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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...
Te Anau to Milford Sound Piopiotahi Highway: the journey into the heart of Fiordland
If you want your senses drenched in Fiordland’s wilderness, vastness and beauty, without being drenched in that seemingly perpetual rain,...
Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw
This, the last remaining coal-fired steamship in the southern hemisphere, was launched the same year as the Titanic.
Bungy jump in Queenstown: test your limits
So here’s the thing. Rubber band around the legs, transform yourself into a t-shape and leap. Easy, eh.
Moeraki Boulders: clamber over them for the ultimate selfie
So while they are known as the Moeraki Boulders, they are actually strewn along Koekohe Beach, for the record.
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park: the iconic peak that is the snapshot of the south
Aoraki Mount Cook is the symbolic, iconic, singular peak that snapshots the south in no uncertain terms.
Akaroa: French heritage charm and the finest of foods
Charming: an overused word, perhaps, but the best possible description of the tiny township of Akaroa.
The Church of the Good Shepherd: the most photographed church with the best views
In case you hadn’t noticed, New Zealand owes much to its sheep farmers.
Hanmer Springs: soothe the soul at New Zealand's alpine sanctuary
The country’s very own alpine sanctuary, more Swiss Alps than Southern Alps, Hanmer Springs vies in a very beautiful country...
Ōpārara Basin: limestone caves with cathedral-like passages and magnificent arches
This is ancient, ancient land, up here.
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