Scenery is the order of the day here - huge panoramas of ocean or mountains, great sweeps of pastureland and massive amounts of sky. South Island is home to New Zealand's highest point, the spectacular Aoraki Mount Cook (Aoraki is Maori for Cloud Piercer) and also its lowest - the submarine trenches off the coast of Kaikoura provide an ideal environment for the whales, dolphins and seals there.