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u have pics of isthmus n rob roy?
Rob Roy
Lake Hawea from Isthmus Peak
u have pics of isthmus n rob roy?
quite good weather... hopefully when i do it it'll be fine too...Rob Roy
Lake Hawea from Isthmus Peak
i have been to cromwell instead of arrowtown is a good place to chill and lunch too...Hihi! Need help with my itinerary
I'm 4.5 months pregnant, so lots of activities I won't be doing but I'm okay with trails or long walk. Please let me know which are the area I need to extend our stay. We are renting campervan, picking from CHC, return also CHC.
Also I have a question, how to get to Mt Cook? The Heli ride will start from FJG?
Also any recommendation for farm visit and chillax places?
Day 1 - Arrive at 12.55pm.
Buy get the Spark (recommended, 1gb $24) or vodafone travel sim
(3gb - $49), (8GB - $88)
Pick up car at 1.30pm and drive to super market
4pm Drive from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo (3 to 4 hours drive)
Nice cafeteria - Geraldine (serve burgers)
8pm - Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo
Food recommendation - Pepe’s Pizza, Salmon Pasta and pizza (pizza might be too salty for sg)
Day 2 - Lake Tekapo to Arrowtown (3.5 hrs drive)
What to eat and do in Arrowtown
Day 3 - Arrowtown to Queentown (30mins)
Try FERGBURGER in Queenstown!
Day 4 -5pm leave Queentown to Te Anau (2 Hours via Te Anau)
Day 5 - 6.00 am leave Te Anau to Mildford sound (2 Hours)
Leave at 4pm Milford Sound to Te Anau (2hours)
Day 6 - Te Anau to Wanaka (4hours)
Day 7 - Wanaka (maybe can skip 1 day stay at wanaka as we won't be hiking.)
Day 8 - Wanaka to to Haast (2.5 hours) Rest a bit
Drive from Haast to FJG (2hours)
Day 9 - FJG
Day 10 FJG to Hokitika Gorge (3.5hrs)
Day 11 -
Day 12 - Hokitika Gorge to Arthur’s Pass (2.5hours)
Day 13 - Arthur’s pass to Christchurch (2 to 3 hours)
Return car at 4.30pm
Day 14 - Must reach airport at 0400am
Flight departure at 06.15
quite good weather... hopefully when i do it it'll be fine too...
wad camera u use?
i'll jus be using hp
Hihi! Need help with my itinerary
I'm 4.5 months pregnant, so lots of activities I won't be doing but I'm okay with trails or long walk. Please let me know which are the area I need to extend our stay. We are renting campervan, picking from CHC, return also CHC.
Also I have a question, how to get to Mt Cook? The Heli ride will start from FJG?
Also any recommendation for farm visit and chillax places?
Day 1 - Arrive at 12.55pm.
Buy get the Spark (recommended, 1gb $24) or vodafone travel sim
(3gb - $49), (8GB - $88)
Pick up car at 1.30pm and drive to super market
4pm Drive from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo (3 to 4 hours drive)
Nice cafeteria - Geraldine (serve burgers)
8pm - Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo
Food recommendation - Pepe’s Pizza, Salmon Pasta and pizza (pizza might be too salty for sg)
Day 2 - Lake Tekapo to Arrowtown (3.5 hrs drive)
What to eat and do in Arrowtown
Day 3 - Arrowtown to Queentown (30mins)
Try FERGBURGER in Queenstown!
Day 4 -5pm leave Queentown to Te Anau (2 Hours via Te Anau)
Day 5 - 6.00 am leave Te Anau to Mildford sound (2 Hours)
Leave at 4pm Milford Sound to Te Anau (2hours)
Day 6 - Te Anau to Wanaka (4hours)
Day 7 - Wanaka (maybe can skip 1 day stay at wanaka as we won't be hiking.)
Day 8 - Wanaka to to Haast (2.5 hours) Rest a bit
Drive from Haast to FJG (2hours)
Day 9 - FJG
Day 10 FJG to Hokitika Gorge (3.5hrs)
Day 11 -
Day 12 - Hokitika Gorge to Arthur’s Pass (2.5hours)
Day 13 - Arthur’s pass to Christchurch (2 to 3 hours)
Return car at 4.30pm
Day 14 - Must reach airport at 0400am
Flight departure at 06.15
Flight $2800 is for one pax..?Day 1, arrive Christchurch 0930, pick up car from apex (10 days rental @ 650 for a 2015 corolla, previously intended to rent from JUCY but saw quite abit of negative review, so went ahead with Apex) Drive to Warwicks farmstay and stay for 1 night
Day 2, drive to oamaru for 1 night Airbnb stay, penguin colony and café hopping etc
Day 3 , drive to Dunedin for 1 night Airbnb stay, penguin watch and moeraki boulders etc
Day 4, drive to Te Anau for 1 night stay at top 10 holiday park Te Anau, night trip to see glow-worm, next day half-day tour to milford sound
Day 5, drive to queenstown after milford sound
Day 6, queenstown to arrowhead, Wanaka, and nearby sites
Day 7, winter festival @ queenstown!!!
Day 8, drive to twizel for Airbnb stay, driving up to mount cook in the day
Day 9, Lake Tekapo for 1 night stay, relax in Airbnb which offers excellent star gazing apartment
Day 10, 1 night stay at Christchurch, relax
Day 11, morning flight back to SGP
total booking damage (flight 2800, car 650, accommodation 1271) 4721
Price ok ma? Reasonable?
Hihi! Need help with my itinerary
I'm 4.5 months pregnant, so lots of activities I won't be doing but I'm okay with trails or long walk. Please let me know which are the area I need to extend our stay. We are renting campervan, picking from CHC, return also CHC.
Also I have a question, how to get to Mt Cook? The Heli ride will start from FJG?
Also any recommendation for farm visit and chillax places?
Day 1 - Arrive at 12.55pm.
Buy get the Spark (recommended, 1gb $24) or vodafone travel sim
(3gb - $49), (8GB - $88)
Pick up car at 1.30pm and drive to super market
4pm Drive from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo (3 to 4 hours drive)
Nice cafeteria - Geraldine (serve burgers)
8pm - Lake Tekapo
Lake Tekapo
Food recommendation - Pepe’s Pizza, Salmon Pasta and pizza (pizza might be too salty for sg)
Day 2 - Lake Tekapo to Arrowtown (3.5 hrs drive)
What to eat and do in Arrowtown
Day 3 - Arrowtown to Queentown (30mins)
Try FERGBURGER in Queenstown!
Day 4 -5pm leave Queentown to Te Anau (2 Hours via Te Anau)
Day 5 - 6.00 am leave Te Anau to Mildford sound (2 Hours)
Leave at 4pm Milford Sound to Te Anau (2hours)
Day 6 - Te Anau to Wanaka (4hours)
Day 7 - Wanaka (maybe can skip 1 day stay at wanaka as we won't be hiking.)
Day 8 - Wanaka to to Haast (2.5 hours) Rest a bit
Drive from Haast to FJG (2hours)
Day 9 - FJG
Day 10 FJG to Hokitika Gorge (3.5hrs)
Day 11 -
Day 12 - Hokitika Gorge to Arthur’s Pass (2.5hours)
Day 13 - Arthur’s pass to Christchurch (2 to 3 hours)
Return car at 4.30pm
Day 14 - Must reach airport at 0400am
Flight departure at 06.15
Day 1, arrive Christchurch 0930, pick up car from apex (10 days rental @ 650 for a 2015 corolla, previously intended to rent from JUCY but saw quite abit of negative review, so went ahead with Apex) Drive to Warwicks farmstay and stay for 1 night
Day 2, drive to oamaru for 1 night Airbnb stay, penguin colony and café hopping etc
Day 3 , drive to Dunedin for 1 night Airbnb stay, penguin watch and moeraki boulders etc
Day 4, drive to Te Anau for 1 night stay at top 10 holiday park Te Anau, night trip to see glow-worm, next day half-day tour to milford sound
Day 5, drive to queenstown after milford sound
Day 6, queenstown to arrowhead, Wanaka, and nearby sites
Day 7, winter festival @ queenstown!!!
Day 8, drive to twizel for Airbnb stay, driving up to mount cook in the day
Day 9, Lake Tekapo for 1 night stay, relax in Airbnb which offers excellent star gazing apartment
Day 10, 1 night stay at Christchurch, relax
Day 11, morning flight back to SGP
total booking damage (flight 2800, car 650, accommodation 1271) 4721
Price ok ma? Reasonable?
Hi All,
I am planning a 14 days self-drive south island trip in June 11-25. Below is my itinerary so far. Appreciate your advice and suggestions.
Day 1 - Arrive at 9.30am. Pick up car and drive to Hokitika. Stay for the night
Day 2 - (Blank, any inputs for this pls?)
Day 3 - (Blank, any inputs for this pls?)
Day 4 - Drive to FJG
Day 5 - Drive to Wanaka via Haast
Day 6 - Wanaka
Day 7 - Wanaka - Arrowtown - Queenstown
Day 8 - Queenstown
Day 9 - Day Tour to Milford Sound
Day 10 - QT to Lake Tekapo
Day 11 - Lake Tekapo / Mt John
Day 12 - Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
Day 13 - Day tour to Kaikoura
Day 14 - Back to SG
Hoping to catch the Southern Light at Lake Tekapo, so according to the moon phase, I should be at Lake Tekapo from Day 10 onwards.
I have 2 empty days at the beginning of the trip. Can anyone give me suggestion where should I go?
Also, is it recommended to drive a SUV in June? Or a sedan car is good enough.
Thanks in advance for your feedbacks!
Anyone can recommend a good car rental company?
Hi guys,
i will be going New Zealand during early september for my honey moon trip. I will be staying there for about 13days and I need some feedback on my itinerary. My main focus is see the nature scenary and also some activity such as heliride, sky diving, milford sound cruise trip and bungie jump if budget allows..
Day 1:
Arrived at Christ church, drive to Hokitaka passing Castlehill and Arthur pass
Day 2:
Fox Glacier for heliride and also sight seeing
Day3:
Proceed south to wanaka(should i spend a day here or should i just proceed to Queenstown straight?) visit blue pools walk along the way
Day4:
Proceed to arrowtown before arriving at queenstown
Day5:
Te Nau tour and milford sound cruise, i wanna signed up a 12 hour tour for this( or should i drive down to te nau and drive my own way down for the cruise heard that the road here quite dangerous any advice?)
Day6:
last stay at queenstown would like to do skydiving here
Day7&8:
Drive to mt cook from queenstown and stay here for 2 night
Day9&10:
drive to lake tekapo and chill here for 2 night
day: 11 & 12 ???? dont know where to go already =(
Day 13 spend my last day exploring Christchurch and prepare for department back to sg
hope all the senior here can help haha sorry for my long post TYIA