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New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Tongariro Plateau
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
The track winds through a 'moonscape' of bizarre lava sculptures and up onto the shoulder of a towering volcanic cone, draped with a skirt of shifting cinders. Onward it goes, past red cliffs, active geothermal areas, silent emerald and blue lakes...
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions : Fiordland Lakes, Tracks & Sound
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
As the beech forest canopy opens up to reveal majestic snow-capped mountains, you know for sure this is one of New Zealand's finest scenic highways. Mirror lakes fringe the Eglinton Valley road and ferns, mosses and lichens carpet the forest floor.
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Nelson Lakes
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
Wander along the Lakeside Track and the beauty and serenity of nature will soon overcome you.
Birdsong resounds through the beech forest and occasional gaps in the foliage reveal the deep blue waters of a glacial lake and a breathtaking backdrop of
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Mount Taranaki
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
Travel anywhere in the Taranaki region and you will have the constant presence of this striking, dormant, strato-volcano (also known as Mt Egmont).
From most scenic viewpoints the old volcano appears as a perfectly symmetrical cone, tapering to a 2
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Milford Sound
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
The tour coach zig-zags down into the depths of the Cleddau Canyon and turns under a dense canopy of rainforest into the village at the head of the sound.
Across the silky-black waters, a sharp-edged pyramid of rock rises abruptly out of the depths
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Abel Tasman Coast
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
Glorious days of sun, sea, wildlife, tramping and kayaking can be enjoyed in the Abel Tasman National Park. These are some of the fondest memories travellers take home with them after a visit to the smallest, yet most popular park in the country...
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Kaikoura Peninsula
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
'Thar She Blows!' The cry goes out and our cruise boat heads off in hot pursuit of a broaching sperm whale.
The skipper adroitly positions the vessel parallel to the mammoth creature, staying the mandatory distance away. Our guide gives a shout of
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Hokianga Harbour
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
Massive sand dunes stand solid and unmoveable against the terrible onslaught of pounding seas. The dunes rise up from the harbour entrance like miniature mountain ranges, painted a brilliant golden hue by the sunlight.
From Hokianga Harbour's South
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Bay of Islands
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
Cruise among 150 sun-drenched islands, on a silvery smooth sea. Follow a pod of bottlenose dolphins circling in the beautiful Bay of Islands. When the shout goes out, plunge into the inviting sea to dive and frolic with these playful creatures that..
New Zealand Scenic Highlights - NZ Top visitor tourist attractions :: Franz Josef Glacier
Published: 04/13/2011 by NewZealandNZ in New Zealand
You find yourself in a wonderland of pristine whiteness - ice pinnacles, blue crevasses, deep caves and towering seracs. The glorious crispness and purity of this jumbled icefall is truly astounding.
The guide's ice axe swings in a constant arc...
