Our guidebooks have 100s of fun outdoor walks, playgrounds and bike adventures for kids. We have taken the guess-work out of discovering new adventures for your family. Explore the outdoors, stress-free.
Are there stairs? Can I bring the bikes or scooters? What about the family pooch? We’ve done the foot-work for you. Clear accessibility icons for buggies, bikes, wheelchairs and the family pooch are on every adventure.
Need to escape outdoors but can’t think of where to go? Just flip open the book to any page. Discover walks and bike rides from five minutes to a couple of hours, and even overnight tramps.
Looking for buggy-friendly walks to explore with littlies? There are 100s of short adventures in our guidebooks where you can take even the youngest of explorers in their buggies.
Here are just 16 suggestions from our guidebooks that kids will LOVE.
+ Surf down black sandy dunes and skim across cold dune lakes.
+ Discover a rare wetland lagoon surrounded by a forest saved by eco-warriors.
+ Clamber up tree-top viewing platforms surrounded by swaying ancient kahikatea trees.
+ Walk along exposed ancient volcanic flows to where the occasional zoo animal was buried. Yikes!
+ Clamber underground through limestone caves but mind the cave wētā!
+ Sail to the country’s youngest volcano and stroll through the world’s largest pōhutukawa forest.
+ Channel Robinson Crusoe on an uninhabited island which used to be a rabbit farm!
+ Walk through an ancient Jurassic forest and try to find Fred the Thread.
+ Cycle through dark damp mining tunnels to towering historic cyanide pits.
+ Stand beneath hundreds of gannets swirling above – it’s a bit stinky though!
+ Watch waterfalls blown skyward after clambering over mammoth moss covered boulders.
+ Explore mazes of spooky military tunnels and search for the fabled Boeing airplanes.
+ Dance in sea caves which held raucous parties – or bring your guitar for a gig.
+ Peer at ferocious-looking cacti and cold-fearing tropical plants.
