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7 destinations
Destinations
The tourist regions in New Zealand, each with its towns: things to do, when to go and how to get there.
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New Zealand travel guide: Your trip to New Zealand starts here.
Routes, destinations and cities in New Zealand, with things to do, when to go and how to get there.
7 destinations 6 regions 17 cities
Across Cidade Turismo: 44 countries · 78 routes · 585 destinations · 1,549 cities
In the photo: Milford Sound — Fiordland
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The guide
New Zealand, two islands in the South Pacific
On the North Island: the Bay of Islands, Auckland, Rotorua and Tongariro National Park; on the South Island: the Fiordland fjords, Queenstown, the West Coast glaciers and Aoraki/Mount Cook. Each destination shows what to do, the best time to go and how to get there.
The guide has three ways in, so you can start wherever you like: routes, which link towns along one journey; destinations, which are the tourist regions; and the regions, with the main cities in each one.
The texts are written from official tourism sources, such as national and regional tourism offices, national parks and city halls, and new cities and routes keep being added to the guide.
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17 cities in 6 regions
Regions and cities
The guide by region: each one with its destinations, cities and routes, and each city with its attractions.
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The destinations in New Zealand
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Boundaries: Stats NZ / geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0). Adapted by Cidade Turismo.
Where to start
Cities to discover today
Six cities from the guide, changing every day.
West Coast · West Coast and the Glaciers
Punakaiki
Punakaiki is a village of under one hundred residents on Highway 6, between Greymouth and Westport, on the edge of Paparoa National Park. It is known for the Pancake Rocks, layered limestone formations with holes where the sea sprays through, and has short forest walks such as the Truman Track and the Pororari River track.
Otago · Queenstown (New Zealand): Queenstown; Arrowtown; Glenorchy
Glenorchy
Glenorchy is a village of about 360 people at the end of Lake Wakatipu, 45 km from Queenstown, where the Dart River reaches the lake. The road there runs along the shore between mountains. It is the gateway to the Routeburn Track, one of the Great Walks, and has a boardwalk trail around the lagoon beside the village.
Canterbury · Kaikōura
Kaikōura
Kaikōura is the town from which trips depart to see sperm whales, dolphins and albatrosses in the waters of the Kaikōura Canyon. The small town center runs along the Esplanade, facing the sea and the snow-capped range. On the peninsula are the cliff track, seal colonies and Fyffe House from the whaling era.
West Coast · West Coast and the Glaciers
Hokitika
Hokitika is a town of about 3,400 people, founded during the 1864 gold rush, between the Tasman Sea and the Alps. It is known for pounamu craftsmen, the greenstone, and for the beach strewn with logs brought in by the sea. About 33 km away is the Hokitika Gorge, with milky-blue water and suspension bridges.
Otago · Queenstown (New Zealand): Queenstown; Arrowtown; Glenorchy
Arrowtown
Arrowtown is a village of about 2,900 people that began in 1862 when gold was found in the Arrow River, about 20 km from Queenstown. Buckingham Street preserves miners’ cottages from the 1870s, the Lakes District Museum tells the gold‑rush story, and the restored Chinese settlement commemorates Chinese miners. In autumn the village trees turn golden.
Marlborough · Marlborough
Blenheim
Blenheim is Marlborough’s seat and the region’s largest town, with about 30,000 residents, at the meeting of the Taylor and Ōpaoa rivers. It is surrounded by the vineyards of the Wairau Valley, the country’s main wine region, and hosts a large collection of wartime aircraft at the Omaka aerodrome. The climate is dry and sunny for much of the year.
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About Cidade Turismo
What is Cidade Turismo?
A travel guide to New Zealand organized into routes, destinations, regions and cities. Each city has things to do, attractions, when to go and how to get there.
What is the difference between a route, a destination and a city?
A route is a journey linking several towns. A destination is a tourist region with its towns. A city is the place itself, with its attractions.
Are the pictures in the guide real?
They are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it. Photos sent by travelers are shown separately, as travelers' photos.
How do I find a place in the guide?
Type the name in the search box: it can be a route, destination, region, city or attraction. Or start from Routes, Destinations or Regions and cities in the menu.
Is the guide available in Spanish and English?
Yes. Destinations already translated are available in Spanish and English at cidadeturismo.com, and the rest are being added.
Is there an app?
Yes, for Android, on Google Play. With it you can save the destinations you want to visit and get the guide's news.