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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.
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Queen Charlotte Track: camp, bike, walk... if you can tear your eyes away from the views
This is becoming a hugely popular walkway, so you’ll need to watch for and be nice to the other folk.
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Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve: enchanting rocky gorge
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/pelorus-bridge-scenic-reserve-enchanting-rocky-gorge/
Not wanting to reduce this delightful little spot to its presence on the big screen, but the Pelorus Bridge, already quite a legend, was made even more famous when a...
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Awaroa Beach: the beach we all own
https://www.aa.co.nz/travel/must-dos/awaroa-beach-the-beach-we-all-own/
You may well not be aware of it, but we all own this beach. Well, kinda.