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Region All Aoraki / Mt Cook Arthur's Pass Canterbury Canterbury high country Fiordland Mount Aspiring Nelson / Marlborough Otago Overseas Southland

Type All 4WD Bivvy Camping Hut Lake Other Pass / Saddle Peak Winter

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Determination is what carries you the last couple of kilometres of a hike. Without it you would have no drive, and proba...

Determination is a powerful tool we have in our arsenal, and in the hiking world it can be something that can be the dif...

William Rees must have been buzzing when he first saw Lake Wakatipu and the location that would very quickly become ‘A T...

Bob Fortune used to ferry people around Lake Wakatipu in the 1800s. He would use a small bay as a safe place to shelter...

If you had to choose one town to visit in Aotearoa, and you love adventure and action, then Queenstown would be the obvi...