Explore Pangea is a website for independent explorers who enjoy outdoor activities. If you like planning and organizing your own adventures you will find here some useful ideas and resources.
The activities described range from backpacking and mountain biking to more demanding sports like kayaking, canyoneering and backcountry skiing. In general, all the trips require a good level of fitness. For some of them, particular skills and experience are also necessary. While some of the adventures can be completed in a single day, the main focus of this site is on multi-day expeditions.
For every adventure, a detailed description of the route and a GPS track are provided, as well as terrain profiles and pictures. We have personally done all of the activities and believe the data to be accurate.
Most recent updates:
• Riding in Wellington, Manatawu, Tongariro NP and Coromandel (23 April to 14 May, 2019)
• Riding and kayaking in Nelson & Marlborough (9-22 April, 2019)
• Riding in The West Coast (20 March to 6 April, 2019)
• Riding in The Southern Alps (3-11 March, 2019)
• Riding in The Catlins (20 February to 2 March, 2019)
• Hiking in Stewart Island (16-18 February, 2019)
• Riding in Fiordland (24 January to 15 February, 2019)
• Riding in the Bay of Plenty and geothermal area (4-14 January, 2019)
• Canyoneering in the Blue Mountains (10-18 December, 2018)
• Hiking in the Hauraki Gulf Islands (2-8 December, 2018)
• Riding in Northland's West Coast (23-29 November, 2018)
• Riding in Northland's East Coast (7-22 November, 2018)
• Riding in Auckland and region (1-6 November, 2018)
