From Missi Dunham
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2015 New Zealand Itinerary
BRING Passports, Tents, Sleeping bags
TRANSPORTATION: NZ rent a car, 12 person passenger van (NZ$2,599, CC: #U-1927 )
Emergency number : 111
Day 0: 12/20, Sunday
Local Driver David to take us to the airport (SGD$60)
FLIGHT
SIN -> ZQN 7:15PM lands 2:50PM (CheapTickets Trip Id: TS2PS8(SGD $12,849.40); Airline CC: Qantas Airways 53IDB2)
Queenstown - 5 Nights
(Canyon Ridge Retreat, 5 Nights $1,993, Airbnb RYE8P2)
Day 1: 12/21, Monday
LAND at 2:50 PM, pick up rental van
Dinner: In downtown Queenstown Cow Restaurant on Cow Lane Pizza
Head to House/check in
Drive to Remarkables Park in Frankton (view of Modor)
Pick up Groceries at New World Supermarket at Remarkables Park (store hours 8am-9pm)
The Warehouse (like Kmart) Cooler, etc.
Day 2: 12/22, Tuesday
Hike up to Bob’s Peak on the Tiki Trail (45-60min, moderate fitness level)
Noon seating: Stratosphere Lunch
Skyline Gondola and Luge (Open 10am-9pm; $127 family pass 8 rides)
Day 3: 12/23, Wednesday
10:00 AM-1:30Pm for TSS Earnslaw with Walter Peak Farm Tour or with BBQ ($264)
Shop in Town
Kiwi Bird Park
Shotover Jet Boat ($500, $345 family pass, 75 per extra 1 kid, J free or $875 with nomad safari and lord of the rings) Plan one hour and a half, 25 minute ride. http://www.shotoverjet.com/
Dinner: Office Point pub by house
Day 4: 12/24, Thursday
Drive to Arrowtown (51 minutes)
Arrowtown, panning for gold, Chinamen’s walk bring pans, walk to hut, walk down to river….
Playground
Dinner: The Stables
Day 5: 12/25, Friday; Christmas Day
Christmas Morning Breakfast/Stockings
Glenorchy/Paradise (wish we would have booked as a tour)
5:30pm Christmas Dinner at the house
Pack up, laundry completed
Te Anau - 1 Night
(Top 10 powered Campsite, $116 ; added $143 for queen bedroom CC: J856W156126)
Day 6: 12/26, Saturday; Boxing Day
Early Drive to Te Anau 2 hours
Lunch: sandwiches on the road
12:30pm Check in at Campsite set up tent
2:00 Glowworm cave group tour (2-4:45 $126.40, CC:RJ3325712)
Snack: Miles Better Pies (outdoor dining)
Dinner: Fat Duck (sit down)
Camping Night!!
Oamaru - 2 nights
(Oamaru Forest Hill Home and Farm Stay $183 per night DN9YRW)
Day 7: 12/27, Sunday
8AM departure, drive 2 hours to Milford
Pack lunch and snacks
10:30 Milford Sound Nature Cruise ($158.40, 10:30-1:00, CC:RJ3325712 )
Underwater Viewing Tour Option, ($36 per adult, $18 per child, adds one hour)
The Chasam (30 minutes, Park at Chasam car park, hike)
2:30 Drive to Herbert: (6 hours 21 minute drive)
Dinner: eat in town of Gore
Late Arrival to the Home : 22 Reid Road Herbert
Day 8: 12/28, Monday
Wake up at house, shower, quick breakfast, pack up
11:30 Drive to Moeraki Boulders (15 minute drive)
Lunch: Moeraki boulders Restaurant
View penguins and seals at Moeraki Lighthouse (short walk)
Check in to Farm House/feed animal
Dinner: Portside Restaurant by Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony
Steampunk Playground
Watchout for Yellow eyed Penguins 2 hours before sunset, Lollipop Ladies, Penguin Crossing sign
9PM Sunset Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony http://www.penguins.co.nz/new-
Mount Cook - 2 Nights
(Glentanner Park Center, Campsite, $170 CC: 31011)
Day 9: 12/29, Tuesday
Wake up at farm, breakfast provided, Grab some groceries
Oamaru Old quarters- Harbour Front Bakery, Whitestone Cheese Factory Stop
Drive to Matsinger Berry Farm - Strawberries, 15K Oamaru 9494 NZ. Phone: 03 431 7817. (start of the 7 mile road on the Kurow to Oamaru road)
Drive up North (great scenic drive)
Stop Elephant Rock; Duntroon (Aslan’s camp bow and arrow training scene)
Stop in Omarama: Ram statue picture, Hays picture, Ladybird would have been great but dinner wasn't open yet
Stop at Clay Cliffs (turn onto Quailburn Rd off SH8 and then onto unsealed Henburn Rd)
Dinner: Poppies in Twizel
Mount Cook sunset pictures in the drive
After hours key pick up at Glentanner Park
Day 10: 12/30, Wednesday (Brinkley Resorts, Methven $350 last minute booked instead of camping)
Mount Cook Visitor Center (Free)
Hooker Valley Track (3 hours, 5 k round trip)
Tasman Glacier Lake + Blue Lakes (1 hour, park at Blue Lakes Car Park & Shelter)
Tramps link: (see note below) http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-
Head to Tekapo Church of Good Shepherd (closes at 5pm), Sheepdog Statue
Drive to Methven
Kaikoura - 2 Nights
(The Fairways at Ocean Ridge, 1 Kersage Drive, Ocean Ridge, $316, Robyn via email CC: 37193)
Day 11: 12/31, Thursday; New Year’s Eve
Drive to Arthurs Pass National Park and see Castle Hill rock formation (4 hrs, Narnia).
Drive 3 more hours
Check in to Condo
Penninsula for sunset (very windy)
Dinner: Thai place (very good)
Day 12: 1/1, Friday; New Year’s Day
12PM: Beach House Cafe, 39 Beach Road, Kaikoura, New Zealand
2PM MSU vs Alabama Game
6PM Oahu Waterfall Walk and seal pups (most seals already gone to beach for the year)
8 PM Dinner: Tuti’s Restaurant and bar 5 Beach Road (emailed reservation)
Akaroa (2 nights)
(Marukera Farm Stay in Little River, 28 Breitmeyers Rd, Airbnb B4Z2M5)
Day 13: 1/2, Saturday
11AM Drive 2 hours 30 minutes
6PM Dinner in Christchurch: Tutte Beno’s Italian
Drive to Marukera (1 hour)
Day 14: 1/3, Sunday
Farm Morning
Drive Island
Go to Okains area
Visit town of Akoroa
Lunch: Bully Hayes
Dinner: at the house
Movie night -Narnia
Day 15: 1/4, Monday
7AM Drive to CHC airport, drop off rental van
11:15 AM Jan 4th CHC -> SIN
FLY OUT
Things we missed:
Dam good fruit State Highway 6, Ripponvale, Ripponvale, NZ Phone: +64 3 445 0733
(46 minute drive)
Cherry picking http://www.pickyourown.org/
- Menlove Berry Farm – raspberries, strawberries
- Orchard Road, Wanaka. Phone: 03 443 4248. ALternate phone: 021 494 149. Email: info@berryfarmhomestay.co.nz.
No mad safari
Head to Kakanui Beach and cape walk (random track)
Missed Fleurs in Oamaru
Missed Places in Ophir
Dinner: Astro Cafe
Mount John Observatory - star gazing http://www.earthandskynz.com/
Hillary Alpine Center (entrance fees) great planetarium
Kaikoura
Missed, Lavendyl Lavender Farm and Pennisula walk
On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 12:20 AM, Melissa Dunham <missi.dunham@gmail.com> wrote:
