Rental Car Itinerary - 14 Day south Islands extravaganza

Day One:

Christchurch to Kaikoura

Features: leisurely drive, stunning coastal scenery, seal colonies, swimming with the dolphins, marine wildlife tours.

Day Two

Kaikoura to Abel Tasman National Park

Features: Whale watching, more stunning coastal scenery, Marlborough wine region, Nelson, centre of New Zealand

Day Three

Abel Tasman National Park

Day Four

Abel Tasman National Park to Westport

Features: Harwoods hole, Pupu springs, Murchison, Buller gorge, Seal colony,

Day Five

Westport to Fox Glacier

Features: The Westcoast, Pancake rocks, Hokitika, Hokitika gorge, Bushman's centre, Wetlands, Rainforest, Glaciers.

Day Six

Fox Glacier to Wanaka

Features: Glaciers, Rainforest, Bloody big sand flies, coastal scenery, mountain pass, Old growth forest, waterfalls, fresh water pools.

Day Seven

Wanaka to Queenstown

Features: Arrowtown, Queenstown

Day Eight

Queenstown

Features: a day to cruise

Day Nine

Queenstown to Te Anau

Features: a journey to the heart of Fiordland.

Day Ten

Milford Sound

Features: Rainforest, Mirror lakes, waterfalls, Sound cruise, mitre peak, wild life mountain pass.

Day Eleven

Te Anau to Queenstown

Day Twelve

Queenstown to Lake Tekapo

Features: rolling mountain passes, wide open high country of the Mackenzie country and nature harnessed in the Waitaki basing hydro scheme.

Day Thirteen

Lake Tekapo to Christchurch

Features: South Canterbury and the Canterbury plains.

Day Fourteen

Christchurch and environs