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Buller Gorge: swing into action in the deep, meandering canyon
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/buller-gorge-swing-into-action-in-the-deep-meandering-canyon/
Gorge is right! She just goes down, down, down to that mighty Buller River, as it sets off on its long journey southwest.
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Camping in Golden Bay: a pristine paradise
It’s a different world, Golden Bay. On the way to pretty much nowhere in particular, and that’s how the locals like it.
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Denniston: a real ghost-town experience
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-denniston-experience-a-real-ghost-town-experience/
A lot of folk hit Westport and then head south, where the dramatic destinations await: glaciers, mountains, that service station near Haast with the muttonbird pies (OK, we made that...
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Ōkārito Lagoon: wonderful wetland wilderness
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/okarito-lagoon/
Welcome to New Zealand’s largest unmodified wetland, a natural home for waterbirds galore, who make more than a meal of the fish-filled body of water.
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The Lake Matheson walk: a photographer's dream
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-lake-matheson-walk-a-photographers-dream/
Just a 5km drive west of Fox Glacier – look, you’re in the neighbourhood, you may as well – is the unbelievably beautiful Lake Matheson.
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Pancake rocks and blowholes: 30 million years in the making
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/pancake-rocks-and-blowholes-30-million-years-in-the-making/
Travel can be, well, strange, really, which is half the point.
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Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers: monuments to nature’s power and beauty
You can head to these magnificent monuments to nature’s power and beauty in high summer and feel winter closing in all around you.
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The Nelson market: homemade with heart and skill
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-nelson-market-homemade-with-heart-and-skill/
You’re standing in a car park, holding in your hand the best sandwich ever: white bread, butter and a whitebait fritter of unparalleled flavour, texture, lightness and divinity.
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Kayaking the Abel Tasman: sheltered coves, crystal streams and exquisite beaches
The sand is a colour you simply have never seen before. The water is so blue it doesn’t actually look real.
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Te Waikoropupū Springs Scenic Reserve: spectacular freshwater springs
Just out of Tākaka, in gorgeous Golden Bay, on the way to Farewell Spit, lie the Te Waikoropupū Springs.