New Zealand’s third largest offshore island features less than 500 permanent residents many of whom reside in the small settlement of Oban. Your Stewart Island holiday should reflect that life here is simple with the pleasures of nature taking centre stage. Opportunities for guided walking trails are varied, there’s kayaking waters, fishing trips and cruises to Paterson Inlet. Much of the dining is found within hotels although there are few cafes and a supermarket on the island. But this is somewhere to escape from – and revel in the difference, where you can take more than a little breather and take in all of nature’s glory.