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Larnach Castle: a vision of past and present
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/larnach-castle/
If you missed Larnach Castle on your trip out to wing it with the albatrosses, you must have been glued to your phone.
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The Grand Traverse: a spectacular flight of fancy
While it’s always stunning to get in amongst it all, try getting above it now and again for the ultimate mountain experience.
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Otago Central Rail Trail: journey into an ever-changing heartland
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/otago-central-rail-trail/
The Otago Central Rail Trail is an achievement, an acknowledgement that it’s not just hardy souls and fitness nuts who like to hike the landscape.
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Rob Roy Glacier Track: glaciers, waterfalls and thieving parrots
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/rob-roy-glacier-track/
The drive the start of the Rob Roy Glacier Track, the slightly preposterous-sounding Raspberry Creek Car Park, is almost as energy-sapping as the walk to the top of the glacier.
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The wondrous wildlife of Otago Peninsula
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-wildlife-of-otago-peninsula/
‘The most accessible wildlife in the South Island’ is the catch-cry here. Well, there are wheeling seabirds, honking sea lions and all manner of other natural noises, but you get...
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Olveston House: how the other half lived
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/olveston-house/
Designed by a London architect and built between 1904 –1906, Dunedin's Olveston House is really something special.
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The Routeburn Track: the ultimate alpine adventure
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/the-routeburn-track/
As one of the country’s most famous walks, let’s get the house – (or hut) – keeping out of the way first: you’ll need to book in the heavy season.
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Cheese rolls: the sushi of the south
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/cheese-rolls/
Food in situ. It’s a simple pleasure, but one not to be overlooked. Context is all in all matters culinary.
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Bread & Circus: taking back the streets
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/world-buskers-festival/
If the title of this startling event has you thinking of folksy folk united and assembled in a be-sandalled mass in the city’s squares, well, you need to think again, friend.
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Southern Scenic Route: a different way of life
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/southern-scenic-route-a-different-way-of-life/
This is a drive of unparalleled beauty, an almost contradictory mix of dense woodlands, cool and canopied, and wild southern coast, battered with spray.