Backpacking Around New Zealand

I studied abroad at the University of Otago, but the real study abroad experience was being on the South Island of New Zealand. We went on backpacking trips nearly every weekend. Each new place that I was lucky enough to visit, I thought for sure I was seeing the most beautiful place I have ever seen in my life... And then I would round the next bend on the tramp and I had the same thoughts again. If you relish in being outdoors and love the challenge of summiting a mountain or completing a Great Walk, then New Zealand is the place for you, because no where else are you able to get the incredible diversity you can find on one relatively small island. I could not have chosen a better place to study abroad, and I am so thankful for the opportunity that the University of Otago gave me.