New Zealand Backpackers
NZ Travel Planner
- Welcome
- Locations
- Accommodation
- Activities
- Transport
- Itinerary
- F.A.Q. – About NZ
- About Us
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Welcome to
Backpackers Travel Planner
New Zealand.
The Backpackers guide
to Planning a Backpacking Trip
around Beautiful New Zealand.
New Zealand-Backpackers-Travel-Planner.com is the only directory you will need
when planning your backpacking trip around New Zealand.
We have brought together all the backpack and flashpack accommodation;
activities ranging from abseiling to zorbing; transport options from bikes to campervans.
All the things needed to make your trip a memorable one.
What makes this site different to most other information sites, on this site,
each entry allows you to directly link through to the advertisers own website
(so you ensure the information is up to date)
as well as save it as a favorite place.
We’ve listed as many options as we can find for backpack accommodation,
activities and things of interest in each town/ city
to ensure we provide a comprehensive directory.
Finally, when you do find a listing of interest to you,
simply use our MY TRIP Favorite Places links to save your favorites
and refer back to all your listings at a more convenient time.
(There’s nothing worse than forgetting the name of that one particular place you wanted to visit!)
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How to use the site:
We wanted to make this site as easy to use and user friendly as possible;
As Beautiful as New Zealand is, and despite the many stunning images you may see on this site,
it is not our intention to present to you every stunning picture of every area in New Zealand,
we will leave that to the individual local sites that we provide with click through links to.
The intent is that this site is your place to collect together all the stunning places to visit
in one convenient site, in order to help visualise your trip,
so don’t be put off by the simplistic look we have designed for the site.
Have a good look around the areas on the local sites
then come back to this site to save your favorite places and create your Itinerary.
Simply follow the steps below and we’re sure you’ll find that planning your
backpacking trip to New Zealand can be extremely easy!
- Decide on which island you wish to start your New Zealand backpacking adventure.
(International Airports are at Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch & Queenstown) - Select the town you wish to peruse by clicking on either the pre sorted category menu on the right or on the map below or from the menus above.
- Select accommodation, activities or attractions for the selected location. (Either make your decision based on the shown information or link directly with through to the advertisers own website!)
- If desired, add it to your MY TRIP Favorite Places page to refer to later.
- Move onto the next destination and so on!
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North Island, New Zealand The North Island, is as its name indicates, is the northern-most of New Zealand’s two main islands. It has a warmer, more temperate climate than much of the South Island, and is much more vastly populated. The North Island is home to NZ’s largest city —Auckland, also known as the ‘City of Sails’, and the Capital City of New Zealand—Wellington. The northern areas of the North Island are sub-tropical. The centre of the island is primarily a volcanic landscape with expansive forests, volcanic peaks, and picturesque lakes. The eastern side of the island is where you’ll find a plethora of vineyards.
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South Island, New Zealand The South Island is the larger, and southern-most of New Zealand’s two main islands. With an area of 151,215 square kilometers (58,093 square miles), it is the 12th largest island in the world. The largest city in the South Island is Christchurch and is known as the ‘Garden City’ due to its many stunning gardens and tree-lined streets. Queenstown, famous as the adventure capital of the world is also found in the South Island The west coast is lined by the Southern Alps mountain ranges with Aoraki/Mount Cook being the highest point at 3,754 meters (12,316 feet) above sea level. |
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There is a saying that when the earth was made, the creator too all the best bits of geography from everywhere,
downsized them a little,
and put them all in the North and south Islands of New Zealand.
He then placed our wonderful country at the bottom of the world so it could remain virtually untouched.
In such a small land mass you can experience a plethora of geography, from the tropical far north to the alpine mountains, lakes and fiords of the South Island.
If you happen to be one of the 12 people that hasn’t seen the Lord of the Rings movies;
the story may have been fictional, but we still haven’t taken down the scenery.
Apart from breathtaking vistas, there are plenty of options for activity.
New Zealanders’ are an inventive lot and once we come up with an idea, we like to share!
Experience just a few of our creations such as bungy jumping, jet boating, black water rafting, zorbing, canyon swinging or fly by wire.
If you prefer more traditional pursuits there are always award winning wineries, deep sea, trout or salmon fishing,
Surfing or snow skiing, Mountaineering or hiking.
There are really just too many options available to mention on one page!
Don’t take our word for it as we are a little biased.
Come and experience what we have to offer.
We pretty much guarantee you’ll have a great time no matter what you’re looking to experience.
Once you finally leave our shores you’ll begin to understand that
New Zealand is not just a country,
it’s an emotion.
