The plan for the weekend was worked out earlier by Dominic, he wanted to visit the zoo, Kelly Tarlton's and the sky tower and he wanted to stay in a hotel.
We arrived in the morning in Auckland which gave us the whole day to explore the zoo.
After double checking the map we where off to enjoy an awesome day, the weather was good (which is unusual for Auckland as there are generally 3 weather patterns 1,)it is raining 2,) it is just about to start to rain 3,) it is quite wet between rain showers)
For most of the day Dominic was the camera man, he loves taking photos and within no time we run out of memory space.
One of the highlights was the meerkat enclosure. Under the actual space where the animals are there are concrete corridors with little windows into the enclosure to enable visitors to have an experience like a meerkat with crawling through tunnels and popping up the head. It was good fun, the tunnels where a little tight for me though and it was hard keeping up with Dominic, but I managed .
Lunchtime approached fast and after a snack and a relaxing break the next highlight was on the program ...
... a ride through the zoo an the zoo tram.
After watching a lecture about New Zealand birds, there was a little time left to play
The first day ended with a nice dinner in the restaurant of the hotel. Exhausted from a day of walking we had an early night - sort of and after a good night sleep an early start with breakfast again in the restaurant. Dominic just loved it!
The program for the second day was Kelly Tarlton's. This is a display about Antarctica which was the part Dominic was not very interested in, so we rushed through it. The second part of Kelly Tarlton's is a very nice display of all sorts of sea creatures, including penguins.
To see the penguins we had a few rides on a snow cat, which are vehicles actually used in Antarctic. It was interesting seeing the funny critters quite close. Dominic was the camera man again and again has done a great job.
We where lucky enough to see the sting rays being hand fed, a big spectacle with the creatures being only centimeters away.
No fear! Dominic petting a monster eel
We where lucky enough and long enough there to see most of the fish getting fed
The main attraction is a huge aquarium with all sorts of fish in it, including sharks, sting rays, turtles and much more. to view all those animals you ride on a conveyor belt through tunnels of plexi glass, absolutely stunning and I lost count of how many times we went around.
After we finished with this place we went to another attraction, the sky tower.
No, we did not take the stairs, although Dominic's original plan was, he is riding up in the lift and me taking the stairs, 60 levels up to the top viewing platform, lucky me I could convince him that taking separate paths is not a good idea and it is either both walking or both taking the lift, I was very happy with his decision of taking the lift!
Another long day ended with a dinner in the hotel and a rather late night so we had a sleep in the next morning before we where heading back to the airport.
An awesome adventure, lots of fun lots seen - have to do it again soon!
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