Oceania
Getting around New Zealand
Between cities
Getting around New Zealand
Most travelers rent a car or campervan. InterCity coaches link most towns, scenic trains run Auckland–Wellington and across the South Island, and ferries cross Cook Strait.
Key facts
- Ride-hailing apps: Uber, DiDi, YourRide.
- Driving: on the left. Drive up to 12 months on a valid foreign licence, with an IDP or approved translation if it isn't English.
- InterCity coaches
- Great Journeys New Zealand (KiwiRail)
- Interislander ferry
- Bluebridge ferry
Getting around by place
- AucklandGetting around
- QueenstownGetting around
- WellingtonGetting around
- ChristchurchGetting around
- RotoruaGetting around
- WanakaGetting around
- TaupoGetting around
- Bay of IslandsGetting around
- Milford SoundGetting around
- Lake TekapoGetting around
- CoromandelGetting around
- TaurangaGetting around
- DunedinGetting around
- NelsonGetting around
- Waiheke IslandGetting around
- KaikouraGetting around
Sources
- InterCity coaches
- Great Journeys New Zealand (KiwiRail)
- Interislander ferry
- Bluebridge ferry
- US State Department travel advisory
- NZeTA, Immigration New Zealand
- New Zealand Traveller Declaration
- Department of Conservation
- ACC
- Speedtest Global Index: New Zealand
- World Bank open data
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