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Northern West Coast
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Westland
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Activity Types

Outdoor Activities

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Rafting (22)
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Segway Tour (2)
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Skydiving (20)
Snow Sport (15)
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Water Activity (64)
Wildlife (192)
Zipline (11)
Zorbing (1)

Activity Listings (1-10 of 590)

Stewart Island Flights - Variety Transport

Stewart Island Flights - Variety Transport

Sightseeing - Stewart Island

Stewart Island Flights will offer you an experience of a lifetime! Mix culinary delights with sightseeing, untouched raw beauty, landscapes and endangered wildlife. Travel by air, water and on foot and you will have yourself a packed, fun filled day of remarkable experiences. More...

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Guided Walks

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Guided Walks

Hiking - Walking - Wanaka

Lake Wanaka is a jewel in the South Island of New Zealand's Southern Alps and is home to Eco Wanaka Adventures, specialists in Guided Nature Walks who will take you to many special places off-the-beaten-track in pure wilderness.

Rob Roy Glacier Guided Walk


Grade: Moderate Fitness
Trip Duration: Full Day
Season: All year round but weather dependent

The day begins with a scenic drive in our 4WD air conditioned vehicles around Lake Wanaka, and into the Matukituki... More...

H2 Explore Hovercraft

H2 Explore Hovercraft

Sightseeing Cruise - Lake Pukaki

Step on board New Zealand's only commercially operated hovercraft and experience Lake Pukaki's famed scenic beauty and vistas of Mount Cook. H2 Explore is the only tourism venture on Lake Pukaki. Our hovercraft can travel to areas that until now have been largely inaccessible. More...

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Lake Cruises

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Lake Cruises

Eco Tour - Wanaka

Lake Wanaka, a jewel in the South Island of New Zealand's Southern Alps, is home to our personal guiding company that will take you to our many special places off-the-beaten-track in pure wilderness.

Lake Wanaka Cruise & Island Nature Walk


Enjoy a boat cruise on Lake Wanaka followed by a unique nature walk on Mou Waho Island.
The remote and magical Mou Waho Island nature reserve is predator-free and home to the rare flightless Buff Weka.

A one hour return guided... More...

Fiordland Expeditions Overnight and Extended Cruises

Fiordland Expeditions Overnight and Extended Cruises

Overnight Cruise - Doubtful Sound - Starting from NZ $450 per person

Your Doubtful Sound overnight cruise will leave you in complete awe of the outstanding views of untouched beauty, wildlife and the serenity of your experience. Includes a freshly caught and prepared seafood dinner, fishing, kayaking and transfers to and from Manapouri or Te Anau. More...

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Heli Hiking

Eco Wanaka Adventures - Heli Hiking

Heli Hiking - Wanaka

Come with us to walk through Middle-earth, following the very footsteps of the "Dwarves and Bilbo" as they traversed the "Misty Mountains", as seen in the Hobbit Trilogy. Or let us take you on a helicopter flight to three pristine emerald Alpine Lakes bordering on Mt Aspiring National Park at 1400m.

"Misty Mountains" Heli Hike - a Wanaka Heli Hike & Walking Adventure


Trip duration: 4.5 hrs
Grade: Moderate
Season: November to April, weather dependent

Your own... More...

Doubtful Sound Overnight Cruise with Deep Cove Charters

Doubtful Sound Overnight Cruise with Deep Cove Charters

Overnight Cruise - Doubtful Sound

Experience a unique overnight cruise on beautiful and serene Doubtful Sound, in Fiordland, one of our most scenic and awe inspiring sounds within the Fiordland National Park. More...

Hare Hill - 3 Hour Beach Ride

Hare Hill - 3 Hour Beach Ride

Horse Riding - Dunedin - Starting from NZ $180.00 per person

Spend half a day with the horses on the beaches of Aramoana. Suits beginners or competent riders with a maximum of two people per trip. View wildlife from horseback, including seals, sealions and penguins. Advanced riders will relish the opportunity to gallop along the white sands of the shore. More...

Ridgeline Adventures

Ridgeline Adventures

Day Tour - Wanaka

Treat yourself to Personalised Wanaka and Queenstown adventure tours for everyone. Set beneath the stunning backdrop of the Southern Alps and on the shores of the lake that gives the resort its name, Wanaka is the perfect place for adventure, relaxation and rejuvenation. Whether you are planning to be based in Wanaka or Queenstown for your visit to the Southern Lakes allow us to introduce you to our slice of 'Real New Zealand' and the place we call home. More...

Rippled Earth Kayaking

Rippled Earth Kayaking

Kayaking - Queenstown

Join us on a kayak adventure across one of New Zealand's most scenic mountain lakes within the Southern Alps. Two great kayaking tours leave from Glenorchy's shores at the head of Lake Wakatipu, only 40 minutes from Queenstown. More...

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Shailers Bed and BreakfastShailers Bed and Breakfast - Bed and Breakfast, Farmstay.

Your hosts Charlie & Dianna Shailer offer a luxurious homestay and complementary tours of their four-hundred cow dairy...

Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach Tour from Bay of IslandsCape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach Tour from Bay of Islands - Day Tour - Cape Reinga. Starting from $150.00 per person.

Take an action-packed day trip from Paihia to the tip of New Zealand’s North Island on a guided tour of the north...

 

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