Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island, it welcomes you with unique landscape and architecture of the city in transition from the second-worst New Zealand’s natural disaster. Known as the Garden City, it is in the midst of an epic redevelop that has changed the City Centre completely.
Lake Tekapo is about three hours drive south-west of Christchurch in the Mackenzie Basin. The township faces north across the remarkable turquoise coloured lake to the mountainous drama of the Southern Alps. Lake Tekapo gets its intense milky-turquoise colour from the fine rock-flour (ground by glaciers) which is suspended in the water.
There are a lot of attractions in Wanaka, where people from around the world comes looking for it.
With a population of just over 3,000 people, this small town more than triples in size during the busy summer months as visitors from all over the world come to check out all of the different things to do in Te Anau. Te Anau is a very popular vacation destination because it’s the gateway to both Milford and Doubtful Sound.
Here you’ll explore the pristine wilderness on a Milford Sound nature cruise. A two and a half hour nature cruise of spectacular Milford Sound. The road to Milford Sound offers some of the most beautiful and iconic scenery in the country. From crystal clear lakes and towering mountains to lush glacier formed meadows, this area is dramatic and unyielding.
