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All the treasures that nature has to offer seem to be gathered in New Zealand. The phenomenal flora and fauna has always fascinated visitors.
LAND OF ADVENTURE
“The hellhole of the Pacific”: this was how one of the first settlers described New Zealand and immediately fled. When Captain Cook was ordered by the British Admiralty in 1768 to sail to the Southern Continent, he of course suspected nothing of this development. After he landed, it was not long before the first adventurers and businessmen settled on the newly discovered island and gave it this reputation. New Zealand became a land of immigrants and a melting pot of many peoples and cultures.
HOSPITALITY AT ITS BEST
Today that settler would hardly want to escape, for nowhere in the world would he find such a friendly welcome. The genuine, unconventional, tolerant nature of New Zealanders helps visitors to quickly feel at home. This thinly populated country, however, has a great deal to offer, in scenic as well as in human terms.
VOLCANOES, GLACIERS AND GEYSERS
On North Island, divided from South Island by the 35 km wide Cook Strait, there are still active volcanoes in Rotorua National Park. Geysers, sulphur pits and hot springs are the trademarks of this stark landscape, swathed in sulphurous smoke. Mount Cook, at 3764 metres New Zealand’s highest mountain, is the trademark of South Island. South Island, with its high mountains, glaciers and clear lakes, is reminiscent of Switzerland, were it not for the sea, in which alongside the whales in Kaikoura, dolphins, seals and penguins swim frolic beneath the cormorants nesting on the cliffs. A hike through the moss-draped forests brings the visitor into a landscape where time seems to stand still. Unique and typical of the native fauna are the flightless birds, such as the kiwi, New Zealand’s emblem. New Zealanders have the bird- and the countless kiwi fruit plantations- to thank for their nickname of Kiwis.
