This desert beauty's salt flats, sand dunes and craggy peaks are draped in colour, writes John Marshall.

Fewer people have seen inside this incredible place than have reached Everest's summit.

Chris Daniels finds 10 good reasons to do the Tongariro Crossing in winter.

Expected to be completed by 2020, the England Coast Path will eventually run to more than 4000km.

This spot in Venezuela is struck by more lightning than anywhere else in the world, creating spectacular electric storms. What on Earth is going on?

Amazing footage shows the moment a Kiwi takes flight over the Swiss Alps.

Andrew Gillick tests his driving and cycling skills in Tongariro National Park.

Five reasons to visit Samoa with a teenager by Helen van Berkel.

While Uruguay doesn't have big-ticket tourist attractions like Iguazu Falls and Christ the Redeemer, it definitely deserves to be a tourist destination in its own right.

Patience and speed are key to photographing African wildlife, learns Sarah Marshall.

On a girls' week in Fiji, Shandelle Battersby goes on a cultural safari in Sigatoka, via jetboat.

Quiet, warm, friendly, relaxing. There's no television or wi-fi in the bures. Just the sound of blissful quiet or the soothing melody of ocean waters gently lapping.

Even being woefully underprepared for a river rafting trip didn't stop me from enjoying the five hours spent floating down the tranquil upper portion of the Navua River in Fiji.

It's Seaweek - what better excuse to get out to some of NZ's top snorkelling spots?

Julia gives the all clear and we drop over the side, following the white mooring line down to the comms tower on top of the bridge.

The Rangitikei town of Mangaweka, gateway to the water, charms Elisabeth Easther.

There exists, somewhere, a photo of a certain Travel Editor scaling the side of the Beehive in about 1994.

Scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef is one of the best ways to get up close and personal with this unique natural wonder.

Glamping agency Canopy Camping Escapes has recently opened Highfield Forest Retreat near Kaihu, on the Kauri Coast.

A visit to the Zealong Tea Estate is all things tea, including tea-based cocktails and mocktails. Just don't ask for a coffee!

Ruakuri's Cave and inhabitants at Waitomo's caves is enough to stun the kids into uncharacteristic silence.

Kelly Lynch soaks up the old-world feeling in Waipu's ancient caves.

This summer Auckland Council celebrates 50 years of parks, with a Big Campout.

Their careers over, the kids flown, older people are joining the backpacker trail. Joanna Mathers reports.

Saving the continent's magnificent mega-fauna requires world-wide co-operation, writes Paul Rush.

Winston Aldworth flies in a Strikemaster jet

Elisabeth Easther straps on her helmet, hops on a mountain bike and lets gravity take its course.

If you want to branch out from Woodhill or Riverhead, try some closer to town.