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Originally posted by Dianna Vesta@Mar 2 2004, 04:36 AM
I definately want to go. Everyone tells me you need at least two weeks.
Petr tell us more about your trip. Weather, where you stayed, cost, people, culture, etc. I'd really like to know. When is the best time of year to go?
Dianna
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Dianna,
It really depens what you want to do in NZ but if you are there for the nature, you need at least a month. And you still won't be able to see the whole country. People usually come for 3+ months. I spent the last week of Jan in north island and the whole Feb in south island.
As for accommodation, in the big cities like Auckland and Wellington we slept in hostels (which are called backpackers in NZ), otherwise we stayed in a tent. Our goal was to spend as much time in the countryside as possible, preferrably as far away as possible from people and civilisation. There is nothing like if you can go up to the mountains where you can actually drink water right from riverstreams... Where you can spend days without bumping to another human being... That was really refreshing. Plus hiking is a good way to exercise... Especially when you have a 20kg backpack on your back walking 10-20km a day.
I lost about 8kg of weight in four weeks (I'm 1.75m, 68kg now)...
As for locals, they are really nice and friendly. And that's why hitching is sooo easy in NZ.
The whole trip cost me like $3k including a flight ticket from/to Europe... The best time to visit NZ is January/February.