If you are planning your New Zealand holiday raises some difficult questions. I have often wondered who, like me the best, the North Island and South Island. This is a very difficult question of how life is able to see that it is not a tourist. Landscape, are very different and both beautiful.
However, if you have limited time for your holiday I would definitely recommend New Zealand as the South Island of your choice. Really do justice to the island in the south,You need 4-5 weeks. So you can enjoy the time to explore the many activities. You could do much more if you think some of the long walks, like the Milford Track, Heaphy Track, or go to some of the more remote areas. But generally, decisions must be made.
The Best of the South Iceland Independent Tour Route
Some people can customize and manage a holiday in New Zealand fell by two weeks, but his proposed route to reduce further, or have less time to completeareas. This route will take about 3 weeks, time to go.
The route I would suggest to you would be the best overall coverage of the South Island, from Christchurch, restart the only international airport. The semi-circular path, can of course also be driven in the opposite direction.
• Drive north to Kaikoura to see the whales, swim with dolphins and crabs big!
• Hanmer Springs will make a nice break for a refreshing dip in the hot thermalPools.
• Continue to Nelson. Take 2-3 days here to enjoy the beaches of losing - you Kaiteriteri beautiful golden beach, check out some wineries, arts and crafts, and foot, by kayak in Abel Tasman National Park.
• Blenheim, Marlborough, the center of wine - where we grow the most famous New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc.
• Nelson Lakes - are very scenic, with many days of trekking in the area.
• Go through Murchison on the West Coast.
• Karamea - onRive northern tip is when you have time - there will be doubling back.
• Greymouth - Shanty Town are children shiver with his gold mine town of replication.
• Punakaiki Pancake Rocks - are a unique attraction. The layered rocks are spectacular, with the weight seas and blowholes. Nikau forest is a sight unusual, so that a tropical feeling in the area.
• Hokitika - has blown glass, Greenstone sculpture, arts and crafts, and is located directly onBeach.
• Sanctuary for the Kotuku Whataroa - New Zealand great white - is a good lap in the season, look to New Zealand only white heron.
• beach Gillespie, 25 km north of Fox Glacier is a good beach walk to see the seals. There are about 1500 so it's a sight - and smell! But worth it! It is necessary to allow several hours.
• Fox Glacier
• Franz Josef Glacier - you want to spend at least a couple of days in the area of glaciers in order to have its owngood experience. You can do guided walks on the ice, flying over glaciers and enjoy the magnificent scenery.
• Haast Pass to Lake Wanaka, the arrest of a fine.
• From Wanaka you go over the Range A crown disk challenging but very suggestive, or around Lake Dunstan, Queenstown past
• Te Anau - From here you can to
• Milford Sound
• Doubtful Sounds - this is an excellent wildlife cruise
• Alternatively, you can get by --Queenstown and visit Milford Sound
• Queenstown - If you have only a very limited time for your vacation then New Zealand Queenstown is the place to himself. Were among the top 10 countries in the world for 2008, not allowing time for day trips - The Lord of the Rings tour, Arrowtown, try some extreme sports - bungee jumping, jet boat Shotover, 4WD, old gold mining towns , Skippers Canyon jet boat, heli, take the historic Earnslaw "BootWalter Peak sheep station in Lake Wakatipu .. The activities selected are fertile. Adventure is an important area, the scenery breathtaking. There is something for everyone in this beautiful part of the country.
• Options - Mount Cook, Twizel, when time is short, and then to Dunedin to Mount Cook.
• Twizel - once a city for construction workers the plant was built, has become an important center for those outdoor activities in the mountains in the non --Range.
• Queenstown to Dunedin. Go one day on the Otago Peninsula Albatross in Cologne and visit Larnach Castle. You can also penguins.
• Travel along the east coast of Moeraki Boulders Moeraki visit to the fish restaurant on the wharf on the way to
• Mt Cook - Aoraki or - the highest mountain in New Zealand. Attracts many mountaineers - but must be lived. Unfortunately, he caused many casualties. Trekking and outdoor activities may be waiting for you for a fewDay, if you're interested. In Christchurch
• Lake Tekapo - see the little stone church with the sheep dog monument overlooking Lake Tekapo in the middle of the country MacKenzie.
• Arrival in Christchurch.
This pathway could be proposed to be raised from the south road through Invercargill, if you have one or two weeks. But the road ahead of you an incredible landscape, activity packed holiday. You can also customize the integration of best in the North Island andBeginning of the shift to Nelson.