New Zealand Self Drive Tours

We have lots of ground to cowl so we determined to open-jaw our trip for the sake of time optimization – we flew into Queenstown and flew out of Christchurch. That means, we won’t should drive again to Queenstown on the finish of the journey. Meaning, you can select to fly to Christchurch and flying out of Queenstown, it actually makes no difference!

• About 50 minutes south of Fox Glacier is Lake Paringa, an attractive stop for lunch and a place I might see being crammed with boats, fishers and other water-dwellers in the summertime.
• If you intend to spend more time right here do check out the advice by AATravel here.
• We had forward of us a 4-hour drive to Queenstown, broken up by a 5-hour hike in Wanaka.
• Get an early begin for this drive as you can easily cross the entire day exploring the numerous points of interest alongside the Southern Scenic Route.

This is considered one of the most various and fascinating nationwide parks in New Zealand. The space is dominated by Mt. Aspiring and its fascinating glacial wilderness. Surrounded by unwooded, grass-covered mountains, the place is a New Zealanders holiday house. In summer season, hundreds of people romp across the lake; however, in contrast to Queenstown, Wanaka is otherwise much more peaceable.

The Dunedin Leisure Lodge is a 4-star lodge in landscaped grounds overlooking Dunedin’s Botanic Gardens, and a short journey to the ‘Octagon’ on the centre of the town. This single-story lodge has excellent flat, simple parking, restaurant and bar. Many of the resort rooms circulate out from a patio onto the gardens, providing a very quiet and peaceable environment. Designed for consolation and house, rooms are filled with all the fashionable conveniences you would expect – Sky TV, mini-fridge, non-public en-suite rest room with high quality towels and toiletries. Dating back to 1871, the citadel is perched excessive up on the peninsula with spectacular sea views and nestled amongst 35 acres of award-winning gardens.

In the night we recommend a go to to a Maori village with participation in a marae . Here you will be greeted with problem on the gate of the Marae after which expertise Maori rituals. After the concert in the Meeting House, you are invited to the “Hangi”, an earth oven meal with food cooked on glowing stones. Continue and move the Kawarau Gorge boasting the world’s first commercial Bungy Jump .

Guided Excursions »

At one point the path splits up and branches off right into a shorter however steeper route, and a longer however extra level one. The complete size of the trail is between 1.7lm and a couple of.5km relying on which routes you’re taking. We did the Queenstown Hill hike, a trail that takes you to a different viewpoint over Queenstown.