15 days / 5008 km / 84 hours 8 minutes
New Zealand Honeymoon Road Trip 2017
Total Cost: $8641.60 ($576.10/day)
Flights $3924.24
Cost Excluding Flights $4717.26 ($314.48/day)
Flight into Auckland with a half day layover to explore the city before carrying on to Christchurch. Rented a car and drove down to Dunedin for church on Sunday. Carried on south through the Caitlins towards Fjordland visiting tourist site and small hikes along the way. Overnight cruise in Doubtful Sound before starting north to Queenstown. Hiked Sealy Tarns by Mount Cook and Roys Peak before carrying on north up the west coast. Crossed the Cook Strait to the North Island. Hiked across the Tongaririo Crossing, visited Hobbition and a Hot Water Beach. Finished trip with an afternoon in Auckland before boarding the flight home.
Day 1
8:00 - 8.6 km / 12 minutes - 8:12
8:17 - 17.6 km / 20 minutes - 8:37
9:07 - 3.8 km / 58 minutes - 11:20
Montreal Smoked Meat Restaurant
$38.2311:50 - 1.3 km / 20 minutes - 12:10
12:15 - 17.6 km / 22 minutes - 12:38
12:43 - 8.4 km / 12 minutes - 12:55
JETSTAR $332.22
16:05 - 746.3 km / an hour 25 minutes - 17:30
17:50 - 1.7 km / 3 minutes - 17:54
Apex Car Rentals Christchurch Airport
Smallest Car avail with full coverage $603.68
18:24 - 53.8 km / 57 minutes - 19:22
20:29 - 1.4 km / 21 minutes - 20:50
Preserved Cook School & Eatery, Waipapa Avenue, Diamond Harbour, New Zealand
Amazing Seafood Platter, Bonus Burger
$35.6221:33 - 1.6 km / 27 minutes - 22:01
Day 2
Diamond Harbour, Canterbury, New Zealand
Fantastic Mobile Home Style Farm Getaway
$100.9610:00 - 30.1 km / 36 minutes - 10:36
$29.23
10:46 - 12.1 km / 13 minutes - 11:00
Apex Car Rentals Christchurch Airport, Ron Guthrey Road, Christchurch, New Zealand
swap manual transmision car for automatic
11:28 - 8.4 km / 11 minutes - 11:39
$113.29
12:09 - 160.7 km / 2 hours a minute - 14:22
15:45 - 87.6 km / an hour 7 minutes - 16:52
17:42 - 37.7 km / 29 minutes - 18:12
18:12 - 0.7 km / 5 minutes - 18:17
Moeraki Boulders, Moeraki Boulders Road, Hampden, New Zealand
18:42 - 0.7 km / 5 minutes - 18:47
18:47 - 73.3 km / 52 minutes - 19:40
$44.75
19:50 - 0.9 km / a minute - 19:52
$16.37
20:22 - 0.7 km / a minute - 20:23
Arden Street House Bed and Breakfast - Dunedin, NZ, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Day 3
Arden Street House Bed and Breakfast - Dunedin, NZ, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
$117.70
9:15 - 8.4 km / 11 minutes - 9:26
10:56 - 4.8 km / 7 minutes - 11:04
16:25 - 4.3 km / 6 minutes - 16:31
18:18 - 4.2 km / 5 minutes - 18:24
18:29 - 0.8 km / 9 minutes - 18:39
19:09 - 0.8 km / 21 minutes - 19:30
19:35 - 103.4 km / an hour 38 minutes - 21:14
Day 4
$35
5:50 - 8.9 km / 15 minutes - 6:05
Nugget Point Lighthouse, The Nuggets Road, Ahuriri Flat, New Zealand
7:14 - 31.8 km / 58 minutes - 8:12
8:42 - 19.3 km / an hour 2 minutes - 9:44
10:14 - 10.6 km / 27 minutes - 10:42
Purakaunui Falls Walk, Purakaunui Falls Road, Purakaunui, New Zealand
11:12 - 19.9 km / 20 minutes - 11:32
12:02 - 10.8 km / 7 minutes - 12:10
Florence Hill Lookout, Chaslands Highway, Papatowai, New Zealand
12:40 - 9.1 km / 6 minutes - 12:47
Whistling Frog Cafe & Bar, Chaslands, Otago, New Zealand
Cash
13:17 - 3.3 km / 11 minutes - 13:28
13:58 - 25.6 km / 26 minutes - 14:24
Niagara Falls Cafe, Niagara, Southland, New Zealand
Cash
14:54 - 10.1 km / 10 minutes - 15:04
15:34 - 0.8 km / 10 minutes - 15:45
16:15 - 0.8 km / 10 minutes - 16:26
Day 5
$40
8:00 - 30.8 km / 24 minutes - 8:24
$47.17
8:34 - 76.0 km / 54 minutes - 9:28
9:58 - 2.2 km / 31 minutes - 10:30
11:00 - 4.1 km / an hour 3 minutes - 12:03
12:33 - 1.8 km / 47 minutes - 13:21
13:51 - 2.6 km / 3 minutes - 13:55
$25.39
14:25 - 30.3 km / 23 minutes - 14:48
16:18 - 3.0 km / 4 minutes - 16:23
Day 6
$45.84
8:00 - 158.9 km / an hour 54 minutes - 9:54
Real Journeys - Doubtful Sound, Manapouri, New Zealand
Fantastic Overnight Boat Tour
$1,357.6710:24 - 26.7 km / 3 hours 54 minutes - 14:19
West Arm Visitor Centre, Wilmot Pass Road, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
14:49 - 19.6 km / 28 minutes - 15:17
Deep Cove School Hostel, Wilmot Pass Road, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
15:47 - 19.9 km / 57 minutes - 16:44
17:14 - 29.6 km / 0 - 17:14
Shelter Islands, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
17:44 - 21.4 km / - 17:44
Day 7
8:00 - 20.9 km / - 8:00
8:30 - 0.7 km / 3 minutes - 8:33
Deep Cove School Hostel, Wilmot Pass Road, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
9:03 - 19.6 km / 28 minutes - 9:31
West Arm Visitor Centre, Wilmot Pass Road, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
10:01 - 26.5 km / 3 hours 52 minutes - 13:53
14:23 - 21.3 km / 16 minutes - 14:40
Real Journeys - Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, Southland, New Zealand
15:10 - 13.7 km / 13 minutes - 15:24
15:54 - 13.4 km / 16 minutes - 16:10
16:40 - 125.1 km / an hour 25 minutes - 18:05
$49.86
18:15 - 46.5 km / 34 minutes - 18:50
Fergburger, Shotover Street, Queenstown, New Zealand
$32.91
19:20 - 11.7 km / 11 minutes - 19:32
Day 8
12 Mile Delta, Mount Creighton, New Zealand
$26
8:00 - 11.8 km / 12 minutes - 8:12
8:42 - 136.7 km / an hour 36 minutes - 10:19
10:24 - 62.9 km / 43 minutes - 11:07
$52.94
11:17 - 65.8 km / 46 minutes - 12:03
12:33 - 2.7 km / an hour 3 minutes - 13:37
14:07 - 2.7 km / an hour 3 minutes - 15:11
15:41 - 208.8 km / 2 hours 25 minutes - 18:06
Day 9
$42.14
8:00 - 6.3 km / 6 minutes - 8:06
Roys Peak Track, Parking, Mount Apsiring Road, Glendhu Bay, New Zealand
8:36 - 0.2 km / - 8:36
9:06 - 0.2 km / - 9:07
Roys Peak Track, Parking, Mount Apsiring Road, Glendhu Bay, New Zealand
9:37 - 6.7 km / 7 minutes - 9:44
$27.70
10:14 - 71.9 km / 51 minutes - 11:06
11:11 - 2.8 km / 37 minutes - 11:48
12:18 - 2.8 km / 43 minutes - 13:02
13:07 - 190.0 km / 2 hours 6 minutes - 15:14
$51.72
15:24 - 0.1 km / - 15:24
Bigfoot Bar And Restaurant, Sullivan Road, Fox Glacier, New Zealand
$37.97
15:54 - 0.0 km / - 15:55
Day 10
$40
8:00 - 9.3 km / 9 minutes - 8:09
8:39 - 35.5 km / 31 minutes - 9:11
9:41 - 4.6 km / 7 minutes - 9:49
West Coast Wildlife Centre, Cowan Street, Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
$68.71
10:19 - 122.2 km / an hour 29 minutes - 11:48
12:03 - 17.5 km / 17 minutes - 12:20
$9.04
12:50 - 0.5 km / - 12:51
13:21 - 1.3 km / 2 minutes - 13:24
13:54 - 297.7 km / 3 hours 38 minutes - 17:32
$57.24
18:02 - 28.8 km / 29 minutes - 18:32
19:02 - 1.3 km / 2 minutes - 19:04
Day 11
A Woodsy House, Grove Street, Nelson, New Zealand
$96.00
8:00 - 2.5 km / 8 minutes - 8:08
8:38 - 109.5 km / an hour 52 minutes - 10:31
Meat Pies! $16.72
11:01 - 1.5 km / 2 minutes - 11:04
11:34 - 0.0 km / - 11:34
11:34 - 99.4 km / 3 hours 25 minutes - 15:00
15:00 - 2.2 km / 4 minutes - 15:04
15:34 - 2.9 km / 4 minutes - 15:39
15:39 - 8.6 km / 12 minutes - 15:51
$70.12
16:21 - 1.9 km / 3 minutes - 16:24
Day 12
8:00 - 7.1 km / 10 minutes - 8:10
Mount Victoria Lookout, Lookout Road, Wellington, New Zealand
8:40 - 53.6 km / 43 minutes - 9:24
9:54 - 56.1 km / 54 minutes - 10:48
Ten O'clock Cookie Bakery Cafe, Queen Street, Masterton, New Zealand
$19.43
11:18 - 137.1 km / an hour 44 minutes - 13:02
13:32 - 53.9 km / 36 minutes - 14:09
$61.03
14:19 - 100.8 km / an hour 10 minutes - 15:30
Tongariro Holiday Park, Tongariro Forest Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
Day 13
Tongariro Holiday Park, Tongariro Forest Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
$39.63
8:00 - 18.5 km / 20 minutes - 8:20
Mangatepopo Car Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
$63.26
8:25 - 26.2 km / 5 hours 46 minutes - 14:11
Tongariro Alpine Crossing Ketetahi Car Park, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
14:16 - 75.3 km / an hour 2 minutes - 15:19
$47.46
15:49 - 2.0 km / 2 minutes - 15:51
Day 14
4 Botanical Heights Dr, Waipahihi, Taupo 3330, New Zealand
$60.90
8:00 - 26.1 km / 19 minutes - 8:19
8:49 - 114.0 km / an hour 26 minutes - 10:16
Hobbiton Movie Set, Matamata, Waikato, New Zealand
$146.37 + $23.50 in souvenirs
10:46 - 96.1 km / an hour 16 minutes - 12:02
$46.97
12:12 - 135.9 km / an hour 44 minutes - 13:57
14:27 - 0.3 km / - 14:28
16:28 - 0.7 km / a minute - 16:29
Day 15