Queenstown Travel Forum

Hi. I am visiting newzealand in november this year. Me and my friend are planning to drive from Christchurch to Queenstown. What is the best driving route to take please? We have about 12-13 days total.

Plus is it cheap to check into hostel or motels whereever or is it better to book it beforehand. As we are students we cant afford expensive hotels

Thank you.

Depends how long you want to take to get there.....

A good option would be via Mt Cook for an overnight stop. It's a beautiful spot with many walks.

Or if you want to do it over a longer period, go via the west coast. Either Lewis Pass or Arthurs Pass. The west coast is nice with things like the pancake rocks, Franz & Fox Glaciers and also Haast Pass and Wanaka on the way through to Queenstown.

We have a few videos that will show you what you can expect to see. We spent 14 days driving around the south island and loved it.

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=beachbumfromoz

Sue & Col

maybe you would like to take a look at my South Island page with all the driving routes, how long it took and petrol prices. we stayed in a double room at all the BBH hostels at a very reasonable rates.

we did a 14 days self drive trip from Christchurch in Dec 2005.

Thanks for all the help. appreciate it.