Suggested Itinerary Guides
7 Day South Island Itinerary
- Top of the South West & East
Picton - Nelson - West Coast - Christchurch - Kaikoura - Picton - Day 1:
Self Drive - Picton - Nelson
- Day 2:
Explore Nelson - Day 3: Self Drive
- Nelson - Murchison - Westport
Buller Gorge Road - Day 4: Self Drive
- Westport - Punakaiki - Greymouth
Cape Foulwind Seal Colony, Coast Road, Pancake Rocks & Blow holes. - Day 5: Explore Greymouth
- Shantytown, Woods Creek, Garth Wilson Jade
- Day 6:
TranzAlpine - Greymouth - Arthurs Pass - Christchurch
alternatively you could drive the Arthurs Pass route from Greymouth to Christchurch. - Day 7: Self Drive
- Christchurch - Kaikoura - Picton
- TransCoastal
Please check reporting times for the TransCoastal - Christchurch - Kaikoura - Picton
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- Top of the South East & West
Picton - Kaikoura - Christchurch - West Coast - Murchison - Nelson - Picton - Day 1
- am: Self Drive
- Picton - Kaikoura
- pm: Explore Kaikoura
Dolphin, Bird or Whale Watch, Diving, Visitor Center. - Day 2
- am: Self Drive
- Kaikoura - Christchurch
- pm: Explore Christchurch
- Day 3:
- am: TranzAlpine
- Christchurch - Arthurs Pass -Greymouth
- pm: Self Drive
- explore Greymouth,
visit Shantytown and Garth Wilson Jade, or
On Yer Bike for a muddy adventure and Coal Creek Falls
or Point Elizabeth Walkway, Brunner Mine Site and Greymouth Piers. - Alternatively you could drive the Arthurs Pass route from Christchurch to Greymouth.
- Day 4: Self Drive
- Greymouth - Punakaiki - Westport
Coast Road, Pancake Rocks & Blow Holes, Cape Foulwind Seal Colony. - Day 5: Self Drive
- Westport - Murchison - Nelson
Buller Gorge Road - Day 6: Explore Nelson
- Day 7: Self Drive
- Nelson - Picton
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