Driving Route : DHL Lions Series - Ultimate Route
- Overview
- Day 1 : Rotorua to Taupo
- Day 2 : Taupo to Wanganui
- Day 3 : Wanganui to New Plymouth
- Day 4 : New Plymouth to Hamilton
- Day 5 : Hamilton to Raglan
- Day 6 : Hamilton to Napier
- Day 7 : Napier to Masterton
- Day 8 : Masterton to Wellington
- Day 9 : Wellington to Christchurch
- Day 10 : Christchurch to Dunedin
- Day 11 : Dunedin to Invercargill
- Day 12 : Invercargill to Stewart Island
- Day 13 : Invercargill to Queenstown
- Day 14 : Queenstown to Lake Tekapo
- Day 15 : Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
- Day 16 : Christchurch to Blenheim
- Day 17 : Blenheim to Palmerston North
- Day 18 : Palmerston North to Masterton
- Day 19 : Masterton to Martinborough
- Day 20 : Martinborough to Wellington
- Day 21 : Wellington to Turangi
- Day 22 : Turangi to Auckland
- Day 23 : Auckland to Whangarei
- Day 24 : Whangarei to Dargaville
- Day 25 : Dargaville to Auckland
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Day 13 : Invercargill to Queenstown
Travel time is approximate only, based on an average driving speed under normal road conditions.
Travel time | Km | (Miles) | |
---|---|---|---|
Invercargill - Queenstown | 2.25 hrs | 181 | 113 |
Totals for Day | 2.25 hrs | 181 | 113 |
Invercargill - Queenstown
181 km (113 miles)
Approximately 2.25 hours
Road Conditions: State Highway
Invercargill is Southland's principal centre and the country's southernmost city. It is known for its elegant old department stores and wide, easy-to-navigate streets.
Local food specialties include Bluff Oysters and blue cod. The museum has a tuatara house and an excellent exhibition about New Zealand's subantarctic islands.
The first part of your journey takes you up the Oreti River, through a series of rural settlements. After Lumsden, the scenery becomes gradually more alpine.
Enjoy a break in Kingston, the home of a remarkable vintage steam train. From here, the road clings to the edge of Lake Wakatipu nearly all the way to Queenstown.
The alpine resort of Queenstown is exciting, sophisticated and fantastically scenic. It's the place to source almost any kind of adventure, including bungy, jet boating, horse trekking, rafting and river surfing.
It's also a destination for luxury experiences—gourmet food and wine, spa treatments and leisurely games of golf. In winter Queenstown becomes a cool ski town. In summer it's warm and golden.
- Overview
- Day 1 : Rotorua to Taupo
- Day 2 : Taupo to Wanganui
- Day 3 : Wanganui to New Plymouth
- Day 4 : New Plymouth to Hamilton
- Day 5 : Hamilton to Raglan
- Day 6 : Hamilton to Napier
- Day 7 : Napier to Masterton
- Day 8 : Masterton to Wellington
- Day 9 : Wellington to Christchurch
- Day 10 : Christchurch to Dunedin
- Day 11 : Dunedin to Invercargill
- Day 12 : Invercargill to Stewart Island
- Day 13 : Invercargill to Queenstown
- Day 14 : Queenstown to Lake Tekapo
- Day 15 : Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
- Day 16 : Christchurch to Blenheim
- Day 17 : Blenheim to Palmerston North
- Day 18 : Palmerston North to Masterton
- Day 19 : Masterton to Martinborough
- Day 20 : Martinborough to Wellington
- Day 21 : Wellington to Turangi
- Day 22 : Turangi to Auckland
- Day 23 : Auckland to Whangarei
- Day 24 : Whangarei to Dargaville
- Day 25 : Dargaville to Auckland
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Invercargill, Southland:
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Queenstown:
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