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The best places and tips for your roadtrip on New Zealand's south island!

But also in Nelson and surroundings there is a lot to discover, including some wineries. On our first trip through New Zealand in 2013 we decided to use the New Zealand travel guide by Stefan Loose, for which there is a new edition in the meantime.

Guide book New Zealand

Read more about campervan hire New Zealand here. After arriving in Kaikoura in the afternoon we moved into our campground. We chose Kaikoura Peketa Beach Holiday Park, because it is not shielded from the beach by railroad tracks as usual in Kaikoura. The campground was nice, the only disadvantage were the timer buttons in the showers.

Afterwards you spend two nights at Lynton Downs Farm, which is equivalent to 3.5 stars and where cattle and sheep are kept.

You follow the Waitaki Valley through a great landscape with Lake Benmore, Lake Aviemore and Lake Waitaki to the small village of Omarama, the Eldorado of gliders.

The landscape is vast and you can watch seals and penguins.

From the viewpoint "Sign of the Takahe" you have a wonderful panoramic view of the Canterbury Plains and the Southern Alps behind it.

Otherwise the journey continues to Queenstown.

As a New Zealand holidaymaker you want to make the most of your time on site. But how do you accommodate all the beautiful places, the nice people, the lush fauna and flora in "only" three weeks? In 2018 I have the extreme luck to make the South Island my 3rd holiday destination, so I have put together a relaxed route for the southern part.

a really informative & clearly arranged article. And should one book a Navi in addition or does it go then also without? We have now received two offers for 4 weeks rental car (small car), which are between 900 (without Navi) - 1300 Euro (with Navi). During a short city tour you will get an impression of Auckland, which was settled by the English since the 1820s. Today Auckland is New Zealand's largest metropolitan area and "secret capital".