Christchurch to Christchurch
15 Nights | 3425 km | South Island
This 14 Day South Island Tour presents the best motorcycling roads the South Island has to offer. Your trip starts with a day trip to the French settlement of Akaroa to get you ready for New Zealand’s riding conditions and roads.
Taking the east coast of the South Island along the marvellous roads through Kaikoura ranges, through the tight windy roads of Queen Charlotte Sound, the sweeping hills of the Nelson ranges, the rollercoaster roads of the West Coast, and magnificent Milford and Catlins’ scenic routes.
Surely, the trip will give you every type of sealed road imaginable, from tight twisty bends to long sweeping corners and everything in between with some of the most spectacular scenery to be found anywhere in the world.
Tour Highlights
- Akaroa
- Devils Staircase
- Golden Bay
- Queen Charlotte Drive
- Buller Gorge
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Lake Tekapo
- Milford Road & Milford Sound
- West & East Coast
- Mt Cook & Hooker Valley
- 14 Day South Island Tour
Tour Details
Day 1 : Christchurch to Akaroa
1h 58min
via Lyttleton Harbour, SH 74
Day 2 : Akaroa to Kaikoura
3h 54min
via SH 75 & 1
Day 3 : Kaikoura to Nelson
3h 31min
via Queen Charlotte Drive, SH 1 & 6
Day 4 : Nelson to Hokitika
4h 17min
via Greymouth, SH 6, 69 & 7
Day 5 : Hokitika to Queenstown
3h 32min
via Franz Josef Glacier, SH 6
Day 6 : Queenstown to Te Anau
4h 45min
via Devils Staircase, SH 6 & 94
Day 7 : Te Anau to Invercargill
2h 20min
via Longwood Forest, SH 99
Day 8 : Invercargill to Raes Junction
3h 21min
via Catlins Forest, SH 8
Day 9 : Raes Junction to Dunedin
1h 29min
via Balclutha
Day 10 : Dunedin to Wanaka
3h 31min
via Palmerston, SH 1, 85, 8 & 6
Day 11 : Wanaka to Mt Cook
2h 20min
via Twizel, SH 8A & 8
Day 12 : Mt Cook to Christchurch
4h 19min
via Mt Somers, SH 8, 79 & 72