Monday, 9 April 2007

30 Top places to visit in New Zealand



This list is taken from a survey in which people voted on the top 101 must-do attractions around New Zealand. Of the top 30 I've only been to 9. How about you?


1. Mitre Peak and Milford Sound (pictured)
2. Doubtful Sound
3. Bay of Islands
4. Fiordland National Park
5. Abel Tasman National Park
6. Aoraki Mt Cook
7. Coastal Kaikoura
8. Hanmer Springs
9. Camping (anywhere!)
10. Tutukaka/The Poor Knights
11. Marlborough Sounds
12. Fox and Franz Joseph Glaciers
13. Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro and Ngauruhoe
14. Wairomo Caves
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 Shephard
26. Ulva Island (Stewart Is. bird colony)
27. Otago Peninsula
28. Canterbury Plains
29. Punakaiki (Pancake Rocks)
30. Cape Reinga (pictured)

I've just come back from a weekend in Rotorua which comes in at number 47 on the list. I'll put up some photos from that trip in my next post.

5 comments:

taiwan xifu said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYCE!!!!!!! hope it's great!

Kyle said...

New Zeland is so beautiful!

Anonymous said...

All of New Zealand is beautiful, in particular the Northland and the South Island. Make sure to checkout the Bay of islands, Milford Sound and Queenstown if your an adrenaline junkie.

Mapmuse said...

Hi,
Thanks for giving information about interesting places in New Zealand which is beneficial for people who really want to visit New Zealand.........

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