New Zealand National Parks Itinerary
 

trying to plan for NZ summer. If we have 15 days including travel does this make sense? Not interested in cities or city activities or queenstown or wildlife. Interested mainly in scenic areas- especially lakes/mountains... and short hikes up to 45 minutes in these places or near it.

Fly into Nelson airport

1. Abel Tasman NP
2. Nelson Lakes NP- is this worth it? doesn't seem scenic when I searched online
3. Paparoa
4. Hokitika
5. Lake Matheson
6. Arthur's Pass- is this a national park? - is this worth it? didn't seem scenic when i googled images
7. Lake Tekapo
8. Mount Cook (Lake Pukaki is 30 miles/min away)
9. Milford Sound/Fiordland

Fly from Queenstown

Am i missing anything really scenic? that's not on my list?

thanks in advance.