A bird's eye view is your reward when you take to the skies above Waiheke, discovers Helen van Berkel.

Raising your children on a sailing boat has its dangers, but seafaring parents claim the benefits are vast.

Dionne Christian joins tourists on the Breeze for a trip back into Auckland's coastal trading history.

Sarah Lawrence and her teenage son have a wheely good time in Central Otago.

Elisabeth Easther goes in search of animal encounters in the untamed central North Island.

An adventure holiday in the Colombian forest is an exhilarating experience, writes Christopher Adams, as he reflects on a few bumps and bruises.

Dionne Christian is cleared for a nervous lift-off on a Rotorua eco-adventure tour.

On visiting a women-only surf and yoga retreat, Elisabeth Easther found everyone on the same wave length.

Scott Kara takes his family to Fiji's Coral Coast where they experience two extremes of island life.

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Suzanne Morphet enjoys more than the bear necessities on a wildlife-filled wilderness cruise in British Columbia.

Hayden Donnell hops on a bicycle to explore the newest trails around Queenstown.

Graham Reid finds flavour through goats and a stark desert where the West's latest beauty "must-have" grows.

Thoughts of cycling in India probably conjure up images of intensely congested streets, teeming with all modes of traffic and sharing limited space with free range animals- a reasonable or enjoyable holiday activity?

This Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s ascent to the top of Mt Everest with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Rebecca Kennedy journeys to base camp and gains a sense of what Sir Ed loved about the ‘Holy Himalayas’.

In the jungle of Borneo, displaced or orphaned orang-utans are given lessons in survival, writes Ben Fogle.

Island time A walk in Atiu jungle feels like scuba-diving, says Jim Eagles.

Kiwi Helen Steemson saw Sri Lanka up close when she joined Habitat for Humanity.

Adventure tourism inherently carries risk, writes Martin Sneddon. But the customer has a right to expect that avoidable risks are eliminated.

With stand-up paddleboarding an emerging global craze, I figure the best place to learn is in Hawaii, where the sport began.

Hundreds of runs offering challenge to skiers of all abilities give Sarah Ivey the experience of a lifetime.

If Niseko is the crown jewel of Japanese skiing, then Rusutsu is one of its most lustrous, and least known, diamond clusters.

Chris Reed escapes the rat race to find splendid isolation on a road trip through Outback Queensland.

Schoolboy Lachie Scott thanks his parents for a holiday that opened his eyes.

For many hikers to Everest Base Camp in Nepal, adding an extra hike to the top of nearby mountain Kala Pattar is out of the question.

Going on safari is becoming an increasingly popular option for adventurous honeymooners.

Black fingers claw at your neck. The zip of your windcheater is yanked away from your red raw chin.

Jeff Turnbull tackles Australia's adventure capital - Tropical North Queensland.

To mark the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Mt Everest, a new book published this week collects photographs from the other New Zealander in the 1953 British Everest Expedition.

Lonely Planet's experts have picked out the top dive spots on the Great Barrier Reef.