New Zealand

A 707 km² national park in Canterbury, New Zealand, home to the country's highest peak (Aoraki / Mount Cook at 3,724 m) and largest glacier (Haupapa / Tasman Glacier), and part of the Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage Site (1990).

A film set on the Alexander family's working sheep and cattle farm near Matamata, built for The Lord of the Rings (1999–2000) and rebuilt for The Hobbit (2011–2012), now operating as a guided Tolkien tourism destination.

A fiord in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island, part of Te Wāhipounamu World Heritage Site, renowned for its sheer granite cliffs, permanent waterfalls and the drama of a landscape carved by glacial ice.

A 19.4-kilometre day hike across the volcanic plateau of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand's oldest national park and one of the world's few dual UNESCO World Heritage sites recognised for both natural and cultural significance.

An 18 km² active geothermal area in the Taupō Volcanic Zone, 27 km south of Rotorua, known for the Lady Knox Geyser, the vivid orange and green mineral terraces of Champagne Pool, and a landscape of coloured hot springs and boiling mud pools shaped by ongoing volcanic activity.

A limestone cave system in the King Country, North Island, home to the bioluminescent glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa, whose larvae produce a bladeless light to trap prey and create a living starfield in the cave darkness.