Independent Traveler's New Zealand 2001 : The Budget Travel Guide

by Rice, Christopher; Rice, Melanie

• ISBN13: 9780762707690
• ISBN10: 0762707690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr

Summary

Independent Traveler's New Zealand 2001 is the comprehensive guide to traveling across New Zealand on a budget.

The variety of travel passes and modes of transport available make it possible to tour New Zealand, and stick to a budget. Rail and bus passes, car hire and domestic air passes allow you to explore both islands.

This guide features practical information on car hire, air travel and public transport, where to stay, eat, and what to see. There are details of rail and bus passes, plus other budget travel options. Distances and travel timings for planning a tour of New Zealand as well as color photographs, city and town maps and journey plans are included.

Table of Contents

General Information
Introduction	10	(2)
How to use this book	12	(2)
Route Map	14	(2)
Reaching New Zealand	16	(1)
Travelling around New Zealand	17	(14)
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 Plain	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)
Opitiki-Gisborne	192
Paeroa-Tauranga	142	(99)
Palmerston North-Wellington	241	(92)
Queenstown	333
Queenstown-Haast (Central Otago)	344
Rotorua	175	(78)
South Island	253	(133)
Stewart Island	386
Thames-Whitianga	124	(178)
Timaru-Oamaru	302
Tongariro National Park Circuit	159
Tauranga-Whakatane	150
Wanganui and the Whanganui River	118	(100)
Wellington	218	(12)
Wellington-Woodville	230	(62)
Reference Section
Travel Directory	392	(18)
Index	410	(5)
Reader Survey	415