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DHL Lions Series - Test Match Route

Start Christchurch / Finish Auckland
Recommended Length: 12 Days
Distance: 2,651 km (1,657 miles)

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Route Summary

Travel time is approximate only, based on an average driving speed under normal road conditions.

  Travel time Km (Miles)
Day 1
Christchurch to Twizel		 3.75 hrs 288 180
Day 2
Twizel to Wanaka		 3.75 hrs 297 186
Day 3
Wanaka to Fox Glacier		 3.5 hrs 261 163
Day 4
Fox Glacier to Westport		 3.75 hrs 296 185
Day 5
Westport to Nelson		 3 hrs 226 141
Day 6
Nelson to Wellington		 5 hrs 241 151
Day 7
Wellington to Masterton		 1.5 hrs 124 78
Day 8
Masterton to Napier		 3.5 hrs 236 148
Day 9
Napier to Taupo		 1.75 hrs 139 87
Day 10
Taupo to Rotorua		 1 hr 81 51
Day 11
Rotorua to Whitianga		 3.25 hrs 250 156
Day 12
Whitianga to Auckland		 2.5 hrs 212 133
Totals for Driving Route 36.25 hrs 2,651 1,657

DHL Lions Series - Test Match Route

DHL Lions Series - Test Match Route

Your explorations kick off after the first test in Christchurch.

Drive to Queenstown and Wanaka via Mount Cook/Aoraki National Park—you're in an alpine wonderland watched over by New Zealand's tallest peaks.

If you love to ski, hit the slopes before driving over the main divide to the rainforests and glaciers of the west coast.

Shop for art in Nelson or catch a fishing trip in the Marlborough Sounds.

Enjoy the vehicular ferry cruise over Cook Strait to Wellington for the second test.

The road to Auckland, for the third and final test, leads through the vineyards of Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay—plenty to tempt you here.

Investigate the geothermal wonders of Taupo and Rotorua before you hit the surf coast that leads past Tauranga and around the Coromandel Peninsula to Auckland.

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