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The Moonstone Trek

9 Days From NZD $3,649 pp twinshare
 Small group
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An isolated route with unexplored ruins and great mountain views The trek starts in a quiet, rural valley between Cuzco and the Sacred Valley and finishes in Ollantaytambo, only seven miles upstream from the start of the Inca Trail. It passes through seldom‐visited Andean villages, Inca and pre‐Inca ruins and… Learn more

Siena and the Palio by Peter Dunne

Siena is just amazing and I can’t believe I haven’t visited here before, very silly considering this is probably about my 20th visit to Italy. I have longed to come here since watching the famous horse race, the Palios, on TV as a school kid. Learning today about the 17… Learn more

UK & Ireland

Half of the Discover Travel team are from the UK so there is plenty of knowledge for this part of the world. Where to? – England, Scotland Wales & Ireland! With a history dating from stone-age monuments to invasions by Celts, Romans,Vikings, Saxons and the French, it’s no wonder the… Learn more
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The Salkantay Trek

14 Days From NZD $4,949 pp twinshare
 Small group
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Trek amidst Peru’s Cordillera Vilcabamba, then join the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu This trek spends a few days deep in the bewildering majesty of the Cordillera Vilcabamba before joining the classic Inca Trail for the approach to Machu Picchu. This high route skirts many of the great peaks and… Learn more

Polar

Discover Travel is one of the few true specialists in New Zealand in arranging trips to the Polar Regions/ Several of our team have been lucky enough to visit Antarctica and The Arctic and experience the magic of these destinations for themselves, Ian on several occasions. There is a lot… Learn more
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Land of the Jaguar Photographic Safari

10 Days From NZD $16,279 pp twinshare
 Small group
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Search for the largest and most elusive predator in the Americas The Pantanal straddles the borders of Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia and is the world’s largest wetland region. Its plains and low forests are home to over 700 species of bird and 300 different mammals, including tapirs, anteaters, Jabiru storks… Learn more

The Pantanal by Ian Collier

In June 2014, I visited the Pantanal region of Brazil for 3 nights during the Soccer World Cup. I had been recommend the Pantanal rather than the Brazilian Amazon as the best place to see birdlife at this time of year as it’s the largest continuous wetland on the planet,… Learn more

Antarctica

Discover Travel are one of the few true specialists in New Zealand in arranging trips to Antarctica. Three of our team have visited the 7th Continent, and Ian has been lucky enough to go multiple times; he rates South Georgia Island in particular as his favourite destination. Antarctica truly is … Learn more
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Classic Patagonia Treks

11 Days From NZD $9,479 pp twinshare
 Small group
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Patagonia’s best trekking in Torres del Paine and the Fitzroy Massif Experience breath-taking landscapes within two classic Patagonian trekking regions on both sides of the Chile/Argentina border. Challenging walks are rewarded with majestic views of lagoons, mountains and glaciers. See guanacos grazing and Andean condors soaring overhead, visit the spectacular… Learn more

Arctic

Discover Travel are one of the few true specialists in New Zealand in arranging trips to the Arctic. “The Arctic” – from the Greek Arktikos – ‘Country of the Great Bear’ because it sits underneath the constellation Ursa Major. This is very apt, because the most famous resident of this… Learn more

Iguassu Falls by Ian Collier

I had the privilege to visit both the Argentine & Brazilian sides of the majestic Iguassu Falls in June last year, and can highly recommend this extraordinary experience. Iguazu means ‘big waters’ in the local Guarani language – which is something of an understatement! It’s a sequence of hundreds of… Learn more