Travel: New Zealand

[verykiasu2010]

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

http://www.newzealand.com/sg/

there is already another discussion on new zealand

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=24260&hilit=new+zealand&start=150

[tankee]

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

NZ is not boring for 6 years old,

There are:
- penguin, whales, sea lions, etc to see
- cable car to take
- luge to play
- powerboat to ride

And most important, daddy and mommy by the side for days and nights.

We went there when DS was 6.

[Dnls_mum]

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

My DD was only 5 when we went last yr. She was happy doing the walks, dart river jetboating, helicopter ride to land on FJ glacier, luge, Walter Peak Farm tour, Milford sound BBQ and cruise, cadbury factory tour,cherry pucking,and most importantly being with mum, dad and her 2 bros al the time.

Check out my earlier posts on our trip, a bit long winded but quite a detailed account of our itinerary.

[kohbee2.06303gmail.06303com]

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

You might want to read our review of our North Island trip on page 13 to have a gist of what it has to offer for your family. My son (aged 7 at the time of travel) enjoyed the visit to Waterworks (http://www.thewaterworks.co.nz/index.html ) at Coromandel, luge ride & Agrodrome at Rotorua, the train ride at Driving Creek Railway (http://www.drivingcreekrailway.co.nz/Introduction.cfm), just to mention a few. Children will usually be fascinated with farm stay.

[briskcross]

Has anyone tried holidaying in a caravan or motorhome in NZ?

[mrsoh]

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

Hi everyone, thanks for your recommendations! I think we are quite set for NZ

[Dnls_mum]

mrsoh:

mrsoh:

Hi, my husband is thinking of New Zealand for our next family trip. Our child is 6. I heard the place is very scenic but can be quite boring for a 6 year old. Any specific places of interest to recommend? Thanks.

Hi everyone, thanks for your recommendations! I think we are quite set for NZ

Look forward to reading your review when you get back :). Have fun! :rahrah:

[tisha]

Wow, loads of info by dnls_mum and JR. Thanks a lot for sharing. It is very useful to plan a trip to NZ.

We are planning a 8-10 days trip to SI this Nov/Dec.
Don’t really fancy the group tours(no flexibility and choice of food) but then DH is the only person driving, so not sure how tiring it is.
Dnls_mum,JR
How long does it take to drive from one place to the other, e.g christchurch to franz Joseph?
We are a fly of three, DS is 14. My budget is 10K. So planning to take quantas/jet and mostly stay in Motels. Hope can manage and still have a good time.
Do the local(SG) tour operators offer fne, only air ticket and motel/hotel booking? Is it cheaper than direct self booking?
Natas fair coming up this weekend. Hope I can decide on self or group tour soon.

[tisha]

JR:

Hi Dnls_mum, my family group of 10 will be touring North Island for 13 days staying at Auckland , Coromandel, Tairua, Rotorua, Napier, Taihape, Waitomo and then back to Auckland.


We have booked our accomodation, car rental (2 cars) & activities online via this NZ company Fine Tours New Zealand which has very comprehensive tour packages as well as customized tour. Currently, we are still fine-tuning our itinerary and Kerry Kettle of the NZ tour company has been very helpful in answering our queries regarding routes etc.

My family members are also looking forward to our trip starting on 25 November. Yeah

I'm planning for partial self dive and partial day tours. If so is it better to hire car on daily basis? How is the public transport? Can we go from one city to the other by bus, how long does it take?

[tisha]

Dnls_mum:

Driving time is apparrently long. Check out the link below to get an idea of travel time and distance.
http://www.aatravel.co.nz/main/td-calculator.php

This is very useful. :thankyou: