If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably about to start planning your own New Zealand itinerary.

Or perhaps you’ve given it a go already and you’re a bit stuck?

We can help with that!

This article will be updated, ensuring that tried-and-tested itineraries that are shared in our free Facebook Group are easy to find.

In addition to the posts we link up below, also have a look in our Google Drive folder for tested itineraries that our members have shared.

New Zealand itineraries, as shared by travellers

Routes that are a week or Less

• 4 days: North Island only [Kuljit Sanghera]
• 5 days: North Island only (with kids) [Krystal Pesch]
• 6 days: North Island only (with only short walks) [Erica Mo]
• 7 days: South Island only (in and out of Queenstown [Vjhai Parot]

A bit more than a week in New Zealand

• 10 days: North Island only (in and out of Wellington) [Pauline White]
• 10 days: South Island highlights (detailed blog post) [Sarah Chant]
• 11 days: South Island + Auckland [Brittany Boylan]
• 11 days: North and South Island (with a focus on flying) [Nicki Taller]

2 – 3 weeks approx.

• 14 days: South Island only (loop from Christchurch via West Coast and Mt Cook) [Kenneth Yap Choon Kiat]
• 16 days: South Island (loop from Christchurch via West Coast and Mt Cook – detailed blog post) [Sarah Chant]
• 18 days: South Island only [LiAnn Chong]
• 18 days: North Island only (in a campervan, including costings) [Cassie Bartlett]
• 19 nights: North Island only [Mary Nash]
• 20 days: South Island + Auckland (with kids) [Elizabeth Cooper]
• 20 days: North and South Island (8 days north, the rest south, using buses, trains and tours) [Subham Debbarma]
• 21 days: North and South Island (9 days north, the rest south) [Kevin Ro]
• 23 days: Mostly South Island, with a taste of the north [Weifei Zheng]

4 weeks or more in NZ

• 28 days: South Island (1 week in rental car, 3 weeks in campervan) [Mary Nash]
• 28 days: South and North Island (including costings) [Rob Ka]
• 32 days/1 month: South Island only [Lizzie Claire]
• 35 days/5 weeks: South Island focus + North Island (overview only) [Kathy Maschino Pemberton]
• 35 days/5 weeks: North and South Island [Pat Parkin]

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