The best time to visit the South Island of New Zealand is December to February ... It's also optimal timing for admiring magnificent alpine scenery. For skiing and snowboarding, the snow season ...

Once only accessible by foot or boat, Milford Sound is now an easy daytrip from Queenstown by car, tour bus or scenic flight. Snaking along the edges of New ... the Central South Island, the ...

Wellington, New Zealand straddles one of the world’s great natural harbors. It's a vibrant capital city, gently nestled along the corrugated landscape that rises from the water to meet the 650-foot ...

Stop over at Kaikoura and enjoy New Zealand's best place for whale watching (including ... Here, explore some of the South Island's most dramatic scenery. Visitors can just take a day trip to Arthur's ...

a “real New Zealand experience” of calm, clear waters, birdlife, bush-lined riverbanks and natural hot streams. Gabrielle Young’s Terra and Tide is an eco-tourism business on Waiheke Island ...