealand adventure you two are on has been amazing thus far. So very beautiful. Part of me wants it to last forever.
The stories you tell through the lens of your camera are amazing. Thank you for the adventure safe travels. And thanks for taking me with you.
Your music choices compliment your videos beautifully, makes for a great Sunday morning. Cheers from East Lansing Michigan
That was a beautiful night sky you captured. Light pollution has really spoiled many areas. Back in the '80s I was on a small cruise ship in the Pacific approaching Figi. I asked if all the ships lights could be turned off. We got all turned off but the small navigation lights for 30 minutes. What an experience to see such a sky. I was up on deck 30 minutes ahead of time with my eyes closed to get acclimated to the dark. Thank you for such nice videos.
Through out time well before the Triassic period glaciers have come and gone. Note it was also 10* warmer during those times our 2* warm up won't last long. Nothing is set in stone especially the weather and earths orbit around the sun.👍👍
Yes, climate has always fluctuated. Check out the Milankovitch Cycles. The Earth is supposed to be heading into a very cold period. But it isn't.
Seeing payphones is definitely nostalgic. Living in the NYC suburbs, I've been on countless NYC trips, and payphones used to be a fixture of the city. They removed the last one in the entire city in Times Square back in May. Now replaced with a free WiFi kiosk system called LinkNYC
Fun fact, those alps are home to the world's only alpine parrot, the kea. They're in the genus Nestor, and a part of the New Zealand endemic parrot superfamily Strigopoidea alongside the kākāpō (a bird famous for thinking a nature photographer was a female that it tried to mate with it). The kea is known as the world's smartest bird because of their curiosity, though the locals call them the Clown of the Alps because of how cheeky they are.
Wow wow wow.
I almost cried watching this.
I am an Australian, and hitchiked and worked around NZ 45 years ago for a year.
I absolutely loved the South Island.
And walked those same paths to the Glaciers.
I also walked the Milford and Routeburn tracks.
To me, NZ is the closest thing to Heaven on Earth.
Anyone who loves nature is well advised to spend a month or more there.
I appreciate the effort you put into the cinematography to capture the beauty.
Now that I’ve caught up with all sailing videos, Sunday’s at 9am (I’m in Boston) have become special viewing to see where y’all are at. Thanks!! ❤️
Hey Boston, used to live there miss the landscapes and food, but not the roads.
Traveling with the 2 of you is a joy. I admire your zest for life and your skills as producer/videographer/editor of these vids. And as an aside, I’m almost 70 years old and I truly regret never having met a woman like Nikki. You guys are great.
Thanks for continuing to share…New Zealand is such incredible terrain.
I love this tour of the South Island!! I did a 3 week driving tour of the North Island years ago and have been aching to do the south. I remember being so blown away by the Milky Way as well. Absolutely stunning country with lovely people! I’m trying to talk my partner into boat life once we are done with van life but if he’s not willing to take on that adventure, he has agreed to expat to NZ, which is my favorite place on the planet so far. Really excited about your new boat and can’t wait to see it. I’ve been binging HH vids and am in love with their boats!
So far we have only experienced the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska, so it was really awesome to see these NZ wonders. Sad they may not last long enough for us to ever get there. :/
That green forest, tho. Wow!
Icing on the cake with the starry time lapse at the end. Stay safe and much love and support from FL as always!! - Claire
Kiaora from New Zealand. Better get down here !!
FYI- There are literally an uncounted number of glaciers. They are not disappearing. They have always advanced and retreated. Sea Ice is up massively in the past 20 years as are many glaciers.
Don't believe the Carbon Dioxide propaganda-- we had an ICE AGE (EG: WORLD COVERED IN GLACIERS) with CO2 levels 10 times what they are now!
The sacrifices that you make for us lounge lizards. Thanks for enduring and for sharing.
thanks for taking the time to make these videos; I've never been there and likely will never get thee in person but your videos transport me. Thank you! I look forward to them so much every weekend.
You have a way of capturing the awesomeness of big waves crashing on beaches to the stillness of a rain forest and the wonderful sounds of the birds in the morning. Beautiful!
Wonderful vid this week. Isn't our world SO amazing? Admittedly we are living in a time of great flux, and as my scientist daughter sometimes says "it's all fluxed up!" Still each adventure enriches our souls, and while my far wandering days are past me I can still enjoy memories and seeing your adventures to add to my own. Thank you Wynns!
If you are pausing between sailing adventures, then New Zealand looks a great place to do so!
That is one very intimidating surf, we saw seals including babies swimming effortlessly in a similar surf up the coast on the South Island.
Did I just hear Jason say, "See??!!" 😂😂
I'm never ready for one of your videos to end. Loved this one. Such an amazing land,... world! And you're a couple of great storytellers.
This was an amazing video! NZ has to be the most beautiful place on earth. Thank you for the experience!!! Love and hugs from sunny Arizona 💖😎💖
As a kiwi, I think we get so used to what we have, that it takes a trip overseas to remind us! Thank you for your kind coments about Home.
You guy’s are by far the best outdoor, adventure, sailing channel on UA-cam! Your hard work really shows on every video. Brilliant! I hope to catch up with you two one day.
Absolutely beautiful and sublime series of videos from New Zealand. THANK YOU!! In 2005 my husband and I walked right onto the Franz Josef Glacier. Shocking but sadly not surprising to see its retreat.
No smog or any kind of pollution that we can sea/see...A pun for Jason. ..... lol....
Looks like crisp clean environment where I could live like a Queen inside my own brain with no neighbors that think they own the whole 5 acres you own. Long story that no one cares about, but me. The lady doesn't even own the house. It's her sisters house. When people have money they think you should bow @ there feet. Not this lady. I fight for the under dog.
I want to thank y'all for your videos/travels. I can't even afford food/my medications half the time. Therefore y'all are my escape from my turmoil of reality. The videos are a blessing & thank you two for that.
Watching your videos is a great escape from what's going on here in the USA & the world. So many senseless deaths & corrupt people in the world & people are clueless.
So thanks for the escape from reality. Please don't stop. You really are helping people that you don't even know & can't travel themselves.
I have a question for you two if you could answer it, it would be greatly appreciated.
HAVE YOU EVER SEE UFO's DURNING ALL THESE YEARS OF TRAVELING? Please be truthful to us, your subscribers 🙏.
Thank you & please be safe & God bless you two,
Chris from Missouri
That night sky. Amazing! I mean, it is so clear for my eyes to see that the sky above us is moving!!!
Being on that west coast beach gives you a taster of what it would be like to sail the Southern Ocean - makes it even more awe inspiring those sailors that have...
Thanks for taking Rob and I with you again! The time lapses were amazing! Thanks for taking the time to pull them off.
- Jen
LOVE the night sky time-lapses as always Jason
Loved this video! Especially the Milky Way time lapse. Stunning. Well done you two.
As for natural beauty, the stars and green on green, this episode may be one of the better ones ever. Thanks as always for sharing and taking us along on your life's journey. It continues to be one great scene after another.
Mr. Jay I said before your photography serpasses many. But that starry night shot took me back when we brought fatherless kids camping for the first time. Never seeing shooting stars or spending overnight in a state forest. Few Army buddies taking time out to share with city kids that have never seen the milky way. 10 boys 10-12 will never forget and I hope after all these years, I wonder if any went out exploring or took up photography after. We need to get out and enjoy the sky and land before we get to old. thx guys.
One of the best forests you've ever shown. Thanks for sharing. 🌳
That ocean looks exactly like how it is here in northern California during Winter storms. It's one of my favorite times of the year to go for a walk along the beach I just love feeling all that power..
And ours is deadly too every year we lose some tourists who get swept off the cliffs
Great video! I was in NZ in 2007 and was able to hike the glacier then. Your night shots of the milky way were amazing!! Keep up the great work, Edmonton, Alberta Canada!
I really enjoyed the pacing of this video. You took your time and told lovely little stories. Intercut with all the b-roll. Many thanks for taking us along.
Some years ago, my son shared a national environmental award with an engineer for the roading, cycling, and car parking system for visitors to the two glaciers you featured. In that short time, most of the roading has been washed away even though it was all designed in anticipation of flooding and erosion. The pace of change and glacier collapse has been much greater than anticipated. In our lifetime we have seen retreat, advance, and retreat of those glaciers, but nothing like what is happening now. Thank you for enlightening people around the world to real life experience of what is happening.
I've been to that same exact beach, it's truly stunning to see. So sorry you didn't get to see the glacier up close. I was able to walk almost right up to it.
We took a trip to NZ when we lived in Australia. We took a helicopter ride over the glaciers and I still remember it to this day. LOVE LOVE LOVE New Zealand…..I wish I could move there. The people are fantastic!
Another fabulous video. The structure on the beach to hide from the wildlife is called ............a 'hide' 😀
Thank you for showcasing our real New Zealand. We have so much more than the bus tours show tourists.
Thank you for taking me to such wild and wonderful places!! Mr. Inman would love it!!
The beach video reminds me of the Oregon coast in the winter.
Thank you for taking me to New Zealand!
The two of you live an awesome life, better than any television show on today. shall you Keep living the dream, so you never wake up....Stay safe
There are no words to describe the pleasure i derive from watching your video travels, Thank you and keep it going ... Stay Safe & Fair Winds!!
This is the best, green on green on green! My favorite.
I saw the aurora!!
Computer went down, technical issues. Late to the Main Event for Sunday - YOU~! Wow! What a raucous Beach like being in a large Cement Mixer! Swimming? No Thanks! As for the critters coming out of the Ocean to the Beach; I would have been very Silent, no chatter, and very quiet with Binoculars. Sitting in that blind on little stools with some lovely repast and special vintage to await the arrival of the Penguins, seals, birds, etc. The Glaciers were awesome, sad as well to see the retreating markers. The air in the Green Cathedral must have been delicious! Such a great Video. Glad you were not 'to Sea', I heard five were lost in a vessel off of N Z this week on Sky News. Thank you for reminding me to Get Outside! Be Safe you two, it is a brutal world. Be blessed. Love the chatter of the Birds, music, and lovely cottage by the Sea. Nice!
I must say I was stunned to see the Glaciers through your eyes. I remember being there around 30 years ago, and walking across the glaciers. It was an experience of a lifetime. So I had to find out when the walking possibility ceased. I read the following on Wikipedia-- It used to be possible to walk up to the glacier, but In March 2012 the terminal face of the glacier collapsed and it is now too dangerous to approach. Thanks for the beautiful walks you were able to make to reach the glacier 'views.' Thank you for sharing such beautiful detail about New Zealand with us all. Stay well and safe journey. 👍
His wonderful to be ab,E to travel this incredible road trip around the South Island of NZ with two genuinely open minded excited explorers. I can almost feel your wonder and appreciation of the beautiful, largely unspoiled, terrain. Such green, the sea power, mountainous grandeur and the sorrow of shrinking glaciers. Joy and loss, what we here in the green Somerset valley I’m fortunate to live in, are feeling in the loss of our beloved Queen Elizabeth. How far the glaciers have retreated since she was born so many years ago. She too was a country lover, a mountain and hill walker in far off remote places. It’s such a lovely expression of all that is simply real and yet grand in a calm and serene way…. Very comforting at this time of parting from someone we have loved and admired for so long. Nothing last forever we understand, but oh the wonder of nature and love of family and friends. You too have lived through some very challenging times in your lives so understand the ‘size of loss’. Thank you for expressing all of that so beautifully in your own loving way. I appreciate your peaks into NZ paradise very much this morning 😍
The Timelapse of The Stars ✨ … ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT …
MAGICAL …
I Love The Cottage You are staying in! So Charming! Much ❤️ to the both of you! …and a Very Special 💌 to King Franz Josef and The Protection of his Glacial Sanctuary….
Thank You
You two are good. Absolutely loved the video. Thank you 😊
One of your best video's yet. Keep showing the stars please .
Especially loved the night time time lapses
Not to worry, there is beauty behind the beauty. There is land where there was once sea, and there is sea where there was once land. May we all do our part to respect and care for Nature while allowing her to do what she does best , that is to create new breathtaking beauty for all to enjoy. This was beautiful , thanks for sharing!
Nikki, your toboggan ball is simply awesome. I have one on my toboggan which includes a flip out face cover. It is blue and white and about 45 years old. I love it! Great video!
Beautiful perspective of the world. 💝🙏💝Thank You guys take care and adventure on! Enjoy.
New Zealand is so beautiful.
For the life of me - I don't see - how you could ever leave such a beautiful place.
New Zealand is my ultimate final destination. I plan to expatriate from the USA at some point and NZ is my #1 choice. It's hard to move and become a resident there, tho, so I have other locations on my short list...
Yes so so so exciting to see all the places you are seeing and would never see travels like you are sharing Than You again snd again 😁💕😁💕
To think the Earth is just a point a light amidst all those trillions points of light - and then to think of the green watery beauty this earth has to display - makes me want to travel the vast universe and experience the beauty that is out there - somewhere - far far away.
Fabulous. So interesting. The plants look like tropical ones.
Very lucky to get such a clear night for a spectacular view. Well done.
Those stars were amazing. Love this trip.
You are soooooo right that ocean view is mezmerising and beautiful Thanks for the memories again was on the south island for 2 weeks and was given a free trip from milford sound on the west coast around to Chtist Church so amazing Enjoy
Absolute eye candy. This entire episode. I am satiated. Thank you.
I am so appreciative of your channel and the beautiful and sometimes dangerous places you have taken us , it was my one time dream to sail the world but unfortunately that dream happened only in small measures . Thank You and blessings on your journeys.
Awesome beach . It’s always special when you can have a place like that to yourselves too.
amazing amazing video,... You guys always knock it out of the park, but I feel like the last couple have reached a new level for cinematography and impactful story line. Incredible astronomy timelapses, and the impact of climate change many (including myself) can sadly resonate with. Thanks so much for all your work guys, keep it up
I have NEVER seen that many stars. My favorite part of the video, probably because I’m so astounded at seeing that! So very sad about the glaciers. Those beach waves were wow!
We traveled to New Zealand in December 2019 and saw the Franz Joseph Glacier and some of the other of the sights you visited. Thank you for showing the beauty of these spots and for talking about so much of the challenges they face today. Awesome video!
🙆♀️ Great video all the way through. The night sky time lapses were POSITIVELY STUNNING!!!!.
- 🇨🇦 HOLY MOLY, those night sky shots are breathtaking !!!!!!
That was an uplifting video. Enjoying your travels in NZ
I adore your time-lapsed video! Thank you, Jason. ❤️
You are so welcome!
"NZ has a lot of rules about drones". NZ also has a lot of people who don't follow rules; especially when there's no-one else around ;)
Sad to see the glaciers disappear. Thanks for sharing.
I was there 5 years ago and we hiked up the valley floor of Franz Joseph but we also took a 45 minute helicopter ride up on the glacier and got out and walked around and took pics. Great adventure.
Just beautiful,your photography is amazing. My country of birth. Kia Ora.
those rainforests are amazing, sad those glaciers are going. It’s good to see others enjoying the natural world
That forest looked just like a Washington or PNW forest. Gorgeous!
Wow! What an amazing vlog. Thank you for this :)
Beautiful country. Well represented. Nice videography.
Ahh the south Island west coast was there in nov,89 for 6 weeks in a caravan , the pancake rocks, the Haas pass , the Fiords the glaciers,They used to have these train/car bridges that were single lane or track pretty long ,2 way traffic and trains had the right of way. Wonderful country. Smelled like rose bracken everywhere with deer and rabbitts everywhere. oh oh we saw 4 new zealand penguins(tiny) while on the Milford Sound hanging around a waterfall.(there were only 7 in the world at the time.)
What incredible footage!!! Thank you for showing us parts of the world we will never see.
Speak for yourself - I live here 😜
But yeah, they are doing a brilliant job of showcasing our little country. Ironically the lack of crowds Nikki & Jason show is a major drawcard for a lot of people, so they all come here at once and crowd out the place. What to do about that though ...
New Zealand is very beautiful but with Nikki & Jason as the ones showing us, priceless. I've seen every Wynn video, and they have only improved with each video. This one was amazingly sweet. Thank you Wynns for showing us what we could never get to. Be well, be safe.✌🤟🖖
Just finished watching Itchy Boots who was at the Columbia Ice fields glacier in Alberta Canada saying exactly the same thing… glaciers are disappearing. Franz Joseph & Fox glaciers were the first glaciers I ever saw in 1975 (even though I am Canadian)… did eventually see the ones in Alberta. Thank you for posting.
amazing photography...seems other worldly. Beautiful.
Thanks for some of the most amazing views. Love you two.
Awesome content...a real pleasure to have experienced that because of you guy's..thank you 🔛🕕✔️😎💙✔️
I can't believe how much Franz Joseph glacier has retreated since I was there in 2008! We walked right up to and on to it on a guided tour, it was about 500m from where you guys were stood looking at it away up the valley!
Many thanks for another fine video. The night skies were wonderful
I always enjoy how you get the walking away shot. Then, next, is a shot of Jason running back to get the camera.
I did not know that N.Z had snow and glaciers.....cool! Learn something new everyday!
It's nice to see the Glaciers, as they say that they are a dying breed.
How wonderful.... another fantastic episode 👌
I'd sit there all day watching the 🌊waves🌊🌊🌊