Independent Travelers 2002 New Zealand

by Rice, Christopher; Rice, Melanie

• ISBN13: 9780762712632
• ISBN10: 0762712635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Pubns

Summary

This new series is essential reading for students, backpackers, and budget-conscious travelers. Updated annually, Independent Traveler's Guides contain freshly researched and entertainingly written descriptions of destinations, sights, accommodations, dining, and entertainment -- with a focus upon transportation routes, schedules, and maps.

Each guide features:
-- Color photographs, city, and region maps
-- Train, ferry, and bus schedules
-- Distances and travel times
-- Information on national parks and outdoor recreation facilities
-- Handy, portable format

Table of Contents

General Information
Introduction	10	(2)
How to Use this Book	12	(2)
Route Map	14	(2)
Reaching New Zealand	16	(2)
Travelling Around New Zealand	18	(13)
Travel Basics	31	(23)
Timeline of New Zealand History	54	(5)
Routes & Cities
Auckland	59	(237)
Auckland-Russell	78	(294)
Balclutha-Invercargill	372
Banks Peninsula and the Canterbury Plains	296
Cape Reinga	93	(190)
Christchurch	283
Cook Strait and Marlborough Sounds	256
The Coromandel	124	(237)
Dunedin	361
The East Cape Route	192	(6)
Gisborne	198	(180)
Greymouth-Karamea	314
Hamilton-Pureora Forest Park	105	(101)
Hastings-Mahia Peninsula	206	(119)
Hokitika-Haast	325	(53)
Invercargill	378
Kaikoura-Waipara	277
The Kauri Coast	100	(12)
Lake Taupo Circuit	166	(187)
Manapouri-Milford Sound	353
Nelson-Blenheim	262
New Plymouth	112
North Island	56	(277)
Paeroa-Tauranga	142	(99)
Palmerston North-Wellington	241	(92)
Queenstown	333
Central Otago	344
Rotorua	175	(78)
South Island	253	(133)
Stewart Island	386
Timaru-Oamaru	302
Tongariro National Park Circuit	159
Tauranga-Whakatane	150
Wanganui and the Whanganui River	118	(100)
Wellington	218	(12)
Wellington-Woodville	230	(362)
Reference Section
Travel Directory	392	(18)
Index	410	(5)
Reader Survey	415