Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in New Zealand
Almost everything in New Zealand is good, which is exactly what makes a two-week route hard to write. The country is small…
What to eat and drink in New Zealand, and where
New Zealand does not have a large restaurant culture and it does have extraordinary raw material. That is the whole shape of…
How much do two weeks in New Zealand really cost?
New Zealand costs more than most visitors expect, and the reason is not the hotels. It is that the country's signature days…
New Zealand for the first time: the drives take longer than the map says
Almost every New Zealand itinerary that arrives on our desk from a first-time planner has the same fault, and it is not…
New Zealand for the first time
Most first New Zealand trips are planned the same way, and they go wrong in the same three places. People choose the…
Which of New Zealand’s Great Walks should you do?
There are eleven Great Walks, the Department of Conservation's network of multi-day tracks with maintained huts, and choosing between them is usually…
New Zealand month by month
Two calendars decide a New Zealand trip and only one of them is the weather.
New Zealand with children
New Zealand is one of the easiest countries in the world to travel with children, and one of the easiest to get…
How many days do you need in New Zealand?
The number that decides a New Zealand trip is not days. It is nights per base.
The best two-week route through New Zealand
The best two-week route through New Zealand does not include the North Island, and that is the argument this article has to…
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