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A Month in New Zealand With No Set Plans

A couple wants to see the country's dramatic landscapes, Maori culture, and...penguins and Art Deco architecture?
By The Staff, February 2005 issue |

If our suggestions don't suffice, the Lowes can talk to a local at Tourism New Zealand's 24-hour toll-free number. Have a blast! We nine-to-fivers are indeed jealous.

Transportation

Milford Sound, one of the world's wonders (David Wall / Tourism New Zealand) [enlarge photo]

FROM THE FEB. 2005 ISSUE
• A Month in New Zealand With No Set Plans
• Eat Like a Local: Reykjavik
• Fill'er Up, Mate: Australian Road Trips
• Southern New Mexico
• Secret Hotels of the Caribbean: Jamaica, Bahamas, and More
• New Lessons in Online Savings

  • Pacific Blue 011-61/7-3295-2284, virginblue.com.au, Christchurch to Melbourne $154

  • Interislander 011-64/4-498-3302, interislander.co.nz, ferry to South Island for two adults and a car $193

  • Stewart Island Experience stewartislandexperience.co.nz, round-trip ferry to Stewart Island $64.25

    • Lodging

  • Fairley Motor Lodge Napier,fairley.co.nz, $85.75

  • South Sea Hotel Stewart Island, 011-64/3-219-1059, http://www.stewart-island.co.nz/, motel unit $85.75, hotel room with shared bath from $57.25

    • Attractions

  • Whakarewarewa Rotorua, 011-64/7-349-3463, whakarewarewa.com, $14.25

  • Te PapaTongarewa Museum Wellington, 011-64/4-381-7000, tepapa.govt.nz, free

  • Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony 011-64/3-433-1195, penguins.co.nz, $10.50

    • Note: This story was accurate when it was published. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.

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