Your guide to getting out there, and getting home again

Adventure

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Get your motor running

Te Waipounamu, the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand, packs the geology of a continent. Alps and glacial valleys in the morning, ancient lakebeds and wind-sculpted hills an hour or two down the road. Overlay that geological wonderland with a network of tracks formed by Māori explorers and formalised since as public access and you have the stuff of 4WD dreams. Drive overland, camping along the way, and explore ghost towns, gold-mining relics, and places where humans haven’t even made a dent.

Tips & Tricks

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Snatch and release

Try this one

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Nevis Valley

Meet Mark

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30 years off the road

It wasn’t long after moving to the South Island in the 1980s that I realised what a difference a 4WD makes to exploring its vastness. A couple of trips and I had the bug, and the truck. I teamed up with Ken Sibly in the 1990s on the first of a series of off-road guidebooks that set the bar for on-the-ground research, detailing every gate, culvert and boggy patch on about 200 different routes from Collingwood to Oreti Beach.

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4WD South - 115 Off Road Adventures in NZ's South Island - Cover

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Take the wheel

From isolated beach settlements at the top of the West Coast to the wilderness of Fiordland in the Deep South, here is the ultimate guide to the spectacular back country of the South Island of New Zealand – 115 routes ranging from family-friendly day trips to serious off-road expeditions.

The clear, easy-to-follow route notes will put you on the right track, and the book’s advice on safety, equipment, camping and cooking will help keep you there.

Full-colour, 1:250,000-scale maps to complement the book’s route notes can be downloaded here.

For larger orders, special delivery requirements, or if you would like to enquire about stocking this book, please contact MARK@4WDSOUTH.CO.NZ

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