Whatever you’re looking for on this trip, there is something for everyone here. If you’re an adrenaline junkie you can skydive and bungee jump, if you’re into watersports you can river board or kayak, if you love to hike there are some world-class trails across both islands, if relaxing is your thing there are hidden hot springs and ocean cruises, or you can try and do it all like I did!
Skydive over Lake Taupo
Climb a glacier
See Lake Matheson
Explore Puzzling World
Cruise around Milford Sound
Brave a Canyon Swing
And a bungy jump
Try Riverboarding
Visit Huka Falls
Fly in the Sky Swing
Have a Maori experience
Watch a geyser erupt
Hold your breath at Wai-O-Tapu
Dig your own hot pool on the beach
Try Black Water Rafting
Take on the Tongariro Crossing
Climb Mount Doom
Ride the Kiwi Experience
Swim in Gollum’s Pool
Sail aboard the Interislander Ferry
Climb the world’s steepest street
Visit the bottom of New Zealand
Wonder at the Moeraki Boulders
Conquer an ice wall
Race your friends on the Luge Track
Kayak around the Bay of Islands
Drive along 90 Mile Beach
Make it to the top of New Zealand
Go boarding on sand dunes
Go skiing on the South Island
Go snowboarding on the North Island
Explore Cathedral Cove
Catch some waves
Find a black sand beach
On top of all these incredible things that I was able to experience there are many more that should make the list:
- The Ice Bar in Auckland or Queenstown
- Swim with dolphins in Kaikoura
- Canyoning in Queenstown
- White Water Rafting in Rotorua or Queenstown
- Zorbing in Rotorua
- Stewart Island off the coast of Invercargill
- ALL THE HIKES
- See an All Blacks game live
- Take one of the many Lord of the Rings tours, especially to Hobbiton!
If I’ve missed something out that you think deserves to be on the list, leave it in the comments below!
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Six Year Gap Year 
How are you finding NZ so far?!
I was there a long time ago! I’m starting this blog from the very beginning. I spent a year in New Zealand and it was one of the best years of my life, I fell in love with that perfect country and I wish I could go back.