Hammock camping is picking up in New Zealand, and it’s not hard to see why. Photo: Matthew Cattin

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March 2019

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Hammock camping is on the increase in New Zealand, but how does it compare to tenting in the great outdoors?

More Princess and the Pea than Sleeping Beauty, I’m a bit of a softy when it comes to sleeping in the backcountry. Without a decent pillow and a thick sleeping mat, I might as well sleep on a bed of gorse for the amount of shut-eye I get, so, as idyllic as hammock camping sounded, […]
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