New Zealand is a beautiful small country - gloriously uncrowded - with an overall population of 4 million people (1 million on South Island). It has a variety of awesome landscapes very accessible and all within easy reach of each other. Since New Zealand has drifted to an isolated area of the globe, the flora and fauna in the country have evolved to offer the adventurer a land full of incredibly unique plants and birdlife. As a friendly local put it to me "we have a lot more use for cameras than people in most parts of the world".