New Zealand Scenery
Breathtaking and Bountiful

It's hard to know where to start with New Zealand scenery. We want to write about everything all at once, provoke your imagination and inspire you. Go here, go there, do this, do that!...

We don’t want to make you dizzy though and it is a lot to take in, so Charley and I are going to mostly chat in general terms about the fabulous New Zealand landscape. We’re going to bring a little of it to your door.

Top Ten NZ Places East Coast of New Zealand's South Island	Top Ten NZ Places Mount Cook Sunset	Top Ten NZ Places The Abel Tasman National Park

But we’ll keep it broad so you have an overview of what to look out for in terms of mouth-watering vista!

One of the earliest, and still today, the most popular tourist attractions in New Zealand is this country’s awesome scenery. 150 years ago tourism began with the promotion of the country’s beauty, the valley forests and its alpine peaks so perfect for skiing and snowboarding. Mother Earth is mans' parent. The Maori people couldn’t have described this land better.

New Zealand scenery can be separated into roughly four types, the lowlands, highlands, wetlands and coastal land and islands.

The uniqueness of the country quietly waiting for you to wander into it: From unfurled coastal sands and patchwork pastures green to volcanic pools and the rising rocks of white snowbound peaks, the earthy damp warmth of the ancient forest and distant glacial pools, dark as tar, pure as alpine air.

Top Ten NZ Places Tongariro National Park	Top Ten NZ Places subtropical Bay of Islands	Top Ten NZ Places Rotorua and Mt Tarawera

and have you heard of Manuka honey… ? Did you know it’s from the New Zealand tea tree? Used for centuries as a food and medicine the New Zealand Tea Tree or Leptospermum scoparium (for you bookworms) and is found in wet or intermittently wet substrates (that’s soil to you and me).

The New Zealand climate nourishes a wealth of natural habitat.

Phil’s favourite is the glorious Pohutukawa (that’s poe-hoo-ta-ka-waa) for it’s blizzard of flowering crimson red blossom resplendent across both islands during summer. The Pohutukawa is known affectionately as New Zealand’s Christmas Tree.

What about the majestic red pine Rimu and the ancient Kauri tree with a lifespan of 2000 - 4000 years?! How much history must have passed beneath the towering branches of these ancient trees.

So without further ado, Charley and I urge you to look at including any of the following New Zealand scenery in your travel plans…

• The Hokianga and Waipoua forest

• The West Coast and the Waitakere Ranges

• Coromandel peninsula and Kaueranga Valley

• Mount Maunganui and Bay of Plenty

• Rotorua geothermals

• Tongariro National Park

• Whanganui National Park • Mount Aspiring - Tititea • Mount Taranaki • Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound • Stewart Island Rakiura National Park • Aoraki Mount Cook • The Waitomo Caves • Arthur’s Pass National Park • Abel Tasman National Park

Top Ten NZ Places South Westland World Heritage area	Top Ten NZ Places Auckland at Night Down by the Harbour	Top Ten NZ Places Milford Sound Fiordland National Park

This is a selection of inspiring tourist attractions in New Zealand.

Get out there and scour the internet, libraries, friends, Kiwis you bump into and anyone who’s been to Aotearoa and experienced the wonder of New Zealand and its scenery.

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