Universal Orlando Travel Packages - Top Things to Do in New Zealand

Throughout New Zealand

And do some hunting out of familiar scenes from the LOTR trilogy, buy the Lord of the Rings location guide.

North Island

Cape Reinga and 90 Mile Beach

Bay of Islands swim with the dolphins in Paihia,

And wear an orange suit to do it, auckland Skytower - beyond the observation decks, vertigo Climb.

Climb to the top, auckland to Rangitoto Island & take a ferry or kayak from Mission Bay.

Maybe spend the night, for some great wineries, waiheke Island - only 35 mins by ferry from Auckland.

Catch some wild surf; raglan- &.

Waitomo Haggas Honking Holes and tubing the glow-worm caves

Kayak from Whitianga to Cathedral Cove - then go to Hot Water beach and dig your hole in the sand

Drive from Opotiki to Gisborne then around the East Cape and back to Opotiki

North Island east Coast, hawkes Bay- wineries,

An active volcano, whakatane- Take a scenic flight over White Island.

Visit Te Whakawerwera for your Maori cultural experience, thermal activity and smell, rotorua - to see the geysers.

Drive out to Lake Tarawera near Rotorua- check out the Blue and Green lakes on the way

000ft taupo- Tandem Skydive 12,

Craters of the moon outside of Taupo

Stunning scenery with volcanoes tongariro Crossing- one of the best one-day walks in the world,

North Island walk up Mount Taranaki- West Coast,

Watch the sun rise at Te Araroa - the eastern most place in NZ

North Island martinborough- wineries- bottom East Coast,

Te Papa Museum in Wellington- you could spend all day here learning about NZ / Maori -culture

South Island

Abel Tasman- for relaxing walking and kayaking around the National Park

South Island top East Coast, south Island
Marlborough- wineries, marlborough Sounds- Top, walk the Queen Charlotte Track,

Kaikoura- for whale watching and swimming with dolphins

South Island banks Peninsula - East Coast, 4 day hike,

South Island for unusual round boulders
Christchurch- Arts Centre moeraki Boulders - East Coast,

Akaroa- for a bit of French New Zealand history

Yellow eyed penguins and seal colonies albatross, dunedin- for historic homes,

Oamaru- for Old Oamaru Stone buildings and Penguin watching

South Island
Mount Cook - South Island upper West Coast, pancake Rocks and blowholes- Punakaiki,

South Island fox and Franz Josef Glaciers- West Coast,

While looking at the glaciers in the Fox/Franz Josef area take a cruise out to Lake Matheson first thing in the morning to take some amazing photos of the reflection of Mount Cook in the water

Wanaka- a relaxing place in Central Otago

20 minutes from Queenstown arrowtown- an old Central Otago Goldfields town with an old Chinese village,

Queenstown- for adventure activities and party atmosphere

Pipeline Bungy Jump in Queenstown

After stopping and taking plenty of photos whilst on the drive drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy- have a beer at the Glenorchy pub,

Queenstown- wineries

5 day trek of Routeburn/Greenstone Track

Walk Milford Track- one of the Worlds best.

South Island
Doubtful Sound in the Fiordland National Park- swim with dolphins milford Sound and Fiordland National Park- lower West Coast,

South Island the Catlins- for nature East Coast,

Stewart Island- for nature bottom South Island

Once you have done all these things you will have had a great look around beautiful New Zealand