New Zealand travel highlights

New Zealand Essentials

Explore New Zealand’s diverse landscapes, from the limestone formations and blowholes of Pancake Rocks to the geothermal sands of Hot Water Beach. This selection features iconic film locations like the Hobbiton Movie Set, glacial highlights including Lake Matheson and Fox Glacier, and the high-altitude viewpoints of Roys Peak. Coastal landmarks include the Te Paki sand dunes, Ninety Mile Beach, and the distinctive arched rock at Cathedral Cove.

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Hobbiton Movie Set

The Hobbiton Movie Set is a significant location used for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy, serving as a…

Mike Bordignon / CC BY 3.0

Cathedral Cove

Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve is in the southern part of Mercury Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand covering an area of 840…

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Pancake Rocks and Blowholes

Do you have a sweet tooth? Do you like pancakes?

Steve & Jem Copley / CC BY-SA 2.0

Hot Water Beach

Hot Water Beach is a beach on the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand, just south of Mercury Bay.

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Roys Peak

Roys Peak is a mountain in New Zealand, standing between Wānaka and Glendhu Bay.

Tom-Niklas Brüning / CC-BY-SA

Lake Matheson

Lake Matheson is a small glacial lake in South Westland, New Zealand, near the township of Fox Glacier.

Noel Jones / CC BY-SA 2.0

Ninety Mile Beach

Te-Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach is on the western coast of the far north of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Nugget Point Lighthouse

Nugget Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Nugget Point in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand.

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools & Spa

Located in an alpine village, this complex features natural thermal mineral, sulfur, and freshwater pools, alongside a range of hydroslides and a lap pool.