Fun New Zealand Travel

Jan
8

Fun New Zealand Travel Writing Plan for 2011

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Te Papa MuseumThe content for FunNewZealandTravel.com will be featuring a region monthly. This proposed plan is subjected to changes if necessary.

January

~ Overview with NZ map

~ Highlight of top attractions in 8 different areas

~ To-Note list

February

~ Milford Sound – by foot, coach, cruise and flight

~ Te Anau

~ Queenstown – extreme sports

Franz Josef GlacierMarch

~ Franz Josef glacier (and Fox Glacier)

~ Transalpine train ride and Southern Alps

~ Tasman Bay / Marlborough Sound

April

~ Dunedin – steepest road, Cadbury Chocolate factory

~ Mount Cook – Hooker Valley and Kea Point track

~ Otago Peninsula – Larnach’s Castle and wildlife

May

~ Christchurch – International Antarctic Centre (and/or downtown)

~ Kaikoura whale watching

~ Hamner Springs

Christchurch city (day)June

~ Transport – coach, plane, cruise (Wellington to Picton)

~ Food – cheap (supermarket), moderate (café), expensive (restaurants), Halal, vegetarians

~ Lodging – backpackers, motel, hotels

July

~ Mount Ruapehu – Whakapapa ski field (and others)

~ Things to take note during winter

~ Might insert small section on important websites / language / culture

August

~ Rotorua – Hell’s gates, luge, Maori village

~ Hamilton – gardens, Matamata / countryside

~ Hawkes Bay – Napier / Gisborne

Lake TaupoSeptember

~ Waitomo Caves – easy walk, adventure, black water rafting

~ Taupo – lake, extreme sport

~ Tongariro Crossing / Dessert Road stretch

October

~ Auckland – Skytower, nature walks

~ Northland – Cape Reinga, 90-mile beach

~ Bay of Island / Waitangi

November

~ Wellington – Te Papa, Lord of the Rings sites

~ Manawatu – Te Apiti Windfarm and Maize Maze

~ Trans-Scenic

December

~ Brief itinerary of North and South Island with NZ map

~ Checklist


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