What is the cost of a trip from Sydney to New Zealand in American Dollars?

Question

Any advice on where to stay and what to do while in new zealand, Im going for one week!

Answer 1

Well, when I flew from Sydney to Christchurch abotu 3 years ago, it ran about $250 USD per ticket.  There were several airlines that flew the route, we went on Virgin.  Air New Zealand and Qantas also fly the route.  I would suspect it would cost a bit more now than it did then, but its not a super expensive ticket either way.

As for the rest, a week is a very short time for New Zealand.  You wont want to try to go too many places, or you wont see anything.  I would suggest flying to Christchurch and spending a day or two there, and then go to Queenstown, which is the adventure capital of the world.  In my opinion, it may also be located in the most beautiful place in the world.  Anyway, you could send the rest of your time there, with day trips to Milford Sound, perhaps one of the glaciers (Fox or Franz Josef), maybe a day trip to Mt. Cook.

If you want to have a more urban experience, then fly to Auckland, and base your trip out of there.  You might want to take a day trip to Rotorua (heart of Maori culture), a daytrip to hike at Tongariro National Park (the Misty Mountains for Lord of the Rings), and spend a day or two in the Bay of Islands.  You could also consider going to Piha, a gorgeous beach that is pretty much unknown to tourists, you'll probably be the only Americans there.  Great surfing town.