Q&A: where should i go in new zealand for 5-7 days holidays ?
Question by eagertoknow: where should i go in new zealand for 5-7 days holidays ?
i only have about 5-7 days to go to new zealand for holidays, i’ve never visited nz before. where should i go first ? auckland/christchurch/queenstown/other place ? what is the best thing to do in nz. any recommendation ? thanks !
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Answer by ▐▀▀♥▀▀▌ ♥Nicluva♥ ▐▄▄♥▄▄▌
5-7 days isn’t very long. You might want to stick to the North Island. The South Island is a more longer trip in it’s on and it’s akward to do both Islands in such a short time. But the South island would be a better place to focus on if you had lots of time. But you may not come back here again? But you’d wanna stick to one Island i reckon.
The milford sound would be the best thing, i remember reading it was ranked the top destination by trip advisor.
If you reckon you won’t have this opportinty again i would go to the South Island as it defently has the best scenary.
Fly into Christchurch. Spend like a day there doing atrractions probbaly mainly wildlife. I’m assuming you’re not here in summer so you won’t need to go up the mounts for that. You can head onto queenstown tyake your pick of some action and adventure activites then onto Milford sound, have a cruise of that, since you’re not here for long you can’t do the walking track of it. Head up to franz joesph check out the franz or joepsh glacier you can have a scenic flight or have a guided walk on them. Up to the top of the South island.. and you can do the Abel tasman walk or the Queen charlotte walk, take your pick, then head back down to Christchurch and on the way stop by Kaikoura for one of the best whale watching spots in the world.
Another idea is flying into Wellington, check out the musuem and then catch the ferry over to Piction, you could do the queen charlotte walk there, then head down to kaikoura, christchurch, queenstown.. etc like i mentioned above then from Franz, stop at greymouth and take the tranz scenic train (one of the best train journeys in the world) it’s quite scenic, and driving the South Island it’s self is scenic. I don’t think you’ll be making the most of it though as it’ll be quite rushed due to your time.
If you wanna opt for the North Island Fly into Wellington and check out the musuem. Have a 4 hours drive up to Rotorua/Taupo, there’s plenty of action and adventure options you can pick from, you can also check out the huka falls, the geothermals and have a maori culture experience, etc. Then head up to the waitomo caves and have a guided tour of them, then onto Auckland, where you can up the sky tower and walk along or jump off it, head out to the nearby islands to explore, etc.
The South island sounds more like the interesting option.
Maybe fly into Auckland spend a day there, next day go down to Rotorua stop by the waitomo caves along the way. Do some things there, the next day spend it at Rotorua and fly to Queenstown that night (pricey) then spend the next day there. (5thday) spend the day getting to and from milford and doing a cruise. The next check out the glaciers and the next morning then onto Greymouth and catch the train in the afternoon. Then the next day spend in Christchurch and do things there and fly our the next night. That’s quite rushed even with the 7 days and awkward.
Just some ideas that will cover the best things to do/places to see. Maybe one of them stands out more then the other options.
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Fly to wellington and have a couple of days there going to Te papa museum and up the cable car for views of the city and wander around the botanicl gardens up there . Then get the ferry to Picton . There is about 3 sailings a day and costs about $65 and takes 3 hours . it;’s a lovely trip then pick up a hire car drive to Nelson but drive via Queen Charlotte sounds once in nelson drive out through Motueka to Kaiterteri beach and The Able tasman national park it’s really beautiful there. then drive back to picton for the return ferry via Blenheim and the Vineyards.