Tried and tested itineraries, as shared by NZTT members

If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably about to start planning your own New Zealand itinerary.

Or perhaps you’ve given it a go already and you’re a bit stuck?

We can help with that!

This article will be updated, ensuring that tried-and-tested itineraries that are shared in our free Facebook Group are easy to find.

In addition to the posts we link up below, also have a look in our Google Drive folder for tested itineraries that our members have shared.

New Zealand itineraries, as shared by travellers

Routes that are a week or Less

• 4 days: North Island only [Kuljit Sanghera]
• 5 days: North Island only (with kids) [Krystal Pesch]
• 6 days: North Island only (with only short walks) [Erica Mo]
• 7 days: South Island only (in and out of Queenstown [Vjhai Parot]

A bit more than a week in New Zealand

• 8 days: South Island Christchurch loop (fast moving) [Tyler Dempski]
• 8 days: Based in/around Queenstown [Louise McKenzie]
• 10 days: North Island only (in and out of Wellington) [Pauline White]
• 10 days: South Island fast-moving highlights (detailed blog post) [Sarah Chant]
• 10 days South Island (in and out of Queenstown, more relaxed) [Andrea Blackwood-Beattie]
• 11 days: South Island + Auckland [Brittany Boylan]
• 11 days: North and South Island (with a focus on flying) [Nicki Taller]

2 – 3 weeks approx.

• 13 days: North and South Island (very fast moving) – in and out of Auckland [JS Ham]
• 14 days: South Island only (loop from Christchurch via West Coast and Mt Cook) [Kenneth Yap Choon Kiat]
• 16 days: South Island (loop from Christchurch via West Coast and Mt Cook – detailed blog post) [Sarah Chant]
• 17 days: North and South Island (Auckland to Queenstown) [Sarah Cantwell]
• 18 days: South Island only [LiAnn Chong]
• 18 days: North Island only (in a campervan, including costings) [Cassie Bartlett]
• 19 nights: North Island only [Mary Nash]
• 20 days: South Island + Auckland (with kids) [Elizabeth Cooper]
• 20 days: North and South Island (8 days north, the rest south, using buses, trains and tours) [Subham Debbarma]
• 21 days: North and South Island (9 days north, the rest south) [Kevin Ro]
• 23 days: Mostly South Island, with a taste of the north [Weifei Zheng]
• 27 days: North Island [Rachel Humphries]

4 weeks or more in NZ

• 28 days: South Island (1 week in rental car, 3 weeks in campervan) [Mary Nash]
• 28 days: South and North Island (including costings) [Rob Ka]
• 28 days: North and South Island itinerary (in and out of Auckland, campervan) [Jemma Lane]
• 32 days/1 month: South Island only [Lizzie Claire]
• 35 days/5 weeks: South Island focus + North Island (overview only) [Kathy Maschino Pemberton]
• 35 days/5 weeks: North and South Island [Pat Parkin]
• 8 weeks: North and South Island [Nancy Riella]

Post-trip reflections

• 2 weeks across North and South Island [Telle Prout]
• 2.5 weeks in the South Island [Shannon Ruth]
• 1 month in a freedom camper [Ulla Matthiesen]
• Trip reflections [Jenny Chou]