Exploring New Zealand’s Great Outdoors with Children
New Zealand is famous for it’s great outdoors. Dense rainforest, majestic plains, towering peaks… it’s what draws 2.5 million tourists to this little country every year. How much of New Zealand’s outdoors is accessible with smaller children? Surprisingly, quite a lot. Here are a few suggestions of how to get back to nature in New [...]
Unique New Zealand: Aoraki Mount Cook by Helicopter
I love hearing personal stories from travellers who have enjoyed New Zealand. As a local, sometimes I just can’t appreciate the natural beauty of New Zealand until I see it from an outsider’s perspective. In this guest post, Linda from Eco Traveller Guide shares a little slice of unique New Zealand. It wasn’t [...]
The Best Places to Ski in New Zealand
I’m no expert when it comes to skiing or snowboarding – in fact I’ve only been on the slopes twice in my life. There are plenty of great places to ski in New Zealand so I asked Mike from Nomads on the Road to share them with me. He’s the go-to guy when it comes [...]
New Zealand Travel Tips from the Experts
I’ve enlisted the help of an army of bloggers to create an expert list of New Zealand travel tips. They’ve been there, done that and bought the t-shirt. If anyone knows how to travel around New Zealand, it’s these guys. They’ve also weighed in on the best places in New Zealand to visit. Behold! The [...]
Why Do People Love New Zealand?
I’m always surprised when other travellers tell me they’ve always wanted to visit New Zealand. For many, it’s their dream destination. Because I grew up here, I sometimes forget what an amazingly beautiful country New Zealand is. When you’re surrounded by towering mountains, lush rainforests and crystal clear lakes your whole life you can end [...]
The Best Place in New Zealand
What’s the best place in New Zealand? As New Zealand is my home country, this is a question I often get asked by other travellers when I’m out on the road myself. So many people want to visit New Zealand – seeing it as a magical, untouched paradise down in the corner of the world. [...]
House Sitting in New Zealand: Borrowing a Kiwi Burrow
A humorous take on house sitting in New Zealand by the wonderful Wanderlusters…. The geographic isolation of New Zealand means that a large proportion of the native flora and fauna can not be found anywhere else in the world. The most iconic on this list of unique species is the curious little kiwi bird. Unlike [...]
Travel Hacking New Zealand: Transportation on the Cheap
Transport will take a big chunk of your New Zealand budget. For such a small country, the distances between main centres are reasonably large. Diversifying your travel options will most likely be your best option. I’ve already covered how to get cheap flights in New Zealand so now let’s cover travel hacking New Zealand via [...]
Life as an Expat in New Zealand
As a local, I know the ins and out of living in New Zealand but for most of my readers that’s not the case so I asked my friend Kate from CanuckiwiKate to share her knowledge and experience as an expat in New Zealand. “If I don’t get in, I’ll just go overseas [...]
Meet the Kiwi Bloggers: Man vs World
Travel bloggers are all over the interweb but Kiwi bloggers are fewer and farther between. Surprising given the amount we Kiwis love to travel. This week I’m introducing you to another fantastic Kiwi blogger – Simon from Man vs World. Check out this interview and I’m sure you’ll want to connect with Simon on Twitter [...]
