Description:

This compact, pocket-sized New Zealand guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving itineraries, with detailed directions, that allow you to organize your visit to New Zealand without losing time planning. 

• 18 ready-made walks and tours – featuring the best places to visit, as well as what to do and where to eat along the way
• Itinerary details with pointers on the time taken, distance covered and how to connect it with other itineraries in the book
• Best walks and tours in New Zealand for children's activities, extreme sports, food, wine, and more
• Tips on how to beat the crowds, save time and money, and find the best spots
• Historical and cultural insights
• Unique hotel, restaurant and nightlife listings – where to stay, eat and go out
• How to get there, how to get around and an A–Z of essential details
• Practical maps for each walk and tour, with clearly numbered sights
• Coverage includes: Auckland, Northland, The Waikato, Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty, Rotorua and the Volcanic Plateau, Thermal wonders of Rotorua, Poverty Bay and Hawke’s Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui and Manawatu, Wellington, Nelson and Marlborough, Christchurch, Canterbury, Queenstown and Otago, Dunedin, Southland, Stewart Island

Updated edition Feb 2025