From the initial thought of going to NZ to planning, here is the itinerary as we go along
1. Actually, the 1st version belong to New Zealand official website. We decided to follow Billy Connolly Route
2 Our finalized itineary (after 3 meeting and various e-mails).
| Date |
Day |
City |
Place of interests |
| 01-04-05 |
Fri |
Christchurch |
Arrive airport |
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Pick up car + check in |
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walk around town |
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Gondola (10.00am - late) |
| 02-04-05 |
Sat |
Christchurch |
Drive to Lake Tekapo |
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Lake Tekapo |
Lunch |
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Lake Tekapo |
to mt cook |
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Mt Cook, Aoraki |
Boating (by GLACIER EXPLORERS), kayaking (by GLACIER SEA-KAYAKING) |
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Tracking |
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Star Gazing |
| 03-04-05 |
Sun |
Mt Cook, Aoraki |
to twizel, omarama, oamaru, dunedin |
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Dunedin |
Architecture, Baldwin Street, Larnach Castle, Otago Peninsula, Cadbury World factory tour |
| 04-04-05 |
Mon |
Dunedin |
to invercagill via owaka, catlin |
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Bluff |
oyster, bluff hill, Greenpoint Walking tracks, Stirling Point, Morrisons Beach |
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Invercagill |
walking |
| 05-04-05 |
Tue |
Invercagill |
to milford sound via te anau |
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Milford Sound |
milford sound cruise (+ Underwater Observatory) |
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walking |
| 06-04-05 |
Wed |
Milford Sound |
to te anau |
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te anau |
WILDLIFE centre |
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te anau |
to queenstown |
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Queenstown |
Kawarau Bridge, Kawarau Bungy Centre |
| 07-04-05 |
Thu |
Queenstown |
Paradise Found – Lord of the Ring |
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Kiwi & Birdlife Park / Arrowtown |
| 08-04-05 |
Fri |
Queenstown |
to wanaka |
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puzzling world |
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Wanaka |
to fox glacier / frenz josef via haast |
| 09-04-05 |
Sat |
glacier |
treking |
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glacier |
to greymouth via hokitika |
| 10-04-05 |
Sun |
Greymouth |
Shantytown |
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Greymouth |
to arthur's pass |
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arthur's pass |
treking |
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arthur's pass |
to christchurch |
| 11-04-05 |
Mon |
Christchurch |
International Antarctic Centre (9:00am - 5:30pm) |
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Christchurch |
to kaikoura |
| 12-04-05 |
Tue |
Kaikoura |
whale watch |
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Kaikoura |
to picton via blenheim |
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Picton |
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| 13-04-05 |
Wed |
Picton |
Ferry to Wellington |
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Wellington |
city tour |
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Wellington |
to national park via wanganui |
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to taupo |
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Huka Fall's Jet |
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Volcanic Activity Centre |
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taupo |
to rotorua |
| 14-04-05 |
Thu |
Rotorua |
Waiotapu thermal area |
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Waimangu Volcanic Valley - Waimangu Explorer |
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Whakarewarewa Village Tours + The New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute (8:00am - 5:00pm), Cultural show & dinner:5:15pm - 8:15pm |
| 15-04-05 |
Fri |
Rotorua |
Paradise Valley Springs (8.00am - 6.00pm) |
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AGRODOME SHEEP SHOW & Farm Tour (Fantastic Shows Daily 9.30am 11.00am 2.30pm) |
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The Buried Village (9.00 - 4.30pm) |
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Skyline Skyrides + Luge ride |
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Polynesia Spa, Tamaki Maori Village, The Realm of Tane, The Blue Baths |
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Waimangu Volcanic Valley - Waimangu Wanderer, Hell’s Gate, Mokoia - The Sacred Island* |
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Wairakei Terraces - Terraces Walkway & Geothermal Tour, Craters of the Moon* |
| 17-04-05 |
Sun |
Rotorua |
to matamata |
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Hobbiton tours |
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to Waitomo caves |
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Waitomo Glowworm Caves |
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to auckland |
| 18-04-05 |
Mon |
Auckland |
to Kaitaia via dargaville |
| 19-04-05 |
Tue |
Kaitaia |
Ninety Mile Beach, Cape Reinga, |
| 20-04-05 |
Wed |
Kaitaia |
Gum digger |
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to auckland via paihia |
| 21-04-05 |
Thu |
Auckland |
Sky Tower |
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Harbour Bridge Experience |
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Auckland Museum, Auckland Zoo, Howick Historical Village |
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Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World |
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Mt Eden |
| 22-04-05 |
Fri |
Auckland |
Fly home |
* if time permit.
