#2 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "There seems to be a bit of glacier snobbery between Fox and Franz Josef. Apparently people in the know…"
- "There are several options to choose from: whole day hike, half-day hike, and heli-hike. You choose the…"
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#7 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "I think Abel Tasman National Park is one of the better places to do sea kayaking, as the weather is milder. We went with Abel Tasman Kayaks, which was the first kayaking company to be established in New Zealand,…"
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#8 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
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It’s a long drive to get there, and the cruise that we took lasted only an hour and forty-five minutes,…"
- "Our Milford Sound experience was by air, land, & sea! We began our day on a Coach through the…"
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#10 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "If you like to ski then all I can say is WOW!! Mt. Potts is New Zealand's only Cat skiing/snow boarding operation. A great alternative to ultra expensive heli skiing, for those of us on a budget. The prices are…"
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#11 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "Andy Bitmead is a tall good lookin' fellow who started the sheep mustering demonstration by introuducing his dogs....Meg the Border Collie and Ben the Huntaway. Most of you know that the Border Collie has a…"
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#12 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "The Maiori Word for Lake Moeraki means " to dream by day " and at times you are surrounded by such beauty that you will feel spellbound.
It was a perfect day to hike with a brilliant blue sky, a slight wind to…"
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#13 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "There is a most excellent trip that you can take out of Makarora. It's called the Siberia experience. For about NZ$130, you get flown by air taxi into Mt. Aspiring Nat'l Park, where the plane lands and drops you…"
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#15 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "It all begins with a light bushwalk, some sightseeing of the old shack where the first gold panner lived, the story of his life, and then a break to have some god-awful tea that some of the group actually managed…"
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#17 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "This is an exhilarating ride. The boat skims past boulders and rocky outcrops, as well as doing the famous 360-degree turns. Lifejackets are supplied, but I think helmets would be more useful. The water is…"
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#18 most popular of 19 things to do in South Island
- "2 December 2003 will be forever etched on my memory as the day I did my first and only bungee jump. We did it off Kawaru Bridge, near Queenstown. Kawaru Bridge is the world’s first commercial bungee site; people…"
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