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 Traveller's Tales: Getting around in New Zealand
Know the most popular landmarks in New Zealand. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our
Auckland city guide,
Bay of Islands city guide,
Dunedin city guide,
Queenstown city guide,
and Wellington city guide.
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| R Schulze |
05 March 2004 |
Stayed at Christchurch YMCA - Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Downtown Christchurch ranks among the most interesting of New Zealand areas. It is very English (more English than England as they say), clean, friendly, and with good food and reasonable prices. If you stay at the Y, then foot travel is all you need.
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| D Jackson |
25 September 2003 |
Stayed at Christchurch YMCA - Christchurch, New Zealand.
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TransAlpine Express from Christchurch to Greymouth was wonderful, also a day's trip by small bus to the glaciers, except it cost $180 per person and we had to buy our own lunch. If we'd known the road to the glaciers wasn't covered with snow, we'd have hired a car cheaper and driven ourselves. We hired a car from ABC(A Better Car) Rentals, 31 Moorhouse Ave, Christchurch for only $35 per day for a Toyota Tercel which managed the trip to Dunedin and return with no problems. They picked us up from the Hotel to take us to get the car and drove us back when we returned the car 6 days later.
The Antarctic Centre right next to Christchurch airport is a definite place to see - the section where you experience the cold Antarctic winds only opened a month ago. We were speaking to a lady who was going to the real Antarctic for the 4th time and she said the centre is a very good replica of what it's really like, so you can't get a better recommendation than that!
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| F De scally |
11 July 2003 |
Stayed at Copthorne Hotel Anzac Avenue - Auckland, New Zealand.
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Auckland is a great city to visit, with countless sights and attractions. Like all of New Zealand, the city had made a real effort for tourists, so that most attractions are easy to get to and worth the admission. The only big downside about Auckland is its traffic - if you're a beginner to left-hand driving, Auckland's nightmarish streets and freeways are not the places to learn! Consider renting a car at the airport instead of driving around Central Auckland so that you can escape easier.
I walked to most places in Central Auckland, as they are generally quite close together, including Parnell and the Auckland Museum in the Domain. Ponsonby for late night dining or partying is a short cab ride away from the centre. Devonport on the north shore, well worth a visit, can be reached by a short ferry ride from Quay Street. As for driving a car in Auckland, see the warning above. You're probably better off using the local transit or taking an organised tour to more far-flung sights.
Two of my favourite sights in Auckland, both free, are the Saturday market in the suburb of Otara and Karangahape Road. Both will give you a fascinating insight into the Polynesian influence in Auckland.
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| I Tan |
01 July 2003 |
Stayed at Langham Hotel, Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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We took a tour to Rotoroa, viewed the mud pool, sheep farming, etc. Interesting trip though a little bit tired (12 hours, one day trip).
We flew to Christchurch and went for an Akaroa tour, saw the smallest penguins. Cold out there. We saw the beautiful mountains covered by white snow. All in all, a beautiful country.
The taxi in Auckland is really charging a rather high fare. The jumping meter really scared me, partly because of the traffic jam, it took us about 20 minutes (NZD$12) from Qantas Office at Queen's Street to Sheraton (walking distance could be 10 minutes). That was the only time we took a taxi. The bus service to Botanic Down Centre was excellent. We got to view the city.
In conclusion, a good trip to NZ.
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| K Newland |
15 June 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Capital, Wellington - Wellington, New Zealand.
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The Angkor restaurant on Dixon street is awesome, would recommend dining there (Cambodian cuisine).
The Novotel is in a good location to the main shopping area Lambton Quay and Willis St and an easy 10-15 min walk to the restaurants and night clubs, taxi's are reasonably priced and are easy enough to get. The Westpac Trust sports stadium is also within easy walking distance as is Parliament.
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| W Quaye |
10 May 2003 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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A most delightful city with so much to do and see but I had very little time in doing it. City and country is vast. This can cause problems if one is not aware of the time taken to travel from one place to another.
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| S Ouellet |
08 April 2003 |
Stayed at Carlton Hotel Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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The airbus was great to travel between the city and the airport. A sailing trip is a must. I did mine with Pride of Auckland. The area looks lovely even from the sea.
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| N Tait |
07 April 2003 |
Stayed at Rydges Christchurch - Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Very central location for strolling around Christchurch.
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| M Jenkins |
28 February 2003 |
Stayed at Kiwi International Queen Street Hotel and Hostel - Auckland, New Zealand.
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I booked my flight from Auckland to Wellington while I was in Auckland. There were cheap flights on offer in the newspaper. It was cheaper than going by train as I had first planned to do.
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| M Lahti |
14 February 2003 |
Stayed at Heritage Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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Auckland is a beautiful city. We were able to walk to just about everyting. We rented a car one day and drove around the peninsula - beautiful!!
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