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New Zealand
Auckland, Queenstown, Otago · 24 tours · GPS-triggered narration that plays automatically as you explore.
From Auckland's volcanic skyline to Queenstown's mountain drama, New Zealand packs extraordinary beauty into every kilometer. Our walking and driving tours share Māori history, natural wonders, and the stories behind Middle-earth.
24 tours in New Zealand
Each tour triggers narration automatically based on your GPS location. Pick one and start exploring.
Auckland Waterfront & Viaduct Walk
From the historic Ferry Building through Viaduct Harbour to Wynyard Quarter — Auckland's transformation from industrial port to waterfront playground, with stories of America's Cup glory and Māori canoe arrivals.
View tour details →Auckland Volcanic Skyline Walk
Auckland sits on 53 volcanoes. This walk summits two of them — Mt Eden and One Tree Hill — with panoramic views of the city, harbour, and the volcanic field that shaped it.
View tour details →Mission Bay to St Heliers Coastal Walk
Auckland's Riviera — a flat, breezy walk along the eastern bays with Rangitoto Island as your constant companion, Pōhutukawa trees, and stories of a volcanic island that changed a harbour forever.
View tour details →Ponsonby & Karangahape Road Culture Walk
Auckland's bohemian heart — from restored Victorian villas to the reinvented strip of K Road, featuring street art, Pacific Island heritage, and the best coffee on every block.
View tour details →Auckland's Devonport & North Head Walk
A short ferry from downtown Auckland to the historic naval village of Devonport. Climb North Head for harbour views, explore WWII tunnels, and discover the suburb that time politely forgot.
View tour details →Queenstown to Glenorchy Scenic Drive
One of the world's great scenic drives. Lake Wakatipu on your left, The Remarkables on your right, and Middle-earth around every bend, from Queenstown's bustle to Glenorchy's silence.
View tour details →Queenstown to Arrowtown Heritage Loop
A short drive to New Zealand's best-preserved gold rush town, then a walk through the Chinese miners' settlement, Arrow River panning sites, and a main street unchanged since 1870.
View tour details →Crown Range Road — Queenstown to Wānaka
New Zealand's highest sealed road at 1,076 metres — switchbacks, tussock-covered peaks, the Cardrona Valley, and the transition from Wakatipu to Wānaka's completely different landscape.
View tour details →Napier Art Deco Walk
On 3 February 1931, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake levelled the city of Napier and killed 256 people. Within two years, the city rebuilt itself in the architectural style of the day — Art Deco. Today Napier's city centre is the most complete collection of 1930s Art Deco architecture in the world, a pastel-coloured time capsule of zigzags, sunbursts, and Maori motifs.
View tour details →Perch to Fish Market
UAT Test 3 — Full tour from Cafe Perch to Auckland Fish Market. 8 stops, 2 ads.
View tour details →Wellington Waterfront Walk
New Zealand's compact capital packs a cultural punch far above its size. From the national museum Te Papa along the harbour to the bohemian energy of Cuba Street, up to the Beehive Parliament, and finally the panoramic summit of Mount Victoria — this walk covers the best of Wellington in a single loop.
View tour details →Pioneer: Milford Sound to Frankton (Return)
The return journey from Milford Sound to Frankton is 289 kilometres of revelation — the same road reversed delivers entirely different views, different light, and stories you did not hear on the way in. Stop at The Chasm to watch the Cleddau River carve through solid rock, pause at Mirror Lakes in daylight for the reflection you missed before dawn, and close the loop with a triumphant arrival back in Queenstown.
View tour details →Frankton Village Walk
Walk through the real Queenstown — the suburb locals call home. From Kawarau Falls to The Landing, through Remarkables Park and the heart of Frankton. 25 minutes, flat, free with ads.
View tour details →Pioneer: Frankton to Te Anau
Begin your Pioneer journey in Frankton, tracing the storied shores of Lake Wakatipu south through the dramatic Kawarau Gorge and rolling Southland plains. This 171-kilometre leg winds through Kingston, Garston, and across the Southland plateau before arriving at the gateway town of Te Anau — with an optional walk on the legendary Kepler Track.
View tour details →Frankton Return Walk
The return leg of the Frankton lakefront walk — heading south from The Landing back toward Kawarau Falls. With The Remarkables now directly ahead, the southern light reframes everything you passed on the way out. Lake Wakatipu's Frankton Arm, the geology of New Zealand's most distinctively named mountain range, and the river that drains an entire lake into a gorge just downstream.
View tour details →Auckland to Hobbiton
A two-hour drive south from Auckland CBD through the Waikato to the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata. Maori history, colonial stories, and the road to Middle-earth.
View tour details →Kawarau Gorge & Central Otago: Frankton to Alexandra
Drive the Kawarau River gorge from Queenstown's Frankton to the gold-rush town of Alexandra — 90 kilometres through New Zealand's most dramatic inland scenery. Kawarau Bridge Bungy, Gibbston Valley wines, Nevis Bluff, Clyde Dam, and the schist-stone streets of historic Clyde.
View tour details →Milford Sound Highway Drive
State Highway 94 from Te Anau to Milford Sound is consistently ranked among the world's most scenic drives. It climbs through beech forest and tussock valleys, passes mirror-still lakes reflecting sheer mountains, punches through the hand-carved Homer Tunnel, and descends to Milford Sound — Rudyard Kipling's "eighth wonder of the world."
View tour details →Waitomo Caves Explorer Drive
A short scenic drive through ancient karst country — from the Homestead on SH3 down into the cave valley that put Waitomo on the map.
View tour details →Kawarau Gorge & Central Otago: Frankton to Alexandra
Drive one of New Zealand's most dramatic highway corridors — SH6 east through the Kawarau Gorge to Cromwell, then SH8 south past the Clyde Dam to Alexandra. This 90-kilometre route packs in schist gorge walls, the world's first commercial bungy jump site, three major wine sub-regions, a flooded gold-rush town, a controversial dam, and some of the finest stone architecture in the South Island. Best October through April. Snow can close higher passes in winter but SH6 and SH8 remain open year-round.
View tour details →Matakana to Tāwharanui Peninsula Drive
A scenic coastal drive from Matakana Village through wine country and rolling farmland to the predator-free Tāwharanui Open Sanctuary. Saturday farmers' market, sculpture gardens, and one of Auckland's most pristine beaches.
View tour details →Ponsonby Morning (Free)
A 15-minute walk from Cafe Perch in Freemans Bay to AllFit Ponsonby along Auckland's most fashionable strip. Discover how a filled-in bay became a million-dollar neighbourhood. Free version with local deals.
View tour details →Perch to Auckland Fish Market
A flat waterfront walk from Freemans Bay into Wynyard Quarter — Auckland's most dramatic urban regeneration story. From industrial tank farm to superyacht-adjacent dining precinct.
View tour details →Ponsonby Morning
A 15-minute walk from Cafe Perch in Freemans Bay to AllFit Ponsonby along Auckland's most fashionable strip. Discover how a filled-in bay became a million-dollar neighbourhood.
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