Exploring South Island (Oct-Nov 2016)

1 Marlborough Sounds: Picton, Queen Charlotte Track, Bird Sanctuaries

2 Kaikoura. Coastal Pacific Rail

3 West Coast: TranzAlpine Rail, Greymouth and Punakaiki

4 Glacier Region: Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers, Lake Matheson, Monroe Track

5 Southern Lakes: Lake Wanaka region, Rob Roy Track, Lake Wakatipu

6 Fiordland: Te Anau, Milford & Doubtful Sounds, Hollyford Valley, Key Summit and Kepler Track

7 Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, Kaka and Nugget Point

8 Moereki Boulders and Shag Point

Marlborough Sounds with Ship Cove, Captain Cook's favourite base in New Zealand and starting point for the Queen Charlotte Track (go to subpage for more photos)

Kaikoura, where the mountains meet the sea (go to subpage for more photos)

West Coast with wild coastlines, deserted beaches and dense forests of giant trees, ferns and mosses  (go to subpage for more photos)

Glacier region with ice, snow and temperate rainforests (go to subpage for more photos)

Southern Lakes, the lifestyle reserve with Lake Wanaka region and Rob Roy track (go to subpage fore more photos)

Fiordland National Park, one of the most thrilling, memorable and interesting place to visit in the world (go to subpage for more photos)

Otago Peninsula with the world's only mainland Albatross breeding Colony, home of shags, gulls, waders and penguins (go to subpage for more photos)

Moereki Boulders, the geological marvels (go to subpage for more photos)