Destination Guides
Where to Take Them
New Zealand packs a staggering amount into two islands. Here are the regions we know well, rated for families.
Coromandel
Hahei and the Coromandel Peninsula
After two weeks of mountains and adventure, the Coromandel delivers the perfect ending: a subtropical peninsula with a beach where you dig your own hot pool at low tide.
Fiordland
Milford Sound
There is no photograph that does it justice. Sheer granite walls rising thousands of feet from black water, waterfalls appearing and vanishing in the cloud. You have to go.
Mackenzie
Aoraki / Mt Cook
One night is not enough. But even one night under the darkest sky we have ever seen, at the foot of New Zealand's highest peak, changes you.
Queenstown
Queenstown
New Zealand's adventure capital delivers for families in ways you might not expect. Here is what we did, what the kids loved most, and what is worth the splurge.
Otago
Wānaka
Queenstown's quieter neighbor rewards families who slow down. Four nights here was the right call, and Rob Roy's glacier track is not to be missed.