A step-by-step guide to Great Walks booking. Dates, fees and tips for securing Milford Track booking, Routeburn Track booking and all DOC Great Walks.
Takahe vs Pukeko, learn how to tell these two blue-purple New Zealand birds apart by size, bill, habitat, flight and conservation status.
The Queenstown Hill walk is the best short hike right out of town, our guide covers the track, timing, the Basket of Dreams and tips for families.
Isthmus Peak is Wanaka's quieter alternative to Roys Peak, with views over two lakes. Here's the track, weather, timing and why it's worth the drive.
Planning the Roys Peak hike near Wanaka? Our guide covers the track, weather, timing, closures and the famous photo spot, everything you need before you go.
Everything you need to plan the Kepler Track, route, huts, weather, day walk options and booking tips for Fiordland's purpose-built Great Walk from Te Anau.
Discover the Takahē bird, once thought extinct, rediscovered in Fiordland in 1948, and now one of New Zealand's greatest conservation success stories.