Anyone planning to go New Zealand for honeymoon?

miucham · 發表於: Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:23 pm

hi willywilly,

i totally agreed with you that participating in more activities were more important than accomodation and eating.

most probably we would drive by ourselves, but still need the bus for sometimes. thanks you for your information, i would digest it later Cool

may i ask where is Springfield?

centreaven · 發表於: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:04 pm

If I need to pick a glacier to visit. Which one would you recommend??

Fox or Franz Josef ? Is it difficult to find accommodations there?

miucham · 發表於: Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:09 pm

many friends told me that they only picked either one glacier to visit? either one was good, so i may choose one which would fit my journey more Cool

sorry, i don't know much about the accomodation, may be others may help

willywilly · 發表於: Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:26 pm

miucham 寫到:

hi willywilly,

i totally agreed with you that participating in more activities were more important than accomodation and eating.

most probably we would drive by ourselves, but still need the bus for sometimes. thanks you for your information, i would digest it later Cool

may i ask where is Springfield?

miucham · 發表於: Wed Jan 03, 2007 9:36 pm

i 've just back from newzealand la Cool

It was a wonderful place for honeymoon
although i was the so called peak season, but we still can get all the activities i wanted, it was not as tight as i previously thought...

it was a extremely visitor-friendly place with load of nature but still numerous adventure
the people there were really nice
asian food was readily avavilable but seafood and lamb racks were highly recommended

finally we join the local tour in south island and rent a car in north island, but from the financial and emtional point of view, i would strongly advice to drive by self if you can... as the road sign was clear and there was not much car and you can stop whenever you find the wonderful landscape for taking picutres, which was for sure would be very frequent...

the weather now was excellent as well... gentle sun and small rain occasionally...

for my journey...
day1: HK -> auckland -> christchurch
day2: to kaikora for whale watch
day3: christchurch -> lake tekapu -> mount cook -> queenstown
day4: go to fox glacier
day5: full day walk in glacier
day6: back to queestown via wanaka
day7: activities in queenstown
day8: milfond sound (coach, cruise, coach)
day9: fly to auckland and drive to rotorua, enjoy polynesian spa
day10 maori village, geothermal region, waiotapu and polynesian spa again
day11 drive to waitomo caves and black-water rafting (black abyss)
day12 drive to auckland and have city walk
day13 back to HK

i am pleased to share but did not know where to start... hahaha

willywilly · 發表於: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:51 pm

Welcome back ar, miucham!

How much do you spend for each meal? Could you please tell me more about the glacier hike? I am so excited for my travel next month ar! Do you use Visa card or cash to settle the transaction?

Thx.

miucham · 發表於: Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:28 am

hi willywilly,

glad to share with you ar

concerning the price of the meal, it varies a lot
for simple asian food (no sashime), it can be cheap to NZ$30 for 2 people
for seafood, about NZ$60-100 (with lobster bor) for 2 people
there was a bar and restaurant in auckland call "the occidental", it was a highly recommended shop, it sold pot served mussels which was really delicious and low-priced, can you imagine NZ$17 can have a whole full pot of mussels, really full for 2 people already, but i cannot remember the address, you may ask the reception if you live in city centre of auckland...highly recommended
remind you, no service charge in NZ, no need for tips if you don't want to....

concerning the glacier hike, i went to fox as Lake Matheson was nearby, only took 1 hour walk / 5 minutes drive there from the town center.
there was 2 hour walk, half day walk, full day walk, helicopter walk, ice-climbing
all necessary equipment, including shoes, wool socks, raincoat, gears would be provided...
you just need thin tousers (no jeans), warm upper clothes, sunglasses and sunblock...

2 hour: just see the glacier, no walk on glacier
half day: 2 hour rainforest, 2 hour glacier
full day: 2 hr rainforest, 4 hour glacier
helicopter: fly to higher up and walk for some time

on retrospect, i would say half day or full day walk are not significantly different, if you don't want to be too exhausted, half day walk have good view too, but as i would stay there to sleep after the walk, i don't want to waste the time in hotel after a half day walk Wink

i brought cash and visa as well, i bring quite a lot of cash which i don't think it was required
as even the supermarket accepted visa for low as NZ$10, but of course i am not sure whether all shops would be liked that
and i did not receive my bank statement yet, i am not sure which would be cheaper (as i am afraid that bank would quote me a higher price for NZ$)

BTW, when would you go, and how's your journey?
which airline had you chosen, and how much for your flight?

MaizeBB · 發表於: Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:11 am

hi evryone!

i'm new to this thread n i m planning for a trip to New Zealand departing DEC28 for 8 days.

i may skip northern island (except dat i gotta land in Auckland for a few hrs transiting). i wanna do:

whale watching at kaikoura
Gloss worm cave at Te Anau (given its on the way to Milford Sound)
milford sound cruise: penguins + seals
dunedin: penguins
glacier (franz josef or fox): heli-hike
farm stay (if doable given the limited time we've in NZ)
Mt Cook
I m also thkg if i sud take the train to Greymouth, crossing the mt.
I wanna visit some hot springs but dats not a priority.

anythg i sudn't miss?

i'm also worried abt accomodation as it's around the peak season.

if anyone likes to share ur itinerary, pls do!

Thanks.

MaizeBB · 發表於: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:32 pm

miucham 寫到:

i 've just back from newzealand la Cool

It was a wonderful place for honeymoon
although i was the so called peak season, but we still can get all the activities i wanted, it was not as tight as i previously thought...

it was a extremely visitor-friendly place with load of nature but still numerous adventure
the people there were really nice
asian food was readily avavilable but seafood and lamb racks were highly recommended

finally we join the local tour in south island and rent a car in north island, but from the financial and emtional point of view, i would strongly advice to drive by self if you can... as the road sign was clear and there was not much car and you can stop whenever you find the wonderful landscape for taking picutres, which was for sure would be very frequent...

the weather now was excellent as well... gentle sun and small rain occasionally...

for my journey...
day1: HK -> auckland -> christchurch
day2: to kaikora for whale watch
day3: christchurch -> lake tekapu -> mount cook -> queenstown
day4: go to fox glacier
day5: full day walk in glacier
day6: back to queestown via wanaka
day7: activities in queenstown
day8: milfond sound (coach, cruise, coach)
day9: fly to auckland and drive to rotorua, enjoy polynesian spa
day10 maori village, geothermal region, waiotapu and polynesian spa again
day11 drive to waitomo caves and black-water rafting (black abyss)
day12 drive to auckland and have city walk
day13 back to HK

i am pleased to share but did not know where to start... hahaha

my itineraries look vry much like yours (in fact it's based on urs haha...) i wanna ask...

aft the whale watch at kaikora, wl it b possible i drive straight to lake tekapo?

fr lake tekapo to mt cook village, do u thk it's worthwhile to stay there for the night?

wl it b possible for me to get fr mt cook village, going straight to fox/franc josef glacier, spend half a day there, probably taking heli-hike to save sometimes. can it b done w/i one day?

i wanna skip all sort of activities in queenstown but i do wanna go to milford sound. so wl u recommend me to drop by wanaka on my way fr glacier to queenstown? is it doable to drive fr Fox directly to milford n spend the night there?

for the northern island, either i skip evrythg or i'll just visit the hot spring. is rotorua worth-going? or shall i substitute that with hammer spring (in the southern island)? i believ u drove fr auckland to rotorua. how long does it roughly take?

i've got loads of questions n dunno whom i sud talk to. hope someone can help me out.

my email's maxie@ngbert.org thanks!

你最在意我嗎 · 發表於: Sat Nov 27, 2010 5:30 pm

viv.rog 寫到:

阿蓮,

Yes it's much more easier to drive in New Zealand than in HK, much fewer vehicles and roads are wider....

If you want to see natural scenery, I recommend u to go to South Island, because NZ is "More South, More Natural", where the places closer to Antartica...Queenstown & Christchurch are the best choices!

For Hotels, depends on which level you want, but normally most of the hotels cost in a high rate.

plz pm me........info and photo

joitgjoijgti@hotmail.com

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