Plan your long overdue holiday with our travel books
After a few years cooped up at home, you’d be forgiven for dreaming of an overseas holiday. Read on to discover the intrepid journeys you could embark on, from the farthest reaches of the globe to right here in Aotearoa. The happy isles of Oceania by Paul Theroux Cold winter weather naturally brings dreams of relaxing getaways to warm paradises in the Pacific. White sand beaches and quiet atolls are hard to say no to when frozen windscreens begin to greet us each morning. In this “exotic and breath-taking” journey, Paul Theroux explores 51 Pacific Islands by collapsible kayak, starting with the rainforests of Aotearoa. There are plenty of travel ideas alongside Theroux’s witty observations and exotic adventures. Cold by Ranulph Fiennes Or perhaps you feel that New Zealand’s winter isn’t cold enough? While we would not recommend following exactly in his footsteps, ‘Cold’ is an intriguing chronicle of the more extreme adventures that can be had on our wild planet. Sir Ranulph Fiennes fam