Hey Everyone! Hope you all had a great time at the Christmas Parade, we were so delighted to see all of you there and thank you to the hundreds of people afterwards that came to our Free Collective Community Hub to meet Elsa and Spiderman! This week, we are having our largest family/extended family gathering and it is going to be BUSY at the house. The kids are going to camp out in the lounge and we’re going to have a great time! For most of them, it will be their first time in Wellington and here are 6 underrated things you should take your holiday visitors to!
- Zealandia – Yes, we all know it is there, but when you ask around not many people have been. The place is beautiful! The half walk to the Dam is breath-taking. When you are all done with the sun, the museum is a cool place (literally) to explore. The on-site café makes some delicious salads as well.
- Weta Cave Tours – Yes, their cave shop is very impressive, but if you are going to go all that way, sign up for a behind the scenes tour. It is fascinating to see the love and passion these artists have for their job and how much detail goes into making epic movies. Great timing with the new Avatar movie coming out soon.
- Somes Island – Grab a ferry and head on over! Most locals haven’t been, and this is VERY easy trip out and a super easy hike to give you that sense of achievement & be rewarded with stunning panoramic views of the city. Keep your eyes out for wildlife!
- Fruit Picking – With Transmission Gully stretching north, it is now a short road-trip up to yummy fruits and veges! Take the family up and pick your own Strawberries / Blueberries, very fresh and they always have a yummy café making fruit ice cream nearby!
- When it rains – Yes, you can go to Te Papa, everyone does that – I even worked there for a long time. But one little known place is ‘Counter Culture’ go google it, it is place that makes yummy coffees and you can sit and play almost a 1000 different board/table top games.
- Chocolate Tour – As if those two words need any more explaining. The Wellington Chocolate Factory does some fun and amazing tours. The whole family loved seeing & smelling the process. Of course, at the end you get to taste the process too.
These are my favourite 6 things outside of the usual things EVERYONE does, we of course have some delicious eateries all over town and on most weekends, there is bound to be some fair, market, festival somewhere to check out.
Here at Team YIP, we are working right through Christmas / New Years to service the influx of out-of-town buyers arriving to buy houses. So, if you want to discuss the ideal strategy for your home, get in touch any time.
Have a great week everyone