New Zealand: North & South Island

Madeline’s Trip Abroad to New Zealand

Lake Tekapo Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Lake Tekapo
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
What country/continent & countries did you visit?

New Zealand, North & South Island

What cities, towns, places did you visit?

Many cities in the North & South Island

Who did you travel with?
Hobbiton Movie Set Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Hobbiton Movie Set
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad

My 2 friends Emily and Ellen

How long were you there for and when?

3 weeks in July 2015

How did you travel and with what company?

Car through a rental company

How did you find and organise your travel arrangements?

Online

Where did you stay?

Hostels about $30 a night, heaps of different ones

Would you stay there again?

Most of them yes

How did you find your accommodation?

Online

What type of Visa did you need and how long did the process take?

Didn’t need one as I am Australian

Where did you find your flights (what website or travel agent) and rough idea of cost?

Online, I cant remember the exact site

Rough idea of the cost of travel expenses?
AJ Hackett Nevis Swing (300m) Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
AJ Hackett Nevis Swing (300m)
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad

A couple of grand

Best Bars/Restaurants

Ferg Burger

Best Attractions, Museums, Tours?

Cadbury Factory Dunedin and Brewery Tour

The best free activities?
Josef Glacier Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Josef Glacier
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad

All the scenery

Cost saving measures?

Eating out very rarely

Rotorua Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Rotorua
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Favourite part of the trip?

Being at the hot water pools at the bottom of a snowy mountain looking over a massive lake

Interesting people you meet?

People staying in the same hostel

Tips for people wanting to go to the same country?

Food and petrol is so much more expensive

Rotorua Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad
Rotorua
Source: Madeline, Students Going Abroad

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