New Zealand’s South Island

One of our most treasured travel snapshots is from our New Zealand adventure tour. It's us, as happy as we've ever been, picnicking royally in a tropical rainforest…at the foot of a glacier. No double exposure. It’s just the gorgeous, startling South Island. This was the real-world setting for The Lord of the Rings movies, so spectacular scenery is to be expected. But Classic Journeys will also introduce you to a land you wouldn’t find on your own. We’ll spend a day with a family as they work their vast sheep station. You'll sip the best pressings at some of the region's fast-emerging vineyards, and stargaze by ship-deck on a fiordland cruise. Our local guide has also arranged for naturalists, historians and other experts to share their knowledge about their utterly unique home. As you sample the native green lip mussels…learn about the Maori culture…and go on an evening stroll lit by glowworms, you’ll remember this as one of the most unique journeys of your life.