Friday, May 22, 2009

101 Must-Do Attractions in NZ (Work in Progress)

I've borrowed this list from the AA Travel website. I figured that it will be a good way to keep track of some of the things that I've done while I'm here and as a list so I have some ideas of what to do next. It's a work in progress at the moment as I don't feel like copying all of the links right now. I will link each destination to its description page on the AA website and for those that I have visited, I'll write a quick blurb with a reference to where I've talked about it in my Blog.

1.Mitre Peak and Milford Sound


2.Doubtful Sound


3.Bay of Islands


4.Fiordland National Park - Partially complete. This is where the Routeburn Track is. I'll definitely have to go back to see more of it.


5.Abel Tasman National Park - Done - This is where Dan and I kayaked over Christmas 2008


6.Aoraki Mt Cook


7.Coastal Kaikoura


8.Hanmer Springs


9.Camping - Done this many times and love the camping here.


10.Tutukaka/The Poor Knights


11.Marlborough Sounds


12.Fox and Franz Josef glaciers - Dan and I hiked the Franz Josef glacier when we were in New Zealand in 2005. See picture below:




















13.Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro - Done. These were the three Mountains at the Tongariro Crossing. Ngauruhoe was Mt. Doom that I climbed to the top of.


14.Waitomo Caves - Done. These were awesome and definitely deserve this spot if not a higher one.


15.Travelling the Southern Scenic Route


16.Otago Rail Experience


17.White Island (marine volcano)


18.Stewart Island


19.Arthurs Pass National Park


20.Tongariro Crossing


21.The Blue Pools of Haast Pass


22.South Westland


23.Waipoua Forest


24.Mt Taranaki


25.Lake Tekapo Observatory and Church of the Good Shepherd


26. Ulva Island (Stewart Is bird sanctuary)


27. Otago Peninsula


28. Canterbury Plains


29. Punakaiki (Pancake rocks)


30. Cape Reinga


31. Auckland Gulf Islands - Waiheke, Great Barrier, Rangitoto and Tiritiri Matangi


32. Kicking the autumn leaves (walking Outlet Track along the Clutha River, Wanaka)


33. Akaroa and Banks Peninsula


34. Glenorchy and Dart River


35. Farewell Spit


36. Queenstown (adventures)


37. Hokianga (Northland’s west coast)


38. Whanganui National Park


39. Cape Kidnappers


40. Lake Waikaremoana, Te Urewera National Park


41. Fine wines and fabulous foods


42. The Queen Charlotte Track


43. Lake Matheson (Fox Glacier)


44. Arrowtown


45. Orakei Korako (geothermal attraction, near Taupo)


46. TSS Earnslaw (vintage steamship)


47. Rotorua


48. Night skiing and riding at Coronet Peak


49. Dunedin City (architecture)


50. Mt Maunganui


51. Karangahake Gorge


52. Eastland SH35 (scenic coastal road journey)


53. Getting up close and personal with marine and wildlife


54. Hollyford Valley (and the Hollyford Track, Fiordland)


55. Hot Water Beach


56. Auckland’s west coast


57. Rotorua Luge, Skyrides, Skyswing


58. Kapiti Island


59. Marlborough wine trail


60. New Chums Beach, Coromandel


61. Christchurch City


62. Mt Tarawera


63. Te Papa Tongarewa museum


64. The Bridge to Nowhere (Whanganui National Park)


65. Coromandel Township


66. Lake Taupo’s water attractions and Tongariro River


67. The Pinnacles


68. Te Mata Peak (Hawkes Bay)


69. Rotorua rafting


70. The Forgotten World Highway (between Taumarunui and Stratford)


71. Lake Wanaka maze


72. Moeraki Boulders


73. New Plymouth’s coastal walkway


74. Seafood City (Auckland)


75. Castlepoint (old seaside town)


76. Wainui Beach (Gisborne)


77. Ahipara and Shipwreck Bay


78. Buller Gorge


79. Taranaki Gardens


80. Cape Palliser (southernmost tip of the North Island)


81. Auckland War Memorial Museum


82. Raglan


83. Takaka Hill: Rameka Track Mountain (Abel Tasman National Park)


84. Whakarewarewa traditional Maori village, Rotorua


85. Waitangi Treaty Grounds


86. Rere Rock Slide, Gisborne


87. Spa and well-being (Nelson)


88. Auckland’s Sky Tower and Skyjump


89. Devonport and North Head


90. The Interislander


91. Auckland volcanoes


92. Central Otago


93. Port Waikato


94. Golf in an Alpine Amphitheatre (Queenstown Golf Club)


95. Hundertwasser toilet (Far North)


96. Wellington Writers’ Walk


97. Cross-country skiing (Lake Wanaka)


98. Stonehenge Aotearoa (marking the winter solstice Downunder)


99. Rugby Museum (Palmerston North)


100. Beehive and Parliament buildings


101=. Attend a Must-Do Event, North Island


101=. Attend a Must-Do Event, South Island

1 comment:

  1. Interesting, Nate. The Fodor's book on New Zealand I'm reading also has a "must-see" list and I will have to compare them to see similarities and differences.

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