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Itineraries
3 WEEKS
Southern Circuit
Head to
Christchurch
and see how the city is rebuilding post-earthquakes. Grab a kick-ass
coffee at C1 Espresso or the Addington Coffee Co-op, then visit the Canterbury Museum
and Transitional Cathedral. The Avon River cuts a lazy ribbon through town. Check it out
in the Botanic Gardens, and then ride the historic tram around the city, and ascend in the
Gondola for excellent views.
City saturated? Drive out to Banks Peninsula and the French-colonial settlement of
Akaroa
, then head north for whale-watching in
Kaikoura
. Continue to the famous
Marl-
borough wine region
and pretty harbour town of
Picton
to lose a day in the waterways of
the
Marlborough Sounds
.