What is a good length of time to go to New Zealand for? ?

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Rubix Cube

I would spend 3 weeks there, 2 will not be enough!

Although New Zealand is a small country, there is so much to do!

I would spent about 11 days on the North Island and 10 on the South Island.

I have actually never been to the South Island but I hear it's really nice :)

I'll give you some things to do on the North Island to start with.

1. If your going in summer, you have to visit the bay of islands which is located above Auckland. It has some really really nice beaches and you can go swimming with dolphins!

http://www.bay-of-islands.co.nz/

2. Auckland, nz's largest city! This city is surrownded by water! NICE.

- Go to the Auckland museum

- Go to MOTAT (kind of like a museum but more interesting)

- Visit the many volcanos that surrownd Auckland

- If you're going in summer get down to the beach! The best beaches are Mission Bay, Takapuna Beach and Piha.

- If you have kids, go to Rainbow's End (a theme park).

- Go out to dinner at the many award-winning restaurants around the city.

- Go shopping at the many shopping centres located around Auckland.

- You MUST go to the Auckland skytower. It's really cool and you can do like a bunjy jump of it!

- Do a bunjy jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge

- Go to the Auckland botanic gardens

- Get out on the harbour and do some boating!

http://www.aucklandnz.com/

Next on the list in NZ is Rotorua. I loved this town! Heaps to see and do.

1. You have to go to the bubbling mud pools and do all the volcanic things.
2. Do the Luge! I LOVED THIS YOU HAVE TO DO IT!. It's kind of like a hill powered go-cart that ride down a hill.
3. Experiance Maori culture and go to a maori village.
4. The zorb (http://www.zorb.com/

http://www.rotoruanz.com/

Go to Taupo and check out the massive lake that is there. It's beautiful. There are snow capped mountains in the background!

The Hawkes Bay region is great if you're into wine and cheese etc.

Great vineyards. Check out Napier, it's a really nice city.

http://www.napier.govt.nz/

If you go in winter, go skiing on Mount Ruaphehu, a volcao!

You also must visit Wellington (although you really have no choice in order to get to the south island! mwaaa you thought you could escape Wellington, you thought wrong!)

1. Go to Te Papa museum, that's really neat

2. Go and grab a coffe on Oriental Bay. I just went there 2 weeks ago and it was really nice! Heaps of people out walking and cycling along the water on 4 wheel bikes haha.

3. Go to Mount Victoria lookout and get some good shots (with a camera, not a gun!).

On the South Island, go to Christchurch.

My step brother just returned from there and they went to the Antartica Centre which they said was really cool.

http://www.christchurch.org.nz/

Go skiing in Queenstown in winter or if its summer go to Queenstown anyway.

It has a luge like in Rotorua and the shotover jetboat.

http://www.shotoverjet.com/

In Dunedin, go to the Cadbury Chocolate factory.

So yeah, 3 weeks should be long enough, you should have a great time!

Thanks very much for the question, hope I've helped :)

Email me if you have anymore questions.

samdawsoniow

I would spend longer on the South Island, so one week on the North Island and 2 weeks on the South Island, although there is so much to do you won't be able to do everything available. Highlights I would recommend are a visit to Aoraki Mount Cook, Dunedin, Roturua, Paihia and Wellington but there is so much more!

masav

there is never enought time there is so much to do in NZ the south island is much more exciting than the north

nanren888

Depends what you like. I know cliche, but true.

When?
If you are planning to spend a week skiing at Ruepehu or Cardrona, then the rest of the time will go past quickly.

We took my niece to Queenstown for a week skiing & that seemed about right.
Depends really whether you want to spend another week walking hiking tracks, or whether you prefer the overland through-the-mountains train & a more leisurely sightseeing.

If you are into fjords, then sometimes access to Doubtful sound or Milford can be a little weather dependent, so a extra day up your sleeve can be useful.

Hanmer springs hot springs? Kaikoura seafood?

If you like flat English-like cities, Christchurch can be fun for a few days.

Glaciers on the west coast.

If more than two of these appeal, & you are driving, then maybe two weeks in the south island is about right.

North Island: Is it city shopping or bay of islands sailing?

Actually, I found the easiest way to sort these out was to check on the bus tour sites, note the places they went & work out times from that.

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