There is a moment, about an hour past Te Anau, when the road narrows into the Eglinton Valley and the mountains close in like the walls of a cathedral, and you finally understand why Rudyard Kipling is said to have called Milford Sound the eighth wonder of the world. Piopiotahi, as it is known in … Read more
If Fiordland had a heavyweight title fight, it would be these two: the Milford Track, the 53.5-kilometre legend once called “the finest walk in the world,” and the Routeburn Track, the shorter, sharper alpine traverse that plenty of Kiwis quietly insist is the prettier of the pair. Both are Great Walks. Both cross Fiordland National … Read more
New Zealand didn’t just join the adventure travel boom — it practically invented it. In November 1988, AJ Hackett threw himself off the Kawarau Bridge near Queenstown with a rubber cord tied to his ankles, and commercial bungy jumping was born. Nearly four decades on, this small country still sets the standard: jet boats spinning … Read more