Travel to New Zealand

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Backpack around the natural playground of New Zealand, filled with epic scenery, unique cultural experiences and outdoor activities everywhere you turn.

Amazing new experiences are just one flight away. Everything’s close in New Zealand, from dramatic natural landscapes to vibrant cities. You set the pace – from outdoor adventures to cultural connections, or pure relaxation. Plus it’s safe, friendly and easy to get around.

Make Must-Do New Zealand #1 on Your Bucket List

• Raw, beautiful, adrenaline-pumping, unforgettable adventures await you. Just dive in, and don’t look back. This is a place where “yes” promises lifelong memories. So say yes to must-do New Zealand and to:

• Basking in the scale of Milford Sound as you cruise through towering fiords and cascading waterfalls. Hiking through bright blue ice passages on the ancient glaciers of Franz Josef or Fox Glacier. Stargazing in Canterbury at one of the world's darkest night skies, full of shooting stars.

• If that sounds too chill for you, imagine yourself in freefall from off the platform of one of the world’s highest bungee jumps (where the sport was invented!) or the world’s highest canyon swing. What’s a canyon swing? It’s somewhere between river boarding and sky diving on the adrenaline scale. Any and all of these can be done in Queenstown.

• You can help calm your racing heart relaxing on the beaches of Cathedral Cove, sipping wine on vineyard tours on Auckland's Waiheke island, soaking in the hot springs in Rotorua, or taking in the prehistoric scenery of the temperate rainforests. Have you ever seen a fern taller than yourself? Better yet, have you ever seen a Kea (a green bird the size of an infant) eat a rock?

• Say yes to some of the wildest sights you will ever encounter in your life. Become immersed in the Maori traditions, experiencing their culture first hand in Rotorua. Nothing will humble you more than listening to the stories of where their traditions come from. One thing you won’t be humble about, however, is getting to spend a day in the life of a Hobbit in Hobbiton.

• It’s all there waiting for you: culture, cuisine, thrill, scenery, wildlife, fandoms, and enough adventure to last a lifetime. You can check it all off your bucket list here. So say yes, and we’ll see you soon!