Rachel and Kim
Hello friends and family! Thank you for visiting our honeymoon registry. We are very excited to kick off our married life in New Zealand, a place we've both wanted to go for a long time. While your gift is certainly not expected or required, if you choose to contribute to our honeymoon, we would be very grateful. We will be spending two weeks on the South Island, which is full of beautiful, diverse scenery and lots of nice Kiwi people and cool animals. Some of the highlights will be: a Lord of the Rings tour, seeing some glow worms, climbing a glacier, relaxing on the beach, and being stupidly cute newlyweds.
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Flight Upgrade
$1,200
Flights to NZ are super long. An upgrade from economy would go a long way to start out honeymoon off right. If you want to gift us frequent flier miles (on Air New Zealand or another Star Alliance ...
Gas (because OMG so much driving)
$350
Okay, so it's not glamorous, but Rachel and Kim will be in serious need of gas over the course of their journey. They will travel approximately 1,227 miles (1,976 km) and will be stuck in the car f...
Escape Masters
$30
Because there's nothing like being locked in a room and given 50 minutes to solve a mystery to build strength in a marriage. For more information, see: http://escapemasters.co.nz/about/
Sunrise/sunset Cathedral Cove kayak tour
$180
Cathedral Cove was the background image on Rachel's computer forever. Kayaking is a different approach to the cove and the surrounding bays, which are populated with stingrays, dolphins, and Orca w...
Rotorua canopy tour
$240
Even though Rachel and Kim are totally out of shape, a high ropes/zipline course through the native forests of New Zealand sounds like a lot of fun. Providing they don't die.
Waitomo glow worm caves
$130
As seen on Planet Earth (aka Rachel's favorite thing ever), New Zealand has some caves full of glow-in-the-dark worms that look super cool even though it's kind of gross to think about it. It's a m...
Steak dinner in Christchurch
$60
Rachel and Kim will be super exhausted upon arrival into New Zealand and will need to replenish their energy. By eating cows. One of the first things Rachel and Kim bonded over was their love of ha...
Upgrade to room with a view of Mount Cook
$80
Kim and Rachel's first stop is Mount Cook which is, as its title indicates, a mountain. Rachel is from flat Illinois and has not seen many mountains. With a room upgrade, she could see a mountain o...
Mount Cook Stargazing Tour
$120
The southern hemisphere provides a different view of the night sky. Mount Cook is in the largest international dark sky reserve; it is almost completely free of light pollution, making it one of th...
Coach ticket to Milford Sound
$250
Rachel and Kim are told that the best way to get to Milford Sound is by bus so that they can actually look at all of the scenery instead of focusing on trying not to drive off the road or into the ...
Milford Sound Overnight Cruise
$700
By this point in their trip, Rachel and Kim will probably be tired of hotels. So they decided that, instead of staying on land, why not explore Milford Sound, one of New Zealand's most beautiful ar...
Lord of the Rings tour
$300
Kim loves Lord of the Rings and Rachel loves Kim (Kim is her preciousssssss), so they will be heading on a 4 hour tour encompassing the Lothlorien Forest, Isengard, and probably the woods that the ...
Fox Glacier Heli-hike
$700
Rachel and Kim will see New Zealand in a unique way by taking a helicopter to the top of the Fox Glacier where they then embark on a guided tour exploring ice caves, crevices, and other glacier-rel...
Upgrade to Honeymoon Cottage
$280
Rachel and Kim will be staying at "Adrift in Golden Bay," which features lots of relaxation, beachfront properties, and penguins (Rachel is very excited about the penguins). The honeymoon cottage i...
Wharariki Beach Horse Trek
$220
"Horse" has been on Rachel's Christmas list since she was at least 7 (she's still waiting for Santa to deliver) and a three-hour horseback ride on and around the beach sounds like the best idea ever.
Wine tours by bike
$90
Wine is delicious. Bikes are fun. These bikes have special holders for wine bottles. Kim and Rachel will be spending a little bit of time in New Zealand's famous wine country, the Marlborough regio...
Bottle of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
$25
Rachel and Kim would like to toast to their marriage with the wine that New Zealand is best known for -- the Cloudy Bay sauvignon blanc.
Dolphin encounter
$300
SWIMMING WITH DOLPHINS!!! Dusky dolphins are native to New Zealand, and very interactive/playful. Rachel and Kim will be taking a dolphin encounter tour where they will take a boat to the open ocea...
Dinner at Pedro's House of Lamb
$35
The #1 restaurant in Christchurch, according to Trip Advisor, is a food truck that has one thing on the menu and that's it. Rachel and Kim figure it must be worth checking out.
Did we forget something?
$300
If there's something that we haven't listed that you feel we should do, let us know and we will try to make it happen!