Fodor's New Zealand 2009
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.\ Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Zealand!\ ·Updated annually, Fodor’s New Zealand provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.\...
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Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in New Zealand!·Updated annually, Fodor’s New Zealand provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook.·Fodor’s New Zealand features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.·If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in New Zealand.·Experience New Zealand like a local! Fodor’s New Zealand includes choices for every traveler, from sunbathing and surfing to bushwalking and horseback riding, and much more!·Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go,” “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.·Includes unique, color photos that illustrate the country's history and local activities and a full-color, pullout map of New Zealand.Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planningtips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
About this book............6What’s Where............7Quintessential New Zealand............11If You Like............14Great Itineraries............16When to go............20On the Calendar............21Chapter 1: Auckland............25Orientation & Planning............27Exploring Auckland............33Where to Eat............50Where to Stay............62Nightlife & the Arts............69Sports & the Outdoors............73Shopping............77Chapter 2: Northland & the Bay of Islands............81Orientation & Planning............83Northland............87The Bay of Islands............99Chapter 3: Coromandel Peninsula & the Bay of Plenty............117Orientation & Planning............118The Coromandel Peninsula............122The Bay of Plenty............141Chapter 4: East Coast & the Volcanic Zone............153Orientation & Planning............154The Rotorua Area............159Lake Taupo & Tongariro National Park............175Napier & Hawke’s Bay............183Gisborne & Eastland............195Chapter 5: North Island’s West Coast............203Orientation & Planning............204The Waikato & Waitomo............210New Plymouth & Taranaki............222Chapter 6: Wellington & the Wairarapa............251Orientation & Planning............252Wellington............256The Wairarapa............281Chapter 7: Upper South Island & the WestCoast............289Orientation & Planning............290Marlborough & Kaikoura............297Nelson & the Northwest............323The West Coast............351Chapter 8: Christchurch & Canterbury............371Orientation & Planning............372Christchurch............377Arthur’s Pass & Canterbury............398Chapter 9: The Southern Alps & Fiordland............425Orientation & Planning............426The Southern Alps............429Fiordland............460Chapter 10: Otago, Invercargill & Stewart Island............471Orientation & Planning............472Dunedin............475Otago Peninsula............485Invercargill............489Stewart Island............494Chapter 11: Adventure Vacations............505Understanding New Zealand............533Māoritanga: An Insider’s Perspective............534Flora & Fauna............538Chronology............542Kiwi & Māori Glossary............546Books & Movies............550Travel Smart New Zealand ............554Getting Here & Around............555Essentials............564Index............581About our Writers............592MapsNorth Island............8South Island............10Auckland............36—37Greater Auckland............43Hauraki Gulf Islands............47Where to Stay & Eat in Auckland............56—57Northland............89Bay of Islands............101The Coromandel Peninsula............123Bay of Plenty............142East Coast & Volcanic Zone............158Central Rotorua............162Around Rotorua............166Tongariro National Park............180Napier............184Hawke’s Bay............190Western North Island............211Taranaki Peninsula............223Wellington............259Where to Stay & Eat in Wellington............271Greater Wellington & Wairarapa............282Upper South Island............296Around Blenheim............310Nelson............326Greater Nelson............333Abel Tasman National Park............340The West Coast............353Canterbury Region............373Christchurch............379Where to Stay and Eat in Christchurch............390Southern Alps & Fiordland............430Where to Stay & Eat in Queenstown............454Otago & Invercargill............476Stewart Island............495Milford Track............516Kepler Track............518
