New cruise line's winning formula puts creatures before home comforts, write Anne Z Cooke and Steve Haggerty.

A snowmobile is an unwieldy beast, with handling a far cry from his 250cc motorbike, finds Andrew Louis.

In the adventure sports world, dangerous and unsafe have different meanings, writes Diana Balham.

The Motu Trails are a dream for nature lovers and suitable for first-timers and old hands.

Smiles, spinnakers and hangovers prevail in the world's friendliest yacht race, writes Ian Lloyd Neubauer.

Leah McLennan looks at what's big and what's new on the Otago skifields.

Ian Henderson relished the chance to venture beyond the world of safe, scheduled travel. His wife was not so sure...

Paul Abercrombie gets to grips with Venice's watery warrens during a once-in-a-lifetime rowing lesson.

Head over heels for NSW waves, Duncan Gillies feels the fear but does it anyway.

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.

Judy Bailey takes a soul stirring cruise down the Murray River.

Manuel Meyer takes a close look at beautiful fish off the Spanish coast.

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.

Alex Robertson and award-winning travel photographer Babiche Martens get to grips with a complex and beautiful land.

With help from a local, Graham Reid goes in search of an elusive meal on Niue.

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.