It's Beautiful

We have hundreds of stunning locations in a clean, unpolluted environment.
"The sweeping landscape of New Zealand provides a natural backdrop for many of the magical places found in Tolkien's Middle-earth." - (Lord of the Rings website).

Value for Money

You will enjoy great exchange rates.
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No worries!

New Zealand is a safe country with friendly English-speaking people.

Quick Travel Times

Small travel distances around New Zealand mean you see a lot in a short time.
New Zealand Mileage Chart

It's Pure Adventure

Bungy jumping, jet boating, 4 Wheel Drive safaris, back country horse treking, hot air ballooning, glaciers and much more.

It's Accessible

There are regular flights from Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Seoul, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Fiji.

Delicious Food

Enjoy international award-winning wines and a variety of top cuisine

English Speaking

The majority of the population (3.6 million total) is of European descent (English, Irish, Scottish) with approximately 13% of Polynesian descent, including the native people - the Maori. Auckland is the largest city with 1.1 million people and Christchurch is next at 350,000. Wellington is our capital city.

New Zealand in the News

Lonely Planet staff have twice voted New Zealand as the #1 hottest destination.

Travel & Leisure Style magazine (US) gave New Zealand cover billing as a ‘Destination with Style’, up there with Tuscany, Paris, London, Bangkok, Berlin, Arizona, Istanbul and Tokyo.

According to National Geographic Adventure and Food & Wine Magazines, New Zealand is not only a great country for the outdoors, but a stylish, contemporary destination.

In a recent issue of Vanity Fair, New Zealand is ‘In’, while New Zealand was also on the cover of New York magazine as one of the ten global destinations to ‘warm you up or chill you out’. Features in UK magazines Wanderlust, Food & Wine and Tatler, and US magazines Outside Magazine Traveler Annual, Travel & Leisure , National Geographic Adventure and Food & Wine are pitching New Zealand as not only a great country for the outdoors, but a stylish, contemporary destination.

Tatler (UK) says that New Zealand has come into its own as a destination “Now, finally, New Zealand is itself. It is intensely sophisticated…” while Travel & Leisure Style magazine (US) gave New Zealand cover billing as a ‘Destination with Style’, up there with Tuscany, Paris, London, Bangkok, Berlin, Arizona, Istanbul and Tokyo, saying: "Auckland. The host city of the America's Cup, comes into it's own as New Zealand's capital of style".

Conde Nast Traveler, boasts a 12-page article on New Zealand’s Middle-earth Magic, with a 2-page Prices and Places guide, while Food and Wine magazine, has a six page piece on why there is a “New Zeal for New Zealand.”

Ostensibly focusing on New Zealand as the setting for the filming of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the recent Conde Nast Traveler article raves about New Zealand scenery, saying: “If there were an Oscar for best supporting location, New Zealand would be a shoe-in for The Lord of the Rings, the movie, however it is merely a preview for the real thing”. To prove its point, it features stunning double-page images of the Pinnacles in the Wairarapa, Cape Palliser, Queenstown, Glenorchy and Milford Sound.

As well as looking at wine producers and types of wine produced in New Zealand, the six-page Food and Wine magazine article gives a rundown on lodges and restaurants and shopping tips for New Zealand.

It portrays New Zealand as being ‘scene-stealing’, saying “The Lord of the Rings, the America’s Cup, Sauvignon Blanc: These are just three reasons New Zealand has become such a fashionable destination.”