The New Zealand Adventure Guide

The New Zealand Adventure Guide

By Shane Boocock
Foreword by Prime Minister John Key

Ditch your Lonely Planet! Put down your Rough Guide. With the publication of ‘The New Zealand Adventure Guide’ you won’t need to scroll through reams of cheap hotels or places to eat, before you finally find your New Zealand adventure.

While there are plenty of adrenalin-fuelled activities for the boundary-pushing junkies out there, the ‘The New Zealand Adventure Guide’ is designed to inspire both New Zealanders and travellers to get out, explore and enjoy the great outdoors. Of course bungy jumping and skydiving feature pretty highly but if you want your feet to stay firmly on the ground, then author Shane Boocock takes us out for the best off-road driving thrills and the country’s famous hiking trails. Or perhaps some whitewater rafting, surfing – or parasailing – will float your boat? Or maybe you’d like to get close to nature with whale watching or high-country horse riding – or a breathtaking hot-air balloon ride? Find out how you too can experience the ZORB, the shweeb, blokart and snowkiting!

Divided into different outdoor activity areas – adventures on line; high; wheels; foot; snow; horseback; sea; lakes/rivers; on the edge – the straight-forward layout in ‘The New Zealand Adventure Guide’ means it’s easy to find the type of adventure you want. However, if you’re heading for a particular geographical area, the map and simple index at the back lists all the adventures in the region you are visiting – or living. And with all the websites listed, it’s simple to use it to organise as well as inspire (prices and phone numbers have been avoided so the guide doesn’t go out of date).

As the best resource for adventure tourism available in New Zealand together with a foreword by John Key, ‘The New Zealand Adventure Guide’ gets to the heart of what has made New Zealand such a great place to live in and experience – adventure in the great outdoors. But don’t spent too much time reading the book – get out there and experience those thrills for yourself!

About the Author: Shane Boocock’s penchant for adventure began while hitchhiking around Europe and the USA. Since 1996, Shane has been based in New Zealand and his travel stories and photographs have appeared in newspapers and magazines in New Zealand, Australia and North America. When he is not off on a new adventure, Shane will be found working on Let’s Travel magazine from his home office based on Waiheke Island. His first book, Auckland: A City Guide for City People was published by New Holland in 2003.

Publication date: 1st November 2010 | RRP $45.00
Flexicover | Full colour throughout |320 listings
**New Zealand author**
Shane lives on Waiheke Island

List of activities:

Abseiling / Heli-skiing / River sledging
Agrojet / Hiking / River surfing
Ballooning / Horse riding / Sailing
Blackwater rafting / Ice climbing / Scenic biplane
Blokarts / Indoor ice climbing / Scuba diving
Board surfing / Ice luge / Sea kayaking
Bungy jumping / Indoor surfing / Shweeb biking
Canyoning / Jetboating / Skiing and snowboarding
Canyon swing / Kayak fishing / Ski mountaineering
Climbing / Kiteboarding / Ski touring
Cross-country skiing / Kitesurfing / Skydiving
Dog sledding / Marine encounters / Sledging
Flying fox / Microlighting / Snowcat skiing
Four wheel drive off-roading / Mountain biking / Snowkiting
Freefall / Mountaineering / Surfing
Freshwater kayaking & canoeing / Obstacle course / Swoop
Glacier hiking / Ocean adventure boating / Tubing
Glacier skiing / Paragliding / Water sledging
Gliding / Paramotoring / Windsurfing
Hang-gliding / Parasailing / Wired jump
Heli-hiking / Quad biking / ZORBing
Heli-rafting / Rafting

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