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 New Zealand travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in New Zealand.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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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| L Luin |
01 October 2004 |
Stayed at Christchurch YMCA - Christchurch, New Zealand.
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This was my second stay in Christchurch so I spent most of the time for a side trip to Dunedin. Joined local tours to see the Castle and widelifes and it definitely worth the money hiring the guides instead of going on your own. The tour guides were very knowledgeable and professional. Visited the Cadbury Chocolate Factory as well and like the ambience a lot.
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| B Aston |
16 September 2004 |
Stayed at Scenic Circle Airedale Hotel - Auckland, New Zealand.
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Excellent location close to the Aotea Centre (3 mins walk) Town Hall (directly across the road) Sky Tower (5 minutes walk) and a whole range of good restaurants. About a 15 to 20 minute walk down Queen Street to the Viaduct Waterfront complex and the harbour ferries.
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| A Freyne |
20 April 2004 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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We ate in a restaurant called Dolce Vitae, 10 minute walk from Hotel - lovely Italian Restaurant - good food and wine. We took the Harbour Cruise - good way to see the City.
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| W Purnell |
18 March 2004 |
Stayed at Scenic Circle A-Line Hotel - Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Queenstown is all about adventure. Hiking, Bungee jumping, sky diving, jet boats in the canyons, cruises, etc.... Great place for the adrenaline junkie! No visit to Queenstown is complete without a trip to the Kurawru River bridge. I did the bungee from there even though I'm terrified of heights. It is just one of those things I had to do! Am I sorry I did it?? Never! Will I do it again? Not likely! Also, take a day and at least hop on a coach and take the cruise on Milford sound. That trip is well worth it and VERY beautiful. The next time I visit Queenstown, I'll do more of the hikes and try to plan in advance to do the big hike to Milford!
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| W Purnell |
08 March 2004 |
Stayed at Carlton Hotel Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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Food
Tony’s Steakhouse has good food. We would eat there again. Lots of food for the money and excellent management! New wait staff person brought dish with beans though we asked for No Beans. Dish was removed, a new one brought immediately and no charge for the new one. Only downside.... No cocktails.
Power
If you are traveling New Zealand from the US or Japan, you need a convertor for the power plugs. Borrow one from the hotel or purchase it in Auckland on Queen street near one of the Backpacker places. They're on $2.50 NZD there. They're $15-40 elsewhere in New Zealand and Australia!
Things to do
We just used Auckland as a starting point. I suppose there are things to see in just Auckland. The SkyTower is the highest point in the Southern Hemisphere. They have a tethered climb to the top of it you can do. A.J. Hackett has a bungy site on the Auckland Bridge. We drove up to the Bay of Islands area. Make sure you go early. From there you can swim with dolphins, whale watch, fishing, cruises, parasailing, etc. Cool place! Go early or stay overnight!
Driving
Just need a driver's license from somewhere! We have Japan and U.S. driver's licenses and either would have worked. The driving is on the left and roads are narrow and winding with high speed limits compared to Japan. 100 km/h on most roads. Still it takes forever to get anywhere in the North; not so much on the south island.
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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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| T Cullen |
25 February 2004 |
Stayed at Christchurch YMCA - Christchurch, New Zealand.
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We walked round Christchurch for the most part, taking the bus to go to the gondola. Enjoyed visiting the Cathedral for "evensong" one night. Had an excellent buffet dinner at "The Cabbage Tree".
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| L Stockard |
24 December 2003 |
Stayed at Lake Plaza Rotorua - Rotorua, New Zealand.
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The hotel was a minute's walk into a great restaurant/shopping district. There were numerous cafes and restaurants with reasonable prices and great food, and lots of souvenir shops. If you have a car there are numerous spots to travel to on your own for day trips, including the Waitomo Caves. There were also lots of agencies available to contract tours through, and the hotel was also a great source of information. The Polynesian Spa was the best-pools of various temperatures to soak in that are right on the lake, and wonderful massages. Great place. I'd stay there again!
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| S Hurst |
11 December 2003 |
Stayed at Sherwood Manor - Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Don't stay too long in Queenstown, it's not a good reflection on NZ, very expensive, even the locals don't shop there, Wanaka is just down the road and a lot nicer. If you like empty beaches Able Tasmin is the place to go, Coromandel in the North is also very beautiful with excelent beaches. If you want to find out the history of NZ Rotorua is the place.
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| L Zaragoza |
10 December 2003 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand.
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It pays to check the internet for tours. A friend got his tour finalized before he arrived Auckland and he got the tour for half the price I paid for. I booked mine in the hotel desk. Although the tour was indeed enjoyable and interesting also professional. I sure wish I MADE my investigations in the internet. I suggest asia-hotels.com could hook up with tour operators so we can book tours thru you as well.
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