NZ Adventures continues to offer a range of self-drive 4x4 back country tours across the South Island.

The 2025 line-up offers nine tours – although several of the trips are already fully booked as waiting lists from 2024 roll over into the new season, says NZ Adventures’ Connie Crickett.

The High Country Heritage tour is a long-time favourite.

“This six day – or seven-day in March – trip in whichever format takes participants down the eastern foothills of the Southern Alps through sheep and cattle stations and DOC reserves and back country roads from Blenheim to Cardrona.”

The West Coast Explorer is another of the originals – and about as different from the more easterly trips as it gets, travelling five days from Hanmer Springs to Greymouth from the brown tussock lands of North Canterbury deep into lush rainforests of the West Coast region.

The 46 South is a newer trip in the line-up but well-established as a stand-out favourite.

“This trip follows an imaginary line across Southland from the hill country and coastal cliffs of the Catlins through fascinating variations of central Southland and into Fiordland before turning north to finish in Central Otago,” says Connie.

Trax of Gold is NZ Adventures’ newest trip.

“Follow the old tracks of South Canterbury, North, Coastal and Central Otago to explore the pastoral and mining heritage of a beautiful part of New Zealand. This takes six days from Fairlie to Alexandra.”

And the Big Sky is a six-day trip, starting in South Canterbury and exploring the mountain ranges of the central south.

It’s close to but different, and in more detail, than either the High Country Heritage or Trax of Gold trips.

“It’s a very diverse trip from the mountains to the alpine basins all covered by a very big sky.”

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