Road trip · 11 days · by car

New Zealand, South Island

Christchurch, Mount Cook, Queenstown, Fiordland, Wanaka and the glaciers: the South Island loop.

The route, stop by stop

1. 1Christchurch · 1 night
   The rebuilt city, the van or the car
2. 2Lac Tekapo · 2 nights
   The turquoise lake, the dark sky and Hooker Valley at Mount Cook
3. 3Queenstown · 3 nights
   The bungy, the Skyline and Glenorchy
4. 4Te Anau · 2 nights
   Milford Sound by boat, the Kepler Track
5. 5Wanaka · 1 night
   Roys Peak and the lake tree
6. 6Franz Josef · 1 night
   The glaciers and the West Coast
7. 7Christchurch · 1 night
   Back over Arthur's Pass

When to go

Best months: January, February, March, November and December.

Photo: Plain Sunset (20143201911).jpg : koennz derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.