Known as New Zealand’s ‘Adventure Capital’, Queenstown is the ideal location for a Southern Hemisphere skiing jaunt. Nearest Airport: Queenstown Best months: July – September Local resorts: The Remarkables & Coronet Peak Surrounded by the dramatic Southern Alps, which form the backbone of New Zealand’s scenic south, Queenstown is a winter wonderland of snow-capped mountains, …
There we are, scaling rock and cliff like coasteering is an everyday regular occurrence. Two in running shoes, one in jandals like it aint no thing. Such a squad. Below the sections of rock we’re traversing I can hear thousands of tiny fragments being pulverized into sand amongst each other. Chattering, crumbling, swirling in the …
New Zealand is an island nation with over 6,000 kilometres of coastline. Swells consistently slam into the country providing some of the most reliable surfing conditions in the southern hemisphere. While it’s fame as a surfing nation is often overshadowed by that scary older cousin Australia, New Zealand provides a surfing experience like no other. …
One of the most spectacular things about New Zealand’s Great Walks is the varied scenery – you can be hiking through sub-tropical beech forest one day, across sub-alpine tarns and tussock landscapes the next before traversing the great alpine passes – Bliss! But with such varied landscapes comes varied weather too, and even in the …