New Zealand's Maori name is both romantic and apt
- Aotearoa, meaning 'land of the long white
cloud' , bringing to mind unspoilt landscapes and
immense natural beauty, and with its beautiful extremes
of rainforests and reefs, glaciers and volcanoes,
you won't be disappointed.
New Zealand is made up of two long thin islands,
with a land area not much larger than California.
It is culturally fascinating, as home to a large population
of Maori's, with plenty of opportunities to
get a glimpse of their traditional way of life. It
is also a very active country,with more crazy and
original extreme sports and equally amazing
geothermal sites.
In no other country of this size can you scuba
dive in one the top sites in the world, walk on
glaciers, fly down stream on a jet-boat,
taste world-class wines and spend Christmas
on the beach. New Zealand is all about being the best
- the highest, the fastest, the lowest, the longest,
meaning that even the shortest visit will be a journey
of discovery.
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