Visiting the Land of the Long White Clouds? Here is our New Zealand 10-Days Self-Drive Itinerary (South Island).
Date visited: Nov-2024
New Zealand 10-Days Self-Drive Itinerary (South Island)
| Day0 | Arrive at CHC, drive to Lake Tekapo | |
| Stay Tekapo (Lakes Edge Holiday Park) | ||
| Day1 | Church of the Good Shepherd | |
| Lake Tekapo | ||
| Mt John Observatory | ||
| Lake Pukaki Viewpoint | ||
| Tapataia Mahaka Peter’s Lookout | ||
| Stay Glentanner Park Centre | ||
| Day2 | Lake Müller Lookout | |
| The First Swing Bridge | ||
| Tasman Glacier View | ||
| Drive to Te Anau | ||
| Lindis Pass Viewpoint | ||
| Stay Te Anau | ||
| Day3 | Eglinton Flats | |
| Christie Falls | ||
| Monkey Creek | ||
| Milford Sound (cruise) | ||
| Pop’s View Lookout | ||
| Stay Te Anau | ||
| Day4 | Drive to Queenstown | |
| Devil’s Staircase Lookout Point | ||
| Drive to Glenorchy | ||
| Bennetts Bluff Viewpoint | ||
| Twenty Five Mile Stream | ||
| Glenorchy Wharf | ||
| Stay Queenstown | ||
| Day5 | Kjet (jetboat) | |
| Main Town Pier | ||
| 2nd Bay To The Remarkables | ||
| Queenstown and lake Wakatipu lookout | ||
| The Remarkables Ski Area | ||
| Fergburger | ||
| Stay Queenstown | ||
| Day6 | Shotover River | |
| Arrow Junction Lookout Point | ||
| Crown Range Road Scenic Lookout | ||
| Crown Range Summit marker | ||
| #ThatWanakaTree | ||
| Stay Wanaka | ||
| Day7 | Lake Hawea Lookout | |
| Lake Hawea Lookout (2nd) | ||
| Lake Wānaka Lookout | ||
| Camp Creek | ||
| Ship Creek | ||
| Stay Haas | ||
| Day8 | Knights Point Lookout | |
| Bruce bay View Point | ||
| Fox Glacier South Side walk (2hr return) | ||
| Lake Matheson Walk | ||
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Lake Matheson- Jetty Viewpoint (nearest viewpoint, 35min return)
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| Franz Josef Glacier Walk (30min return) | ||
| Stay nearby or Hokitika | ||
| Day9 | Otira Gorge Rock Shelter Lookout | |
| Otira Viaduct Lookout | ||
| Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre | ||
| Arthur’s Pass Scenic Lookout | ||
| Waimakariri River Lookout | ||
| Lake Pearson | ||
| Castle Hill | ||
| Stay Christchurch | ||
| Day10 | Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools | |
| Stay Christchurch | ||
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