Scott Kara presents a guide to the best of the music festivals from across the ditch.

Ian D. Robinson finds an odd way to get intimate in Japan.

Charlotte Holmes and partner motorcycle through Chilean Patagonia.

So you've been tasked with organising a hen's party ... one option is fleeing the city and swapping novelty cakes and forced craziness for a weekend of fun and pampering.

Justine Tyerman learns to love snakes on the Kepler Track.

Herald Online reporter Paul Harper is making his way around the South Island by rail.

Herald Online reporter Paul Harper is making his way around the South Island by rail over the course of a fortnight. Here are some of the highlights of his trip so far.

Gifts for family sparked a career-change for Cook Island carver, writes Jim Eagles.

Leena Taylor overdoses on America's chocolate capital.

Biking around New York takes Rob McFarland off-trail and into less-seen neighbourhoods.

Pamela Wade discovers Kiwi colonial heroes on the Hollyford Track.

Bevan Hurley tackles the stunning Hump Ridge Track in remote western Southland by night.

Chris Leadbeater experiences the extremes of Nantucket island, the glitzy Massachusetts getaway popular with holidaying New Yorkers.

Danielle Wright and family take a spin on Snowplanet's newest offering: snow tubes.

Sue Watt returns to Zimbabwe after a long break and finds its tourism industry waiting with open arms.

Diana Plater follows the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail from Hawke's Bay to Marlborough.

Leggy blondes and glamorous brunettes - it was definitely the bus for the Gossip Girl tour.

Chloe Johnson savours the local craft, music and natural wonders of Savai'i Island.

Simon Winter finds you don't have to spend a fortune to take in the majesty of Switzerland's mountains.

A new eco-tourism operation offers a different perspective on our native forestry.

Belgrade's two rivers offer sunny strolls and lively waterside activity, writes Mary Novakovich.

Rhiannon Batten discovers a gingerbread house with gourmet extras in the historic market town of Knaresborough.

Graham Reid walks in the footsteps of a rock legend who wasn't there.

Kieran Nash gets off the beaten snow tracks high in the avalanche country of the mountains of India.