Luxury Travel Insider · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Phil Borman highlights the incredible diversity of experiences available in New Zealand, emphasizing that one can transition from an alpine mountain setting to a pristine, unpopulated beach within a short two-and-a-half-hour drive. This allows for combining various activities and sightseeing in a single day.
“My favorite fun fact about New Zealand. I think it's that it lies in its diversity.”
“Like the people, they are pleasantly Discombobulated about like exactly where they are, that you can, for example, in the morning, you can be waking up in the Alpine, like if I take the North Island for example, on a mountain range and then within two and a half hours, you could be at a pristine beach with nobody on it, you know?”
“And you can combine all these different activities or sites, all in one day.”