Sunday, March 9, 2014

Trip to North and South Islands, NZ

Planning a trip to New Zealand quite soon now.  So thought of being a bit proactive, and report the plan ahead of actually starting off to the journey.  Maybe this will help getting a bit of feedback, and fine tuning the plan a bit more.

The trip is planned from 17-27th of April, 2014. We have the Easter and Anzac Day breaks coming up, and combining just 3 days of vacation is actually giving us a bit of time to visit both the North and South islands together.  We will be having a good deal of road trip ahead of us, and it is only a stroke of luck that both of us drives the car.

Well, getting down to the plan now.  Here is the itinerary:
Apr 17: Fly to Auckland.
Apr 18: Drive to Rotorua.
                        - Lake Rotorua
                        - Visit Whakarewarewa: The Living Maori Village and famous Pohutu geyser
                        - Visit Ohinemutu : St Faiths Church
                        - Stay at Rotorua
Apr 19:
                        - Visit Wai-o-tapu Thermal Wonderland
                        - Drive to Taupo
                        - Visit Lake Taupo
                        - Stay at Taupo
Apr 20:
                        - Visit Mt Ngauruhoe(tentative plan)
                        - Visit Mt Ruapehu(tentative plan)
                        - Visit Mt. Victoria lookout
                        - Visit historic Wellington cable car
                        - Visit Cuba Street
                        - Stay at Wellington
Apr 21:
                        - Take the Interislander Ferry to Picton
                        - Drive to Hokitika and stay for the night
                        - Visit the Gold Room
Apr 22:
                        - Drive to Fox Glacier
                        - Drive to Queenstown
Apr 23:
                        - Visit Arrowtown
                        - Drive to Te Anau
Apr 24:
                        - Visit Milford Sound
                        - Visit Glow Worm caves
Apr 25:
                        - Visit Doubtful Sound
                        - Drive to Queenstown
Apr 25:
                        - Visit Cable car
                        - Visit Luge
Apr 27:
                        - Fly from QTN to Christchurch; Flyback to Sydney, AU


North Island route plan
South Island route plan

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