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Downside Up New Zealand Blog

Welcome to our New Zealand Travel Blog DownsideUP

This blog is dedicated to inform and inspire you on all things to do with New Zealand..

Actually we write posts on anything that’s of interest in the South Pacific (our home) DownsideUP was started in 2008, to help people just like you, with planning the perfect NZ Self Driving experience.  

Fox Glacier
Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey
Nearly 2 decades of feedback has given us a list of the New Zealand's WoW! wilderness adventures. They are not in any particular order - there is not a number '1'.  We actually have enough material to list another 20 cracker adventures - so lets call this part 1 of possibly 2 or 3 posts of top New Zealand Adventures.  Apart from taking place in areas of exceptional natural beauty and offering various outdoor challenges, these adventures all have one thing in common -  our guests have repeatedly absolutely RAVED about each and every one of them. Here you go... 
Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey

The Old Boys
Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey

Who are we…

Lost in the Sahara and low on water, arrested in Zaire for spying (Long Story) or unashamedly stuck in an unpronounceable airport with not a penny to thy name. The industry can put you in some interesting situations and teach you a trick or two, including the power of a bit of local knowledge. We have owned and operated an African safaris company, set up a dive training school in the in the Middle East and founded an adventure centre in the UK.

Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey

First Light Travel's Environmental Policy
Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey
New Zealand has been described by National Geographic as a 'world in miniature'. New Zealand is a land of incredible natural wonders with a unique ecosystem featuring many species found only on these islands - and we want to keep it that way!
Brent Narbey
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Brent Narbey

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