Depart Christchurch
Return Christchurch
Start with easy sweeps and bends across the Canterbury plains towards the Southern Alps, showcasing mighty Aoraki Mount Cook (The Cloud Piercer). Drive beside beautiful lakes, unspoilt coastline and through ancient podocarp forests. Explore museums and discover the wonders of Fiordland National Park and Milford Sound. Drive on undoubtedly some of the best roads in the world. Explore Queenstown, adventure capital of the southern hemisphere, then westward into rainforests towered by glacier-topped mountains glaciers and spectacular blowholes. One of the world's most scenic ferry crossings takes you across the Cook Straight to another world of volcanos, geysers, boiling mud and steaming craters. Discover fabulous beaches and the simply awesome drive around the North Islands peninsulas to Auckland, City of Sails. Explore mysterious glow-worm caves before embarking on the famous Forgotten World Highway - if you're adventurous enough! Then from the volcanic plateaus of protected national parks, head south through the vineyards of the Marlborough Sounds before the fabulous coastal drive south beside the Pacific Ocean with its whales and seals to watch, and tasty seafood to eat.. Want 22 days of full on 5 Star driving? This is it!
If you can stretch to 25 days, talk to us about the extra 3 days of riding to get right to the northern tip of the north island and Bay of Islands - magical!
You'll be travelling around 6000 kms in total. (+3 optional non-driving days).