As you drive into Mount Cook Village you can’t help but feel excited about some of the Mount Cook walks and hikes you’ve got coming up. The scenery is bucket list-worthy. That’s if you’ve got clear skies, otherwise, you might not see much 😀...
The Pisa Conservation Area is a beautiful area between the Crown Range Road and the Upper Clutha Basin. To the north, you’ve got Wanaka, and south there’s Gibbston. It’s made up of 23,000 hectares, but as you can see in the map below, the Area is...
Buying a new sleeping bag for New Zealand can be overwhelming. By the time you factor in price, brand, and weight, there’s already so much information before diving into the finer details. While there are lots of sleeping bag brands to consider, this post is...
If you’re looking for an off-the-beaten-path hike less than an hour from Queenstown and near Kingston, hiking to Lorn Peak, part of the Hector Mountains, might be what you’re looking for. It’s not long at a little under 12km, but it’s a steep...
[slider]If you’re looking for a challenging day hike, the Sugarloaf Pass Track might be what you’re looking for. At 20km an 1200 metres of elevation gain, this might not seem like a tough day out, but the terrain makes it a long day hike (or a fun...
If you looking for the best topo map app for hiking in New Zealand don’t make the mistake I made and download all the free ones to try and hack together a functional topo map app that won’t make you tear your hair. The two best topo map apps you need to...
