Travelling New Zealand with children is becoming more popular

Travelling New Zealand with children should be an enjoyable process. Just remember, its a little too late to change your itinerary in the middle of your travels. Just occasionally, parents want to change their itinerary because "mountains are so boring", OR a beautiful guided nature walk is cancelled, because the kids need ...

Planning the Perfect New Zealand Family Holiday is important. Where do you start? Its a fine balance between pleasing parents and children. Here are the most important things to remember:

Plan your New Zealand family holiday early

New Zealand has a fairly small population base of about 4...

Its usual to think of the summer season as the best time to travel a country - well, except if you want to do winter sports. Travelling Milford Sound in New Zealand's winter season requires a total change in mindset. Why? Well, from a statistics point of view, it rains in Milford Sound about 200 out of 365 per year. But what people don't know, is that most of this rain occurs in the summer seas...

At Guest NZ we very much believe in staying several nights at one location - moving daily, can be quite exhausting. Plus, you get to see so much more in the way of day trips, A day trip to Arthur's Pass from Christchurch, is a relaxing way to explore New Zealand's Southern Alps mountain area. There are a number of ways to do this. https://youtu.be/H1VNnhWpDiA

Visiting Arthur's Pass by t...

Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers - it's not just about glaciers - so make sure you pack your hiking boots. Travelling through New Zealand in our winter months, sometimes pays off. Because there's no better time to see the magnificent Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. Okay, it's crispy cold but in the winter, the West Coast skies are the purest blue.  That means there's no -  not until November. There's...