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Nelson and Abel Tasman
Nelson, a sunny city of studios on Tasman Bay, and Abel Tasman National Park, with golden-sand beaches, a coastal trail and boats that link the coves.
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What is a destination
A destination is a region you visit as a single trip: it can bring together several cities or be a large city with everything it offers. Each destination has the tours, the itineraries, the best time to go month by month and how to get there.
The guide currently has 10 destinations, with 21 cities in 7 regions.
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West Coast and the Glaciers
The Franz Josef and Fox glaciers descending into the temperate rainforest, Lake Matheson, the layered rocks at Punakaiki, the Hokitika Gorge and the Tasman Sea’s open coast.
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Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula
The city of Scottish origin, with a 1906 train station, museums and the steepest street in the world, and the Otago Peninsula, with Larnach Castle and the Taiaroa albatross colony.
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Wānaka
A town on the shore of Lake Wānaka, surrounded by mountains, with the Roys Peak trail, the tree growing in the lake, the Rob Roy Glacier and two ski areas nearby.
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Kaikōura
A peninsula between the sea and mountains that get snow in winter, with sperm whales in the submarine canyon, dolphins, seals on the coast and the cliff-top trail.
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Fiordland
Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, fjords with vertical walls and waterfalls in Fiordland National Park, the Milford Road, Lake Te Anau and the glowworm caves.
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Marlborough
The arms of sea of the Marlborough Sounds, the Queen Charlotte Track, the ferry port in Picton and the vineyards of the Wairau Valley, around Blenheim.
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Queenstown (New Zealand): Queenstown; Arrowtown; Glenorchy
The town on the shore of Lake Wakatipu, set among mountains, with a gondola, a 1912 steamship, adventure sports, ski fields, the gold‑rush village of Arrowtown and Glenorchy.
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Christchurch and Akaroa
The largest city on the South Island, rebuilt after the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes, with the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park, and the French-origin village of Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula.
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Aoraki / Mount Cook and Tekapo
The highest mountain in New Zealand, glaciers and blue-turquoise lakes on the Mackenzie Plateau, the church on the shore of Lake Tekapo and a dark-sky reserve.
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