Heritage Expeditions makes Travel Bible Conde Nast Traveler’s ‘The 25 Best Places to Go in 2025’ list
Heritage Expeditions and its Subantarctic Islands voyages have made influential Travel Bible Conde Nast Traveler’s “The 25 Best Places to Go in 2025” list.
The definitive roll call of the world’s must visit-destinations in 2025 includes New Zealand’s Subantarctic Antipodes, Bounty, Auckland, Snares, and Campbell Islands, as well as Australia’s Macquarie Island, alongside Heritage Expeditions and its signature Subantarctic Island voyage Birding Down Under which visits all of the UNESCO World Heritage listed islands, as well as the Chatham Islands and its outlying islands.
The New Zealand family-owned and operated cruise company’s Commercial Director and Expedition leader, Aaron Russ, said it was an honour to make the highly regarded publication’s iconic list and a wonderful recognition of the remote, rarely visited islands and their significance on the world stage.
“Heritage Expeditions pioneered responsible expedition cruising to these wild and remote wildlife havens more than 35 years ago and our family has been championing for their protection and conservation for more than 50 years,” Russ said.
Both he and his father, Rodney, Heritage Expedition’s co-founder, have carried out research and conservation work on the islands, deepening both the family and the company’s connection with the islands.
“Coincidently, in 2025, we’ll be celebrating the 50-year anniversary of my father rediscovering the previously-thought extinct Campbell Island Teal,” he added.
Aaron welcomed the increased awareness and importance of the little-known islands the accolades would bring.
“To me, these islands comprise one of the last truly remote wilderness regions on the planet,” Aaron Russ said. “I think of them as part of New Zealand’s iconic landscape. Seemingly inhospitable, they host an incredible diversity of flora and fauna and are as unique and special to New Zealand as the Outback is to Australia, and the Grand Canyon is to the USA.”
Conde Nast Traveler’s editors described the 2025 list as the result of an “insatiable desire to go everywhere, see everything, and be dazzled by the world’s rich and varied contours”.
Birding Down Under – 17 days
This voyage is not only for birders as it also offers the ultimate Subantarctic adventure. Guests will visit all of New Zealand and Australia’s Subantarctic Islands, the Chatham Islands, and its remote outlying islands. They will also discover the “Albatross Latitudes” and explore the world’s most remote Subantarctic islands.
Galapagos of the Southern Ocean – 12 days
An exploration of Macquarie Island as well as Campbell, Auckland Islands, and the Snares. The journey takes guests to see wildlife such as penguins, petrels, Elephant Seals, and more.
Beyond Fiordland: New Zealand’s Wildest Islands – 12 days
The ultimate Kiwi adventure takes guests to explore New Zealand’s Subantarctic Auckland, Snares, and Campbell Islands, the untamed wilderness of Fiordland’s world-famous ice-carved mountains, forests and fiords, encounter threatened native species flourishing on Ulva Island and explore the wilds of Stewart Island.
Forgotten Islands of the South Pacific – 8 days
Travellers can discover the wildlife rich and remote UNESCO World Heritage Sites of New Zealand’s wild and remote Subantarctic islands.
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