Oct 19, 2018

Routes for New Zealand

First day
  • Reach New Zealand
  • Collect Car
  • Sleep
  • Buy daily foods

Second Day
Christchurch ▶ Lake Tekapo
  • Map - 3 hours 2 minutes
  • Explore the scenic surroundings by bike, horse, kayak or using your legs!
  • Take a token picture of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
  • See the stars from the world’s largest Dark Sky Reserve.
  • Relax in the hot pools looking out to the lake.
  • Hike Mt John.
Third Day
Lake Tekapo ▶ Aoraki / Mount Cook
Aoraki / Mount Cook ▶ Twizel
  • Map - 48 minutes
  • Guided Kaki/ Black Stilt Tour at Visitor Hide
    • Address: Twizel Area Office, Twizel 7944, New Zealand
    • Days Open : from end-October to mid-April only
    • Timings : 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
    • Fee: USD 20 per adult (27.53 NZD) and USD 10 (13.76 NZD) per first child (with all others free)
    • Bookings at: Twizel Information Centre, Marketplace (info@twizel.info or call +64 3 4353 124)
    • Bookings at : Mackenzie Country Inn, Ostler Road (reservations@mackenzie.co.nz or call 0800 500 869)

  • Lord of the Rings Tour

Fouth Day
Twizel ▶ Oamaru



Oamaru ▶ Dunedin

Fifth Day
Dunedin ▶ Nugget Point


Nugget Point Edendale

  • Map - 1 hr 36 minutes

Edendale ▶ Invercargill

  • Map - 27 minutes

Invercargill ▶ Bluff

  • Map - 22 minutes

Sixth Day
Bluff ▶ Teanau

  • Map - 2 hr 14minutes

Teanau ▶ Milford Sound

  • Map - 1 hr 43 minutes
Seventh Day

Milford Sound ▶ Queenstown

  • Map - 3hr 41 minutes

Eighth Day
Queenstown ▶ Wanaka

  • Map - 1 hr 4 minutes

Wanaka ▶ Haast

  • Map - 1 hr 47 minutes

Nineth Day
Haast ▶ Fox Glacier

  • Map - 1 hr 26 minutes

Fox Glacier ▶ Franz Josef Glacier

  • Map - 26 minutes

Tenth Day
Franz Josef Glacier ▶ Hokitika

  • Map - 2 hr 40 minutes

Hokitika ▶ Greymouth

  • Map - 32 minutes

Eleventh Day
Greymouth ▶ Arthur's Pass

  • Map - 2 hr 23 minutes

Twelve Day
Arthur's Pass ▶ Kaikoura


Thirteen & Fourteen Day
Kaikoura ▶ Christchurch

  • Map - 3hr 53minutes

Oct 2, 2018

21. Kaikoura TO Christchurch International Airport


Kaikoura

New Zealand
Head northwest on W End toward SH 1
38 s (210 m)


Follow SH 1 to Harewood Rd in Harewood, Christchurch
2 h 21 min (177 km)



Take Orchard Rd to Durey Rd in Christchurch Airport
3 min (1.9 km)

Christchurch International Airport

30 Durey Rd, Christchurch Airport, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand

20. Arthur's Pass TO Kaikoura


Arthur's Pass

7875, New Zealand


Take SH 73 to W Belt in Rangiora
1 h 48 min (143 km)



Take Inland Scenic Hwy to SH 1 in Amberley
23 min (26.2 km)

Turn left onto SH 1
1 h 49 min (134 km)
Turn right onto W End
36 s (210 m)

Kaikoura

New Zealand