Nourishing Nature Featured in Luxury Travel Magazine
Plant a native tree — a living contribution to long-term forest regeneration at the first native forest farm in New Zealand.
Reimagine luxury. Regenerate the land.
Regenerative travel is no longer a future trend — it’s happening now, just outside Auckland, where The Hotel Britomart and Velskov Forest Farm have created Nourishing Nature: a purpose-driven, immersive experience redefining what it means to travel well.
Featured in Luxury Travel Magazine, this unique day journey takes guests beyond the city and into the heart of Aotearoa’s native forests — not just to explore, but to give back.
Experience Regeneration, Firsthand
Hosted at Velskov, a regenerative native forest farm nestled in the Waitākere Ranges, Nourishing Nature offers something rare: a luxury travel experience grounded in biodiversity, learning, and hands-on action.
Guests are invited to:
Harvest native herbs and ingredients, learning how they’re used in contemporary cuisine
Taste the forest, with flavours 100% pure New Zealand
Plant a native tree — a living contribution to long-term forest regeneration
Connect with the land, the people, and the purpose behind rewilding efforts
The experience is crafted for curious, thoughtful travellers who want to align their travel footprint with their values.
Why It Matters
New Zealand has lost around 75% of its original native forests. Velskov is restoring the land — one tree, one harvest, one guest at a time — and demonstrating that forest food farming can be ecologically and economically sustainable.
As Clinton Farley, General Manager of The Hotel Britomart, puts it:
“The tourism industry has an important part to play in conservation and the impacts on local communities... Regenerative travel is an important space for us, and we see our partnership with Velskov as an opportunity to help our guests learn more about sustainability and give back in a small way to the communities they are visiting.”
