I’m Australian born with no kiwi in my blood line and for some reason New Zealand is the only place I fly to and feel home. Lucky enough to have traveled there many times and one day it will be home.
Loved your vid mate, what a trip! Absolutely beautiful scenery, your awe of the beauty is tangible. I have had several moments like that when in the southern Alps. I don’t live in NZ anymore but I still go there at least once a year and love the beauty of the place. I am an Aussie now and live on the Sunshine Coast which is also a beautiful place. Good luck on your future adventures.
I have absolutely no complaints putting $10 down to see awesome content like this. We have to pay this legend back for all the amazing work Scotty puts out for free, he’s earned it.
Well not for free, lol, I mean he makes some money. Not even close to enough though, dude needs to be full time making six figures a year because he rules so hard.
Thank you for taking us along with you. Everything was friggin beautiful. It seems that the head wind was a blessing as you were able to hike through the forest. It also seemed like you paddled down river to the ocean, then paddled down river away from the ocean. The drone shots were spectacular. Sand flies are a pain all over our beaches too.
I moved the South Island from the UK 7 years ago and started my family here. Now I have two little Kiwis who will get to enjoy all this. Best decision ever. Great video, love seeing the dolphins!
Pro tip, start a smoky af fire to get rid of the sandflies for miles around. Awesome video. Decided after watching this to do the same trip... in summer 2025.
Good afternoon, thank you for the positive vibes!)) Undoubtedly, it's an amazing trip, just magnificent Nature of New Zealand and of course very positive content !))
As a Maori now living in Ireland, I really appreciate this video. I get to show my kids the beautiful place where daddy came from. I was raised in the Deep South so this hits home. Well captured mate. Thank you.
I'm also a kiwi living in Ireland, this video has been shown to my kids multiple times to show them how stunning our country is. Makes me home sick every time, we were so lucky to grow up in paradise.
I have never seen anybody appreciating nature like you do and it's so beautiful to see you pouring out your passion. Every time I watch your videos it makes me forget my problems and I'm just in awe. Thank you so much Scotty.
10/10 for this video. Your footage is National Geographic worthy! The fact that you’re tired from a hike and still manage to film, drone and the rest makes you one of the all time 🐐 on RUclips I’ll always come back to watch mate. ❤👌🏽🙏🏆🔥
@@LochieRaikesMaui dolphins (55 left worldwide) habitat is between Manukau Hbr and Wanganui. Hectors Dolphins are South Island only. Probs Bottlenosed and Common dolphins are what you saw. They are fun and real buzz to be around.
Much prefer this long format, multi day mixed rafting & hiking with amazing views. Would definitely pay to view this kind of video regularly. Thanks for the upload & hope you can justify keeping making them!
Thanks for reminding me how special my country is. Long time since I did all the New Zealand tracks. Seeing others enjoying what nature has given us makes me tremendously happy. Great video, wish I was with you.
the "IT" moment is one of the nicest expressions ive seen on film in years it must of been satisfying to go through your journey to earn that one moment in time
O....M....G That was friggin' epic. "Embrace the suck!".....fair enough. Loved everything about this trip Scotty and that you weren't afraid to show your emotions at different points there. When you hike there's an interesting play between the hard, exhausting, painful effort and the realisation that you got yourself to a place of infinite beauty. Magic. Thank you so much.
I LOVE how you appreciate the world around you. I love how you're present with the environment. It's clear you love what you're doing, and that it's not all about content. Thank-you for sharing your journey with us.
New Zealand is paradise on earth. I would move there tomorrow if my family would come with me. The most peaceful place on earth if you ask me. Such a great video the way you captured the landscape.
Hah!! Any country has pockets of "peacefulness." But there is strife in New Zealand just the same as in every other country. After all, its inhabitants are human beings!!!!
Hi Scotty, I am a long time viewer of yours and when I saw the preview of this video, I immediately recognized the landscape and the views. My friend and I hiked the Hollyford Track back in 2017 on our New Zealand Trip (coming from Switzerland) - including the gnarly stretch called Devils Track which you leisurely paddled by on Lake McKerrow. On our last day we bumped into a Aussie bloke who was so generous and drove us back with his car from the Hollyford to Te Anau to catch a bus. The Aussie guy was packrafting the exact same route as you. This was the first time in my life that I saw and heard of a packraft! Seven years later and I see you being there - what a coincidence! Keep up the great work!
I've hiked the 'Devils Track' or Demon Trail and done the packraft trip and yes, the hike is brutality. The walk along the coast is very rugged though, I remember the shore having bowling-ball-sized smooth rocks that made my ankles roll a lot.
What an absolute amazing movie! It honestly brought tears to me eyes on how beautiful that place is! The BEST video I’ve watched on RUclips hands down. Well done Scotty
My dad was a proud Queenslander in the 60s he came to the south of the south island and never left he loved this country. The forrest is similar to what you would find in Tassie
Scott, you have become an EXCEPTIONAL filmmaker my friend. It doesn't hurt that you have the most beautiful scenery at your disposal 😂 but the way you capture it is just beyond words.
Hey Scotty, Awesome trip and video. I’m from NZ and have been living in Aus for 30yrs. It’s hard to describe the feeling that comes over you when in the NZ wilderness. It’s like “Earth before Man.” Pure, Grand, and so Overwhelmingly Perfect, It can literally bring you to tears. Thank you ❤
Hey bud, true blue ozzy, genuine reaction. I'm on in years now but yeah I had those reactions when I tramped, the effort the illation you just feel special man and nature. You come across someone who loves and enjoys life, I hope you have memories for life, even today I look back on my adventures when I was younger, I still catch myself thinking how lucky I am to be a kiwi. Days I catch the train but I stand at the station I look up the valley at the trees hills and valleys. Thank you for making the effort and sharing your travels you are a legend in your own right.
I was searching for something to watch whilst i recoup from a cold. I wanted something wholesome and inspiring. I'm so glad I found your channel. You have done an amazing job putting this altogether. Your love for nature and not being too proud to show that - the 'it' moment just about made me cry. I could feel what you were feeling. You have such a positivity about you - those midgys would have sent me crazy lol. Thank you!!!
That was an epic adventure, all those emotions you felt was what we call or describe as WAIRUA, spiritual healing, feelings, peace, harmonious. Nga mihi ...❤
Amazing man. You've done more than most kiwis ever will. I hunt alot, and the bush down there really is beautiful. Up where I live in the North Island the bush in the southern Ruahine Range is absolute trash and you can barely push through it. There are however pockets of larger trees which make up for it. Bush in the Te Uruweras and Kiamanawas is pretty spectacular in places. Can also see you have the classic NZ sunburn glow.
I did that loop 34 years ago, it is one of the best trips I have done. We walked it all, of course, except for a jet boat ride down Lake Mckerrow. We also arranged for a plane to come in and land on the beach at big bay to drop us food for the second half of the trip. I think it took us 9 days altogether. It only rained once, from day 5 till day 9. I'm a lot fatter and slower nowadays but I reckon another lap might be on the cards, the packraft is a game changer.
This is the second time I’ve watched this video and it still made me teary when you made it to the end. Spectacular scenery & experience Scotty. Love your adventures, you are a true inspiration. Cheers Marg
Best adventure video in NZ I’ve seen. Love your honesty and endurance mate. I’m approaching 65 and just completed the Milford track, which blew me away btw…but your video reveals much to me, about seeing the beauty there is and amazing environments are still accessible to many of us!
I’m from New Zealand and the place is really beautiful amazing indeed you can’t describe the feelings you felt even with those pestering sun flies. You done it mate. Thanks for the video in our land.
Thank you SO much for taking me on this wonderful adventure down our snowy river. I have been absolutely enthralled and emotional seeing this beautiful icon of. River. How lucky am I to have had this once in a lifetime experience. Loved every second of it. Again, Thankyou. ❤
Had the most enchanted time hiking the Hollyford Track back in 2017. Remember so many of the things that you have shared in this video (and camping in some of the same spots you did - including at St Martin's Bay). Thank you for the journey
New subscriber here. Hello from SE Florida, USA. Wow! Wow! Wow! This video brought me to tears. Did you feel like the only human on earth? It was very God inspiring for me. So pristine. Stunning creation that God made for mankind to enjoy. Loved it. Thank you.
Watching on iPhone and the beauty is breathtaking!! Can’t imagine what a difference to be there and see it with your own eyes!! Thank you for sharing 🫶
New Zealand is such a picturesque, clean and amazing country. Just got back from my second trip over the ditch and I have to agree with Scotty it’s absolutely breathtaking! Love the longer content mate. Awesome stuff!
Yeah nah on the clean part. Studying the environmental sciences obviously helps in this regard but yeah; in a river cleanliness test, the majority of them are riddled with pollution. Cutting down natives, and replacing with leeching farms and pinus monocrops keeps degrading it further. The way our small population (relatively speaking) and governments throughout the decades have treated the place is nothing short of despicable. West western govts. and civilisation as a whole takes a step back for once and lets the world breathe deeply again (like it did during lockdown for all to see) then and only then can she recover. It's time to stop seeing ourselves as somehow separate and better than nature, when in fact we are. We can only take so much from her as a species per year, not letting her replenish, before things start to fall apart (as has been pointed out by us scientists for a while now). SORRY for the lecture haha. Beautiful, yes (depending), clean? Sadly, definitely not (The Tourism industry and Agri (and fossil obvs.) being the biggest reasons
@@adamjoshuahughes3971 its all relative. The rivers in NZ for most part don't have traffic cones and burnt out cars in them. Which is better than my country.
God blesses and touches us with his beautiful work! What a fantastic float/hiking trip. Deer, dolphins, seals, and fantastic brown trout fishing. Beautiful country. Enjoyed this trip very much.
This was incredible. I was nearly in tears at the part where you were having the IT moment. I felt that visceral feeling. Bloody well done capturing and communicating that.
Scotty, thank you so much for taking me & my family on such a wildly beautiful trip. My family may never get to see this for yourselves being up in the UK. You’re an amazing film maker & storyteller. Have £10 on us mate & I hope it will help towards something you need. Cheers Scotty that was amazing. ATB the Bartlett Family.
I married a bass player who used to use my arm to play bass when he was asleep... Surely after 6 days you're paddling in your sleep! Top video again Scotty! ❤
Holly sh!t, almost 150k subscribers. I remember your original awkward vids and burning everything you cooked. Amazing watching you grow. Keep walking mate.
You’re going to get 1 million views! Love watching your adventures and your were an inspiration for me when we started a RUclips page. Thank you for what you do
Absolutely fantastic watching a film from Scotty about my own ‘backyard’. Well worth the wait and loved seeing how much joy - in amongst the sandflies - you got from your experience here. Thanks so much for sharing 🏕️🇳🇿
I’m blown away that you did this whole trip with enough battery for GoPro, camera, drone, memory cards for all of that, fishing gear, rafting gear, camping gear, FOOD! This is wild to think about 🎉
Fantastic views, sir. Glad you were able to get it in. We visited South Island last September and unfortunately didn't get hiking, just hit some spots along the way with a wee little one in a camper van. Still bloody amazing. Those ferny forests. We took a twenty minute diversion just out of Milford sound and there aren't enough words .
I’m going to look into doing the same trip. It looks amazing. As an avid fisherman I think I’d lob out a spinner on the kayak as I paddle the lakes on the off chance I’d nab my next meal. Superb video and very inspiring.
This is the first of your videos the algorithm has recommended to me, and I'm so glad it did. No video will ever do such an unbelievable place justice, but yours must come close. Such an easy watching, well filmed and edited video, and a phenomenal expedition. Whole thing is unreal (except for the sand flies). Looking forward to going through the rest of the channel. Nice one mate.
I just came back from a 4-week walking trip in NZ. Loved your video. Help me reminisce the great time I had there. Thanks for such beautiful video. Amazing filming and editing work!
Brilliant video, such a great trip. I'm from NZ and live on the West Coast. Ive spent alot of time down where you went. You captured it so well and you show your appreciation and love for being in such special spots. There's nothing better when Aussie's come over and have a great time. Well down for getting off the beaten track abit. I think this video is the highest viewed video on your channel by a country mile. The scenery is spectacular and you showcased it very well......come back...and bring some socks.....
Outstanding trek remember to take care of those feet, when everything else breaks down, if you have good feet, you can still make it out... Those fern tipped trees look prehistoric, right out of a lost time. Wonderful journey aka gone walkabout.
All this and not aven any ads. He just lets us come with him on those awesome adventures and doesn't expect anything back. I don't even know what to say
So Happy you enjoyed our country and respected the land good to see people like you have a safe trip home brother💯👍
he flew a drone in NZ national parks. Not allowed.
I’m Australian born with no kiwi in my blood line and for some reason New Zealand is the only place I fly to and feel home. Lucky enough to have traveled there many times and one day it will be home.
There is no such thing as Aussie or Kiwi "blood". All of our ancestors were from Europe and elsewhere.
Cool stuff. I lived in Sydney for many years and then in china for even longer but still the draw of Nz brought me back. See you out there!!!
Aussies are our cousins, you'll always be welcome here bro. See ya down the pub.
shut up@@darrellm9915
Loved your vid mate, what a trip! Absolutely beautiful scenery, your awe of the beauty is tangible. I have had several moments like that when in the southern Alps. I don’t live in NZ anymore but I still go there at least once a year and love the beauty of the place. I am an Aussie now and live on the Sunshine Coast which is also a beautiful place. Good luck on your future adventures.
I have absolutely no complaints putting $10 down to see awesome content like this. We have to pay this legend back for all the amazing work Scotty puts out for free, he’s earned it.
Me to, how amazing
Well not for free, lol, I mean he makes some money. Not even close to enough though, dude needs to be full time making six figures a year because he rules so hard.
Thank you for taking us along with you. Everything was friggin beautiful. It seems that the head wind was a blessing as you were able to hike through the forest. It also seemed like you paddled down river to the ocean, then paddled down river away from the ocean. The drone shots were spectacular. Sand flies are a pain all over our beaches too.
How do you pay him from the states for this epic content?
Thats NZ awesome dude well done really enjoyed watching your trip
I moved the South Island from the UK 7 years ago and started my family here. Now I have two little Kiwis who will get to enjoy all this. Best decision ever. Great video, love seeing the dolphins!
Pro tip, start a smoky af fire to get rid of the sandflies for miles around. Awesome video. Decided after watching this to do the same trip... in summer 2025.
Hate to break it to you, but open fires are banned in 99% of that scenery you see in this video.
Light up a few incense sticks… done
Good luck safe travels 👏🏿
You always know when someone starts off with "pro tip" they're about to say something with zero insight. You can't start open fires there.
@@TheDarkhorse82 Who cares if no ones around for miles and you don't set the forest ablaze?
Good afternoon, thank you for the positive vibes!)) Undoubtedly, it's an amazing trip, just magnificent Nature of New Zealand and of course very positive content !))
Most underrated channel on RUclips
Absolutely spot on mate.
How he had so many views but ppl can’t take the time to like the video is beyond me.
@@J3an_j3an exactly. Only like 130k subs aswell.
Put some respect on Scotty's name!
Yesssss! And his good mate Mattsy!
As a Maori now living in Ireland, I really appreciate this video. I get to show my kids the beautiful place where daddy came from. I was raised in the Deep South so this hits home. Well captured mate. Thank you.
You must bring your partner and children to visit ❤
Good for you! can't be too many Maori's in Ireland. I'd love to go there some day (I'm one of those bog standard kiwis in Australia).
Mate, New Zealand will always be the window in your heart, always home.
I'm also a kiwi living in Ireland, this video has been shown to my kids multiple times to show them how stunning our country is. Makes me home sick every time, we were so lucky to grow up in paradise.
Why did you leave? Sorry if I'm imposing. Just curious
I have never seen anybody appreciating nature like you do and it's so beautiful to see you pouring out your passion.
Every time I watch your videos it makes me forget my problems and I'm just in awe.
Thank you so much Scotty.
well said
Chap from New Zealand here. I appreciate you, my Australian brother. I hope you return to New Zealand for my adventures.
do u know where this is?
@@jamesrezai4995 a little north of Milford Sound
@@jamesrezai4995he explained his route in detail when he shows the map.
10/10 for this video. Your footage is National Geographic worthy!
The fact that you’re tired from a hike and still manage to film, drone and the rest makes you one of the all time 🐐 on RUclips
I’ll always come back to watch mate. ❤👌🏽🙏🏆🔥
Hectors’s dolphins! Some of the rarest dolphins in the world and endemic to nz. So jealous
Fun fact - Māori name is Tutumairekurai 😊
I used to live at a place called Great Barrier Island, and we would see them out in the bay doing flips.
@@LochieRaikesMaui dolphins (55 left worldwide) habitat is between Manukau Hbr and Wanganui. Hectors Dolphins are South Island only. Probs Bottlenosed and Common dolphins are what you saw. They are fun and real buzz to be around.
Much prefer this long format, multi day mixed rafting & hiking with amazing views. Would definitely pay to view this kind of video regularly. Thanks for the upload & hope you can justify keeping making them!
Myself and a few of the lads are doing this trip now after watching this, what an inspiration my guy!
Thanks for reminding me how special my country is. Long time since I did all the New Zealand tracks. Seeing others enjoying what nature has given us makes me tremendously happy. Great video, wish I was with you.
the "IT" moment is one of the nicest expressions ive seen on film in years it must of been satisfying to go through your journey to earn that one moment in time
O....M....G
That was friggin' epic. "Embrace the suck!".....fair enough. Loved everything about this trip Scotty and that you weren't afraid to show your emotions at different points there. When you hike there's an interesting play between the hard, exhausting, painful effort and the realisation that you got yourself to a place of infinite beauty. Magic. Thank you so much.
I LOVE how you appreciate the world around you. I love how you're present with the environment. It's clear you love what you're doing, and that it's not all about content. Thank-you for sharing your journey with us.
New Zealand is paradise on earth. I would move there tomorrow if my family would come with me. The most peaceful place on earth if you ask me. Such a great video the way you captured the landscape.
Hah!! Any country has pockets of "peacefulness." But there is strife in New Zealand just the same as in every other country. After all, its inhabitants are human beings!!!!
Actually , we didn’t ask you, did we?
Same 😅
@@Pete-z6e Pathetic!
Hi Scotty,
I am a long time viewer of yours and when I saw the preview of this video, I immediately recognized the landscape and the views. My friend and I hiked the Hollyford Track back in 2017 on our New Zealand Trip (coming from Switzerland) - including the gnarly stretch called Devils Track which you leisurely paddled by on Lake McKerrow. On our last day we bumped into a Aussie bloke who was so generous and drove us back with his car from the Hollyford to Te Anau to catch a bus. The Aussie guy was packrafting the exact same route as you. This was the first time in my life that I saw and heard of a packraft!
Seven years later and I see you being there - what a coincidence!
Keep up the great work!
I've hiked the 'Devils Track' or Demon Trail and done the packraft trip and yes, the hike is brutality. The walk along the coast is very rugged though, I remember the shore having bowling-ball-sized smooth rocks that made my ankles roll a lot.
do u know where this area is exactly?
@@jamesrezai4995 yes, hollyford track and along coast, back in the northern valley towards lake alabaster
I’m from NZ but live in Australia, every time I leave after a visit I feel like crying. It truly is one of the most beautiful places
Glad to see you finally made it mate, welcome glad you enjoyed our little corner of paradise
What an absolute amazing movie! It honestly brought tears to me eyes on how beautiful that place is! The BEST video I’ve watched on RUclips hands down. Well done Scotty
My dad was a proud Queenslander in the 60s he came to the south of the south island and never left he loved this country. The forrest is similar to what you would find in Tassie
Tassie is one place I'd love to visit.
Kiwi tramper here. 😊
Tassie is paradise
Tassie born and still here in the bush with views of a lake and mt Cameron behind....I'd love to visit New Zealand ❤
Minus the things that want to kill you.🤣🤣🤣👊
@@GypsyGirl317 direct flights from ChCh and Akld now to Hobart!
Scott, you have become an EXCEPTIONAL filmmaker my friend. It doesn't hurt that you have the most beautiful scenery at your disposal 😂 but the way you capture it is just beyond words.
Hey Scotty, Awesome trip and video.
I’m from NZ and have been living in Aus for 30yrs. It’s hard to describe the feeling that comes over you when in the NZ wilderness.
It’s like “Earth before Man.” Pure, Grand, and so Overwhelmingly Perfect, It can literally bring you to tears.
Thank you ❤
It will have been nostalgic for you watching this huh.
We are such a blessed little country.
I love tramping in our wilderness. ❤
One of your best Scotty. Great story telling and cinematography!
NZ is a truly magical and very special place that will draw you back time and time again. Thanks for sharing your incredible adventure with us.
Propabably one of your best videos Scotty. Doubtless down to the environment. But thank you from UK.
What a journey. Thanks for bringing us along, you absolute gigachad
Hey bud, true blue ozzy, genuine reaction. I'm on in years now but yeah I had those reactions when I tramped, the effort the illation you just feel special man and nature. You come across someone who loves and enjoys life, I hope you have memories for life, even today I look back on my adventures when I was younger, I still catch myself thinking how lucky I am to be a kiwi. Days I catch the train but I stand at the station I look up the valley at the trees hills and valleys. Thank you for making the effort and sharing your travels you are a legend in your own right.
Thank You for enduring blisters for us to Share with You This Incredible Journey
I was searching for something to watch whilst i recoup from a cold. I wanted something wholesome and inspiring. I'm so glad I found your channel. You have done an amazing job putting this altogether. Your love for nature and not being too proud to show that - the 'it' moment just about made me cry. I could feel what you were feeling. You have such a positivity about you - those midgys would have sent me crazy lol. Thank you!!!
That was an epic adventure, all those emotions you felt was what we call or describe as WAIRUA, spiritual healing, feelings, peace, harmonious.
Nga mihi ...❤
Awesome words!
Its beyond imagination how beautiful this country is.
This video is perfect proof why NZ is my dream destination.
Amazing man. You've done more than most kiwis ever will.
I hunt alot, and the bush down there really is beautiful. Up where I live in the North Island the bush in the southern Ruahine Range is absolute trash and you can barely push through it. There are however pockets of larger trees which make up for it.
Bush in the Te Uruweras and Kiamanawas is pretty spectacular in places.
Can also see you have the classic NZ sunburn glow.
Loved that!
Went to NZ south Island and when my mates asked about it I said it is that beautiful that you can't take a bad photo
I did that loop 34 years ago, it is one of the best trips I have done. We walked it all, of course, except for a jet boat ride down Lake Mckerrow. We also arranged for a plane to come in and land on the beach at big bay to drop us food for the second half of the trip.
I think it took us 9 days altogether. It only rained once, from day 5 till day 9.
I'm a lot fatter and slower nowadays but I reckon another lap might be on the cards, the packraft is a game changer.
What loop is it called
@@dawsontatlow9911 hollyford river, Pyke river loop
it only rained once, haha, but the rain lasted 4 days!!!! love it.
This is the second time I’ve watched this video and it still made me teary when you made it to the end. Spectacular scenery & experience Scotty. Love your adventures, you are a true inspiration.
Cheers Marg
Nothing beats the South Island of NZ.
Great video!
Best adventure video in NZ I’ve seen. Love your honesty and endurance mate.
I’m approaching 65 and just completed the Milford track, which blew me away btw…but your video reveals much to me, about seeing the beauty there is and amazing environments are still accessible to many of us!
Man, NZ looks absolutely epic. Thanks for honestly sharing the hardships too (blisters, exhaustion, etc.). Amazing.
I’m from New Zealand and the place is really beautiful amazing indeed you can’t describe the feelings you felt even with those pestering sun flies. You done it mate. Thanks for the video in our land.
I really felt that moment you were having! The gratitude and connection you were having to the Wairua. That was a beautiful moment 💚
Your video is deserving of a reward❤.. So enjoyable watching
That was so well put together like wow!! Im from the north island and cant wait to travel around the south island, looks so beautiful
Thank you SO much for taking me on this wonderful adventure down our snowy river. I have been absolutely enthralled and emotional seeing this beautiful icon of. River. How lucky am I to have had this once in a lifetime experience. Loved every second of it.
Again, Thankyou. ❤
You brought me to tears with this scenic wonderland. Love your work Scotty.
Had the most enchanted time hiking the Hollyford Track back in 2017. Remember so many of the things that you have shared in this video (and camping in some of the same spots you did - including at St Martin's Bay).
Thank you for the journey
New subscriber here. Hello from SE Florida, USA. Wow! Wow! Wow! This video brought me to tears. Did you feel like the only human on earth? It was very God inspiring for me. So pristine. Stunning creation that God made for mankind to enjoy. Loved it. Thank you.
Beautiful words !
My backyard born and bred here🤙
Watching on iPhone and the beauty is breathtaking!! Can’t imagine what a difference to be there and see it with your own eyes!!
Thank you for sharing 🫶
New Zealand is such a picturesque, clean and amazing country. Just got back from my second trip over the ditch and I have to agree with Scotty it’s absolutely breathtaking! Love the longer content mate. Awesome stuff!
Amazing yes. Clean not so much. I suggest you read about that. But beautiful no doubt.
Yeah nah on the clean part. Studying the environmental sciences obviously helps in this regard but yeah; in a river cleanliness test, the majority of them are riddled with pollution. Cutting down natives, and replacing with leeching farms and pinus monocrops keeps degrading it further. The way our small population (relatively speaking) and governments throughout the decades have treated the place is nothing short of despicable. West western govts. and civilisation as a whole takes a step back for once and lets the world breathe deeply again (like it did during lockdown for all to see) then and only then can she recover. It's time to stop seeing ourselves as somehow separate and better than nature, when in fact we are. We can only take so much from her as a species per year, not letting her replenish, before things start to fall apart (as has been pointed out by us scientists for a while now).
SORRY for the lecture haha.
Beautiful, yes (depending), clean? Sadly, definitely not (The Tourism industry and Agri (and fossil obvs.) being the biggest reasons
@@adamjoshuahughes3971 its all relative. The rivers in NZ for most part don't have traffic cones and burnt out cars in them. Which is better than my country.
Best Video I have seen for the last 2 Months or so. Beautiful Nature!
New Zealand is truly a magical place
So happy for you, despite painful feet and aching muscles you are so blissed out with the nature around you.
Just wow! We felt it all with you whilst watching your film. It’s a long time dream of ours to visit NZ. Thank you for telling your story.
This brought me straight to tears with the absolute majesty that surrounded you the whole trip.
This was a work of art. One of the best videos I’ve seen on YT… Full stop. Really jealous of this trip. You earned this one. Pure overwhelming beauty!
It really is a spectacular part of the world....its so prehistoric and incredibly beautiful ❤
The colour of the water! Wow! The whole thing is stunning! ❤
NZ is unreal! Adding to the bucket list. Cheers mate!
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God blesses and touches us with his beautiful work! What a fantastic float/hiking trip. Deer, dolphins, seals, and fantastic brown trout fishing. Beautiful country. Enjoyed this trip very much.
You can’t hide the joy in your eyes mate!!!
Absolute epic trip!!
The camera may not do it justice but it is still beautiful. Memories will last you a lifetime, and thanks to you I will remember them too.
Even our large animals were birds. Haast eagle and the Moa, lived here back in the day.
Thank you Scotty for sharing your NZ adventure with us.
Bloody legend
This was incredible. I was nearly in tears at the part where you were having the IT moment. I felt that visceral feeling. Bloody well done capturing and communicating that.
Many would shy away from expressing what he did. It speaks to the quality of the man.
My soul needed this today, the surroundings are moving.
Scotty thank you for braving the sandflies & taking us on this beautiful adventure with you.
Scotty, thank you so much for taking me & my family on such a wildly beautiful trip. My family may never get to see this for yourselves being up in the UK. You’re an amazing film maker & storyteller. Have £10 on us mate & I hope it will help towards something you need. Cheers Scotty that was amazing. ATB the Bartlett Family.
I married a bass player who used to use my arm to play bass when he was asleep... Surely after 6 days you're paddling in your sleep! Top video again Scotty! ❤
Absolutely amazing Scotty, this is one of your best so far. Keep doing what you're doing. Thank you so much for exceptional content!
I thoroughly enjoyed all your content, it feels so good to call Aotearoa home❤ love your adventures, and take care of your feet please!
Holly sh!t, almost 150k subscribers. I remember your original awkward vids and burning everything you cooked.
Amazing watching you grow.
Keep walking mate.
embrace, look where you are brother!. a cut thumb, some soarness and sun burnt... the smallest of prices to pay for the journey your on. embrace it!
One word - EPIC. Well done for persevering. Take care, be safe. ❤ Dorset, UK
Amazing job Scotty! I'm a New Zealand fan myself and enjoed this video a lot. Shared it with my subscribers.
Beautiful trip! New Zealand is on my bucket list for sure! No bears! Yeaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Wow! Oh - my - God! What a nice place on earth! 😍 Thanks for this amazing adventure!
You’re going to get 1 million views! Love watching your adventures and your were an inspiration for me when we started a RUclips page. Thank you for what you do
He's going to get several million views. Should sell it to tvnz for tourism purposes.
Seriously epic. Amazing footage. Incredible- loved it.
Hope baby is growing well and mumma is doing good.
I teard up watching you tear up ♡ what a special moment. Thankyou for sharing it with us. I can't wait to visit NZ !!
Unbelievably epic Scotty, journeying to Middle Earth is something us adventurers all dream of.
hell yea
Some of the best waters in the WORLD ! Well worth the trip in any form !
Absolutely fantastic watching a film from Scotty about my own ‘backyard’. Well worth the wait and loved seeing how much joy - in amongst the sandflies - you got from your experience here. Thanks so much for sharing 🏕️🇳🇿
Probably one of the best RUclips videos I've ever watched. Thank you!
What an incredible place, thanks for sharing this with us. Amazing cinematography, my fav video yet.
Only a few people will get to experience what you did. Thanks for sharing it with us all. You've inspired me to do a similar adventure.
I’m blown away that you did this whole trip with enough battery for GoPro, camera, drone, memory cards for all of that, fishing gear, rafting gear, camping gear, FOOD! This is wild to think about 🎉
INCREDIBLE! would love to replicate this route some day, just wow.
How amazingly filmed, just one man! Brilliant, thanks!
Fantastic views, sir. Glad you were able to get it in. We visited South Island last September and unfortunately didn't get hiking, just hit some spots along the way with a wee little one in a camper van. Still bloody amazing. Those ferny forests. We took a twenty minute diversion just out of Milford sound and there aren't enough words .
I’m going to look into doing the same trip. It looks amazing. As an avid fisherman I think I’d lob out a spinner on the kayak as I paddle the lakes on the off chance I’d nab my next meal.
Superb video and very inspiring.
Absolutely insane footage and what a trip! Glad you enjoyed your trip through our stunning country.
This is the first of your videos the algorithm has recommended to me, and I'm so glad it did. No video will ever do such an unbelievable place justice, but yours must come close. Such an easy watching, well filmed and edited video, and a phenomenal expedition. Whole thing is unreal (except for the sand flies). Looking forward to going through the rest of the channel. Nice one mate.
Love your passion and respect for me nature. Thanks so much for taking us with you 😊
I just came back from a 4-week walking trip in NZ. Loved your video. Help me reminisce the great time I had there. Thanks for such beautiful video. Amazing filming and editing work!
Brilliant video, such a great trip. I'm from NZ and live on the West Coast. Ive spent alot of time down where you went. You captured it so well and you show your appreciation and love for being in such special spots. There's nothing better when Aussie's come over and have a great time. Well down for getting off the beaten track abit. I think this video is the highest viewed video on your channel by a country mile. The scenery is spectacular and you showcased it very well......come back...and bring some socks.....
Awesome breathtaking views in this video. Enjoying from East Tennessee.
Outstanding trek remember to take care of those feet, when everything else breaks down, if you have good feet, you can still make it out... Those fern tipped trees look prehistoric, right out of a lost time. Wonderful journey aka gone walkabout.
All this and not aven any ads. He just lets us come with him on those awesome adventures and doesn't expect anything back. I don't even know what to say