sriki
Level 2 Member
I am planning a end of the year trip to the Pacific Islands. After spending the new years's eve in Sydney, I (along with my wife) will be heading to NZ on Jan 1st. Tentative plan is to spend 10 days there (the first and last day would involve flying in and out). So, with only 8 full days in NZ, I am looking at everything that's available right now. Soon, I will have to tailor that list to the things we want to do. Just looking at our options in a hour created a big list with more to go through. We haven't decided whether we will fly into AKL and spend a couple of days in the North Island or not. The places/things I bookmarked to come visit to finalize are below but it's just a start. I am hoping that people who are more knowledgeable with NZ would chime in with their likes and advice. Any suggestions are most welcome.
NORTH (If flying into AKL):
Hamilton (base)
Waitomo
Rotorua
Taupo
SOUTH(if not coming from the North Island, we would probably fly into Queenstown. Will have to look at options for Christchurch too)
Lake Tekapo/Pukaki; Franz Josef/Fox glacier areas & Mt. Cook
Mt. Aspiring
Milford Sound
Continue driving along the south coast
I also came across this site for planning road trips but there is a lot of info to process and will take a while for me to go through it.
Meanwhile, any thoughts are welcome.
EDIT: I went through some road tripping options and put together an initial itinerary. What do you think?
NORTH (If flying into AKL):
Hamilton (base)
Waitomo
Rotorua
Taupo
SOUTH(if not coming from the North Island, we would probably fly into Queenstown. Will have to look at options for Christchurch too)
Lake Tekapo/Pukaki; Franz Josef/Fox glacier areas & Mt. Cook
Mt. Aspiring
Milford Sound
Continue driving along the south coast
I also came across this site for planning road trips but there is a lot of info to process and will take a while for me to go through it.
Code:
http://www.newzealand.com/us/trips-and-driving-itineraries/
EDIT: I went through some road tripping options and put together an initial itinerary. What do you think?
Code:
https://roadtrippers.com/map?utm_campaign=trip&utm_medium=share&utm_source=email&lat=-44.40632&lng=170.26062&z=7&a2=p!18,s!4,t!10016972
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