The Complete New Zealand Explorers Guide

I was born and raised in New Zealand and have explored my beautiful homeland top to bottom. This guide contains over 700 of my favorite places worth exploring with an emphasis on the natural beauty of New Zealand.

You'll find amazing hikes, waterfalls, mountains, caves and beaches as well as photographic landmarks like lighthouses, gardens, and flower fields. I have also included a few of my absolute must do tours, unique accommodations and favourite restaurants.

This guide is the culmination of years worth exploring New Zealand and I am so proud of it. I know my guide will help you make the most of your precious time travelling in New Zealand, whether you're a local like me or you're visiting our shores for a once in a lifetime holiday.

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Zoe Warena

June 2026

Finally got to use this on our first trip to Queenstown! Really helpful in finding cool places to see or things to do. Highly recommend 🙂

Alexa McKinnon

May 2026

My husband and I did a private consultation with Ash to plan our honeymoon in New Zealand and she did an amazing job! It was great to meet with her over video chat and we shared with her all our ideas and she created a personalized plan for us and added some of her favorite spots. We’re so excited for our trip, thank you Ash!

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Vijay Srinivasan

March 2026

One of the most comprehensive guide for places to visit in NZ. I have lived here for a while and I am surprised to find so many places that I haven't yet been to or heard of !

Good to see that you have been to almost all of these places and have hand picked these locations. Makes it soo easy to plan a weekend getaway or a month long trip.

Keep adding more places in NZ (if thats possible :) )

Eleanor Bartley

December 2025

This really is a brilliant guide, packed full of secret places you’d never know existed. Well worth the investment for our 2.5 week South Island road trip.

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Meghan Pennington

November 2025

This has been a great resource for helping me break down a plan for our trip in December! I found some spots off the beaten path that I never would have known about otherwise that I am looking forward to exploring!

Taylor Adkins

November 2025

This guide was so helpful in keeping us flexible and helping us find really interesting things on and off the beaten path. Our favorite hike we did we found because of this guide!