New Zealand 10 day road trip from Queenstown to Christchurch:- We created this post to share our New Zealand Itinerary, so that it would be useful for anyone planning their trip.
Day 1: Queenstown to Te Anau(172kms)
Reach Queenstown International airport
- Pick up your car from the airport (car rentals offer free shuttle)
- Travel to Te Anau and stay overnight – sleep properly to overcome jet lag
Day 2: Te Anau to Milford Sound and back (236 kms)
From Te Anau to Milford Sound with the following stops (in order)
- Eglinton Valley
- Mirror Lakes
- Homer Tunnel
- Monkey Creek
Day 3: Te Anau to Glow worm cave and Kepler Track
From Te Anau,
- Take a boat tour from Te Anau ferry point to reach Glow worm caves.
- Drive to Rainbow Reach, the starting point of Kepler track
- Drive further to Lake Manapouri and then back to Te Anau.
Day 4: Glenorchy
Drive from Te Anau to Isengard lookout with the following stops:
- Devil’s staircase
- Bennetts Bluff Lookout
- Glenorchy Wharf (The Red hut)
Day 5: Queenstown
- Kawarau Bridge
- Bob’s cove
- Queenstown Gondola
- Fergburger
Day 6: Queenstown to Haast Pass Drive
Queenstown -> Wanaka -> Haast Pass -> Wanaka
- Crown Range Lookout
- The Cardrona Hotel
- Lake Wanaka
- Lake Hawea Lookout
- Blue pools
- Fantail Falls
- Thunder Creek Falls
Day 7: Wanaka
- Glendhu Bay
- Treble Cone
- That Wanaka Tree
- Waterfall Creek Track
- Hawea Dam
Day 8: Wanaka to Twizel
Drive from Wanaka to Hooker valley track, Mt Cook and back to Twizel.
- Twizel
- Lake Pukaki
- Hooker Valley track
Day 9: Twizel to Christchurch
Drive from Twizel to Christchurch with the following stops
- Lake Pukaki (the other side)
- Mt.John’s Observatory
- Lake Tekapo
- Tekapo FootBridge
- Church of Good Shepherd
Day 10: Christchurch
- New Brighton Pier
- Sumner Beach
Places we didn’t visit but would have loved to visit:
- Fox Glacier
- Frans Josef Glacier
- Lake Marian Hike
- Rob Roy Glacier track
- Night stay at Lake Tekapo
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Long time supporter, and thought I’d drop a comment.
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asking what theme you’re using? (and don’t mind if I steal it?
:P)
I just launched my site –also built in wordpress like yours– but the theme slows (!) the site down quite a bit.
In case you have a minute, you can find it by searching for “royal cbd” on Google
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Keep up the good work– and hope you all take care of yourself during the
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Thanks Justin. I got this theme from WordPress: https://en-au.wordpress.org/themes/pictorico/, you can also try it 🙂 Good luck for your site and stay safe!
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