Ultimate Guide to New Zealand

I have spent over 10 years travelling New Zealand with my camera as a professional landscape photographer and I love exploring the unknown and finding the all-important elements that connect humans with nature. There are not many people that know New Zealand's best photography spots better than me and my hope is to both inspire you to visit this beautiful country, but also help guide you towards an experience you'll never forget.

In this guide to NZ you will find my favourite photography spots, hikes I can personally recommend, places to stay and eat, the best locations for that perfect New Zealand photo and some of the must do places that I think can not be missed on a trip to New Zealand.

Guide by Rach Stewart
Made in English
617 things to do
Interactive Map
4 itineraries
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Interactive Map

Get an Interactive, playful and visually appealing map that helps you navigate the noise
4.8(18 reviews)

Chris Trotman

November 2024

This map is absolutely fantastic!!! Not only are all of the locations absolutely stunning, each location is detailed out in where to go and what to look for. Every time the location isn't a specific 'touristy' location, the GPS coordinates have been absolutely spot on for when to turn off the main road!!!

Additionally Rach has used all of her own photos (from what I can tell so far) attached to each location, rather than using photos from Google Maps (like others have), you can really get a sense for what the location looks like and a fantastic starting point for a fantastic composition at each location.

Honestly, the value you will get out of this map is INSANE and is easily worth the price for admission!

Dominik Schieman

November 2024

Rach's map has been super helpful in planning our roadtrip around New Zealand, especially since my wife and me are into landscape photography. There is also a good selection of activities, like tours and hikes.

John Gayley

November 2024

I’ve long been an ardent fan of Rach Stewart’s wonderful photography. So I was absolutely delighted to learn she had a travel guide available to help me plan our next trip. And what a great, great tool this has been! If you’re a visual travel planner, you’ll of course find Rach’s pictures very useful in getting a feel for what you’ll see. But…put those together with an interactive map of NZ with photo locations, other important info and tip and last of all (key!) directions on how to reach them, and you’ve got an indispensable tool at your fingertips. I’m sortof addicted since it’s on my IPhone, not only for travel planning but also just as a visual treat. Highly recommended!

Nitin Kumar

November 2024

I just came back from a vacation in New Zealand, I visited both north and south islands and Rach’s NZ guide was my go to reference to discover things to do, check interesting stops along the way on our road trips and I even discovered my fav pie in NZ @ Fairlie Bakehouse in Canterbury, all thanks to Rach’s recommendations. In addition, if you are interested in photography like I am, her suggestions for photo opportunities in the area with suggestions on time of the day/lens selection etc were fantastic! I highly recommend purchasing her guide, I’m a fan! :)

Jayme Rare

November 2024

Juan Pablo Vasquez

October 2024

I’ve been following Rachel’s work for years and I regard her work as the pinnacle of NZ landscape photography, I used to spend hours figuring out the spots on google maps and other tools, so when I saw this guide was available, I got it, jumped on the car and left for an entire month to hit as many spots as I could. And got some great shots and learned a lot about this great country. Can’t wait to do it again in May-June. Amazing work Rachel!

Guide by Rach Stewart
Joined in August 2023

It's Rach Stewart here and I am a professional landscape and travel photographer based in New Zealand. My passion to be with nature along with a love of fun, adventure and exploring is what I think characterises my landscape photography and forever fuels me to seek out and find the beauty created by the natural world. Through this passion of mine I have amassed a huge following of over 350,000 followers on Instagram and Facebook and have been out capturing nature at its best with my camera for 10 years.

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