My name is Johan Lolos, I'm a professional travel and adventure photographer, and I'm just back from New Zealand where I spent a whole year exploring every single region of the country. Between October 2014 and September 2015, I travelled 25,000+ km (15,500+ miles) across both main islands, including the smaller and less-known Stewart Island (NZ's 3rd biggest island), most of the time road tripping with friends in a camper van or in my own car.
What I saw in New Zealand blew my mind. Not only did I find some pure wilderness I've never seen before, but also a true paradise for any outdoors enthusiasts and of course any landscape and travel photographers. Not to mention some of the friendliest people I've ever met. Kiwi people are one of a kind!
New Zealand changed me forever. It is there that I started my career as a full-time photographer, it is there that I discovered my passion for the outdoors and mountains, and it is there that I lived for 7 months in the most relaxing place on Earth: Wanaka. Now I have some new plans for 2016 but I know that I'll be back in New Zealand one day, probably sooner than expected. In the meantime, I'd like to share with you this series of pictures I took during my time there. There are 4O pictures that all represent a unique moment to me, and I hope you'll find some inspiration in them.
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Mt Ngauruhoe, Tongariro National Park
Cardrona ski resort
Lake Rotoiti, Nelson Lakes National Park
Southern lights (aurora australis) in Wanaka
Moke Lake, Queenstown
Lake Wanaka
Lake Wanaka
Mt Aspiring
Camping on top of Roys Peak, Lake Wanaka
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park
Roys Peak, Wanaka
Ben Lomond, Queenstown
Lake Harris, Mt Aspiring National Park
Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park
Lake Pukaki & Mt Cook
Roys Peak, Wanaka
Lake Wanaka
Hokitika Gorge, Westland
The Coromandel
Marlborough Sounds
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park
Milford Road, Fiordland National Park
Mt Aspiring National Park
Franz Josef Glacier, Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Fiordland National Park
Hooker Lake & Mt Cook, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
Aoraki, Mt Cook National Park
Bay of Islands, Northland
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park
Abel Tasman National Park
Wanaka
Aoraki, Mt Cook National Park
The road to Mt Cook
Lake Wanaka
Lake Wanaka
Whale Bay, Northland
Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park
Lake Wanaka
