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Reasons To
Visit New Zealand

  • Food & wine

    This small nation has established a name for fabulous wineries, many internationally acclaimed. Whilst most will point connoisseurs to the Marlborough region for the finest vintages, Hawkes Bay and Martinborough should not be ignored. A trip here would not be complete without trying the local 'fush 'n' chups' or traditional Maori fare either.

    Food & wine

  • Landscapes

    For a small country, New Zealand incorporates landscapes as diverse as they come. Mountains, volcanoes, beaches, lakes, fiords, valleys and caves - to the everyday traveller these remarkable sights are other-worldly. Both the North and South islands share many common features, but are also wonderfully contrasting.

    Landscapes

  • Light adventure

    It's not necessary to throw yourself off a suspended platform in order to fully experience New Zealand. Alternative options include air safaris over White Island, heli-hiking the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers and wilderness cruises in Milford and Doubful Sounds.

    Light adventure

  • Maori culture

    New Zealanders are proud of their Maori roots. Maori song, dance and mythology are prevalent, towns are adorned with carvings and rooms are dressed in flax weavings. Most physical locations also have Maori names with literal translations such as Waimakariri River (Cold water river).

    Maori culture

  • Outdoors & coastal living

    The 'outdoors' perception of New Zealanders is not something consciously cultivated; with such a plentitude of mountains, beaches, fiords lakes and forests on their doorstep it is simply a way of life.

    Outdoors & coastal living

  • Self-drive

    New Zealand has wonderful roads - scenic, safe and, especially on the South Island, largely empty. They even drive on the left and some of the most scenic routes are waymarked. There are car hire stations at all of New Zealand's airports.

    Self-drive

  • Walking & trekking

    There are so many excellent hikes - or 'tramps' as the locals call them - in New Zealand that it is sometimes difficult to know which one to select. We feature several of the country's 'great walks' which can easily be incorportated into any itinerary.

    Walking & trekking

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Visit Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

Jutting north into the Pacific Ocean, the Coromandel Peninsula features two beautiful but contrasting coastlines. It encompasses pretty seaside townships and hidden bays that feel serenely remote despite their close proximity to Auckland.

Lonely Bay, Coromandel Peninsula
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Coromandel Peninsula

New Zealand

Jutting north into the Pacific Ocean, the Coromandel Peninsula features two beautiful but contrasting coastlines. It encompasses pretty seaside townships and hidden bays that feel serenely remote despite their close proximity to Auckland.

Along the Firth of Thames the coast is open and rocky, much wilder in feel than the tranquil, protected beaches of the eastern coast. Inland rugged, volcanic hills are cloaked in thick, native rainforest.

Coromandel's history

Historically only visited by loggers and gum-diggers, a gold rush in the late 1800s brought miners thronging to the area, and many of the townships display evidence of this lucrative period.

Around Coromandel peninsula

Thames, the gateway to the peninsula, is a prime example of a once-grand gold rush town that now simply serves the local farming community. Restored heritage architecture, access to safe, empty beaches, and a wonderfully laidback lifestyle draw most visitors to the eastern coast.

The small townships here are a haven for artists, and many will welcome you into their homes or small galleries where you can admire works inspired by the local landscape and colour.

Further north things become quieter still, with only a handful of visitors reaching the most northern points – only accessible by unsealed road – where the landscape has remained virtually unchanged for centuries.

Places within Coromandel Peninsula

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