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Thread ID: 114605 2010-12-09 23:17:00 Places to Visit. . . ronyville (10611) PC World Chat
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1160328 2010-12-10 22:22:00 Tongariro National Park show them the most recently active Volcanoes of New Zealand, take a walk across the Tongariro Alpine Crossing or maybe just up Mt Doom so they can say they did the Lord of the Rings climb.
Head up to Whakapapa Ski Area and show them Meads Wall where where a scene from LOTR was filmed or take the chairlift up to the Knoll Ridge Cafe (highest in New Zealand) and maybe walk to the crater lake.
Not many visitors come to New Zealand not to be impressed with the sight of the Central Plateaus Volcanic peaks and scenery. We take it for granted!!!

New Plymouth is an intersting trip maybe combine the drive to Rotorua down around Tongariro NP up to Taumarunui and across the Forgotten Highway to New PLymouth and back up to Auckland?

Think like a Tourist to be honest the Central Plateau is about as far south as you want to take them for stuff to do without hitting the (dare I say it) boring area void of the lower north island (welington excluded).
coldfront (15814)
1160329 2010-12-10 22:52:00 Don't know of its worth it or if you're up for the drive but you could go out from taupo to Hawkes bay and then head home via Gisborne.

At the very least it would be a nice bit of scenery

Are they going to the south island?
The Error Guy (14052)
1160330 2010-12-10 23:42:00 The Kauri Museum at Matakohe is well worth a day out. Richard (739)
1160331 2010-12-10 23:50:00 Glenbrooke Railway at Waiuku, Museum Of Transport and Technology, The Zoo. Walk over the Auckland Harbour Bridge.
:)
Trev (427)
1160332 2010-12-11 04:50:00 One day trip to Skyline Skyrides
Taupo - perhaps a weekend there

Probably want to incorporate the Skyride trip into the Taupo weekend...unless you have many spare petrol vouchers.
allblack (6574)
1160333 2010-12-11 04:55:00 Probably want to incorporate the Skyride trip into the Taupo weekend...unless you have many spare petrol vouchers.

matter of fact I do.. I get them from work :p but that's a good point. will save some vouchers doing that.
ronyville (10611)
1160334 2010-12-11 04:56:00 Tell em to fly straight to the south Island, rent a van and hit teh road.

Coming to NZ and restricting themselves to that area is like going to Paris and spending your vacation in the subway,or a guided tour around a carpark....

Sure they can say they have been here, but whats the point if they only see the suck part?
Metla (12)
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