Trip IdeasFodor's New Zealand 2009
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Zealand!
·Updated annually, Fodor’s New Zealand provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
·Fodor’s New Zealand features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
·If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New Zealand.
·Experience New Zealand like a local! Fodor’s New Zealand includes choices for every traveler, from sunbathing and surfing to bushwalking and horseback riding, and much more!
·Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
·Includes unique, color photos that illustrate the country's history and local activities and a full-color, pullout map of New Zealand.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Zealand!
·Updated annually, Fodor’s New Zealand provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.
·Fodor’s New Zealand features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
·If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New Zealand.
·Experience New Zealand like a local! Fodor’s New Zealand includes choices for every traveler, from sunbathing and surfing to bushwalking and horseback riding, and much more!
·Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
·Includes unique, color photos that illustrate the country's history and local activities and a full-color, pullout map of New Zealand.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About this book............6
What’s Where............7
Quintessential New Zealand............11
If You Like............14
Great Itineraries............16
When to go............20
On the Calendar............21
Chapter 1: Auckland............25
Orientation & Planning............27
Exploring Auckland............33
Where to Eat............50
Where to Stay............62
Nightlife & the Arts............69
Sports & the Outdoors............73
Shopping............77
Chapter 2: Northland & the Bay of Islands............81
Orientation & Planning............83
Northland............87
The Bay of Islands............99
Chapter 3: Coromandel Peninsula & the Bay of Plenty............117
Orientation & Planning............118
The Coromandel Peninsula............122
The Bay of Plenty............141
Chapter 4: East Coast & the Volcanic Zone............153
Orientation & Planning............154
The Rotorua Area............159
Lake Taupo & Tongariro National Park............175
Napier & Hawke’s Bay............183
Gisborne & Eastland............195
Chapter 5: North Island’s West Coast............203
Orientation & Planning............204
The Waikato & Waitomo............210
New Plymouth & Taranaki............222
Chapter 6: Wellington & the Wairarapa............251
Orientation & Planning............252
Wellington............256
The Wairarapa............281
Chapter 7: Upper South Island & the West Coast............289
Orientation & Planning............290
Marlborough & Kaikoura............297
Nelson & the Northwest............323
The West Coast............351
Chapter 8: Christchurch & Canterbury............371
Orientation & Planning............372
Christchurch............377
Arthur’s Pass & Canterbury............398
Chapter 9: The Southern Alps & Fiordland............425
Orientation & Planning............426
The Southern Alps............429
Fiordland............460
Chapter 10: Otago, Invercargill & Stewart Island............471
Orientation & Planning............472
Dunedin............475
Otago Peninsula............485
Invercargill............489
Stewart Island............494
Chapter 11: Adventure Vacations............505
Understanding New Zealand............533
Māoritanga: An Insider’s Perspective............534
Flora & Fauna............538
Chronology............542
Kiwi & Māori Glossary............546
Books & Movies............550
Travel Smart New Zealand ............554
Getting Here & Around............555
Essentials............564
Index............581
About our Writers............592
Maps
North Island............8
South Island............10
Auckland............36—37
Greater Auckland............43
Hauraki Gulf Islands............47
Where to Stay & Eat in Auckland............56—57
Northland............89
Bay of Islands............101
The Coromandel Peninsula............123
Bay of Plenty............142
East Coast & Volcanic Zone............158
Central Rotorua............162
Around Rotorua............166
Tongariro National Park............180
Napier............184
Hawke’s Bay............190
Western North Island............211
Taranaki Peninsula............223
Wellington............259
Where to Stay & Eat in Wellington............271
Greater Wellington & Wairarapa............282
Upper South Island............296
Around Blenheim............310
Nelson............326
Greater Nelson............333
Abel Tasman National Park............340
The West Coast............353
Canterbury Region............373
Christchurch............379
Where to Stay and Eat in Christchurch............390
Southern Alps & Fiordland............430
Where to Stay & Eat in Queenstown............454
Otago & Invercargill............476
Stewart Island............495
Milford Track............516
Kepler Track............518
What’s Where............7
Quintessential New Zealand............11
If You Like............14
Great Itineraries............16
When to go............20
On the Calendar............21
Chapter 1: Auckland............25
Orientation & Planning............27
Exploring Auckland............33
Where to Eat............50
Where to Stay............62
Nightlife & the Arts............69
Sports & the Outdoors............73
Shopping............77
Chapter 2: Northland & the Bay of Islands............81
Orientation & Planning............83
Northland............87
The Bay of Islands............99
Chapter 3: Coromandel Peninsula & the Bay of Plenty............117
Orientation & Planning............118
The Coromandel Peninsula............122
The Bay of Plenty............141
Chapter 4: East Coast & the Volcanic Zone............153
Orientation & Planning............154
The Rotorua Area............159
Lake Taupo & Tongariro National Park............175
Napier & Hawke’s Bay............183
Gisborne & Eastland............195
Chapter 5: North Island’s West Coast............203
Orientation & Planning............204
The Waikato & Waitomo............210
New Plymouth & Taranaki............222
Chapter 6: Wellington & the Wairarapa............251
Orientation & Planning............252
Wellington............256
The Wairarapa............281
Chapter 7: Upper South Island & the West Coast............289
Orientation & Planning............290
Marlborough & Kaikoura............297
Nelson & the Northwest............323
The West Coast............351
Chapter 8: Christchurch & Canterbury............371
Orientation & Planning............372
Christchurch............377
Arthur’s Pass & Canterbury............398
Chapter 9: The Southern Alps & Fiordland............425
Orientation & Planning............426
The Southern Alps............429
Fiordland............460
Chapter 10: Otago, Invercargill & Stewart Island............471
Orientation & Planning............472
Dunedin............475
Otago Peninsula............485
Invercargill............489
Stewart Island............494
Chapter 11: Adventure Vacations............505
Understanding New Zealand............533
Māoritanga: An Insider’s Perspective............534
Flora & Fauna............538
Chronology............542
Kiwi & Māori Glossary............546
Books & Movies............550
Travel Smart New Zealand ............554
Getting Here & Around............555
Essentials............564
Index............581
About our Writers............592
Maps
North Island............8
South Island............10
Auckland............36—37
Greater Auckland............43
Hauraki Gulf Islands............47
Where to Stay & Eat in Auckland............56—57
Northland............89
Bay of Islands............101
The Coromandel Peninsula............123
Bay of Plenty............142
East Coast & Volcanic Zone............158
Central Rotorua............162
Around Rotorua............166
Tongariro National Park............180
Napier............184
Hawke’s Bay............190
Western North Island............211
Taranaki Peninsula............223
Wellington............259
Where to Stay & Eat in Wellington............271
Greater Wellington & Wairarapa............282
Upper South Island............296
Around Blenheim............310
Nelson............326
Greater Nelson............333
Abel Tasman National Park............340
The West Coast............353
Canterbury Region............373
Christchurch............379
Where to Stay and Eat in Christchurch............390
Southern Alps & Fiordland............430
Where to Stay & Eat in Queenstown............454
Otago & Invercargill............476
Stewart Island............495
Milford Track............516
Kepler Track............518
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