New Zealand Travel Guides

Trees For Travellers

Trees for Travellers enables you to take an active role in the preservation and enhancement of Kaikoura's unique environment. By purchasing a...

Woodland Grange

Cape Foulwind Seal Colony

Tauranga Bay at Cape Foulwind has a seal-breeding colony with seals present year round. An excellent track to the viewing platforms overlooking...

Palmerston North International Airport

Palmerston North International Airport is the Gateway to the lower North Island and the top of the South Island of New Zealand. As the premier...

Waitoka Gardens

Waitoka is a beautiful and remote country garden on the North Island of New Zealand. Idyllic in its location, the gardens are situated in the...

Eco Tours Kaikoura

Kaikoura is known as one of New Zealand's finest eco-tourism destinations. Eco tourism is the backbone of this small seaside town - with most...

Lake Sumner Forest Park

Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch International Airport opened in 1953 and is the South Island's largest and busiest airport. It is located 12 kilometres to the...

Mount Kaukau

Mount Kaukau is situated on the western side of Wellington harbour near Johnsonville and Khandallah, and is the highest point overlooking...

Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the jewel in Christchurch's garden city crown, and is one of the largest inner-city parks in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Alpine Pacific Triangle

The Alpine Pacific Triangle is a triangular 370km touring route, taking in the best scenery and experiences of northern Canterbury and the...

Hiking Trails - Tongariro National Park

This track leads right around Mount Ruapehu, one of three towering volcanic cones within the Tongariro National Park. The track offers four to six...

The Fragrant Garden

The Fragrant Garden boasts more than just plants! Enjoy a country herb garden that celebrates fragrant and useful plants, take a stroll around the...

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Covering thirty hectares of land and a rich and diverse living plant encyclopaedia, Christchurch Botanic Gardens is well known for its magnificent...

The Ridges Garden

Come and enjoy these exceptional gardens set on a terrace over-looking the Ruahine Ranges and Tararua foothills. This large and peaceful country...

Getting to Wellington

Wellington is New Zealand's capital city and port of entry for inter-island travellers arriving from the South Island. This compact city has...

Pakuratahi Forest

Mangawhero Forest Walk and Rimu Track

The Mangawhero Forest Walk and Rimu Track begin opposite the DOC Visitor Centre at the bottom of the Ohakune Mountain Road. The fifteen minute...

Getting to Nelson

The Nelson region is located in the northwest corner of the South Island. A region rich in art and craft, it also enjoys high sunshine hours and...