| Price each | ||||||||
| Date | DoW | Time | Where | Map | What | Need to reserve | NZ$ | US$ |
| 3/10 | Mon | noon | Raleigh | Leave RDU | Done | $1.70 | $1.00 | |
| 3/11 | Tues | Never | Somewhere over the rainbow | Stolen by international date-line | ||||
| 3/12 | Wed | Arrive 6a | Land in AKL | A | Drop bags at AYH in room or lockers | |||
| Auckland | A | Sky tower (eat there) | ||||||
| Auckland | A | Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic encounter & underwater world (3 hrs) | ||||||
| Auckland | A | Auckland Bridge Climb | ||||||
| Auckland | A | Queen Elizabeth II Square/Prince's Wharf (hangout/food) | ||||||
| Auckland | A | Stay night (Auckland Intl YH, 5 Turner St +64 09 302 8200) | Done | $34.00 | $20.00 | |||
| 3/13 | Thurs | Depart 10a | Fly to Queenstown 2 hr flight) | AirNZ flight 639 (AKL->ZQN) | Done | $279.00 | $164.12 | |
| Arrive 11:50a | Queenstown | R | Use Shopper Bus to get around | |||||
| Queenstown | R | Check-in, get rid of bags | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | The Luge (2 hrs) (save for return on Sat?) | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | Bungee jump (2 hrs) | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | Jet boat (1.5 hrs wih service from QT) | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | Skyline gondola (anytime of day) | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | Stay night (Thomas Hotel, Beach/Rees St, +64 3 442 7180) | Done | $55.00 | $32.35 | |||
| 3/14 | Fri | 8:30am | Catch bus for overnight trip | Stow excess luggage at Thomas motel | ||||
| Fiordland National Park | T | Milford overnight | Done | $640.00 | $376.47 | |||
| 3/15 | Sat | 11:40am | return from sound | |||||
| Queenstown | R | more Queenstown, hang out for night | ||||||
| Queenstown | R | Stay night (Thomas Hotel, Beach/Rees St, +64 3 442 7180) | Done | $55.00 | $32.35 | |||
| 3/16 | Sun | morning | Queenstown | R | Pick up car (Hertz C10849780F2, 8:30a) | Done | ||
| morning | head north to Wanaka (1.5 hrs) | |||||||
| Noon-ish | Wanaka | S | Puzzling World Maze (opens 8:30am) | |||||
| early afternoon | drive to Franz Joesph (4hrs), | Stay night (Terrace Motel, Cowan St, box 44, +64 (03) 7520 130) | Done | $62.50 | $36.76 | |||
| 3/17 | Mon | 9.15a | Westland National Park | W | Franz Josef Glacier (do heli-hike) (10.00-12.30) | Done | $240.00 | $141.18 |
| mid-afternoon | Drive to Hokitika (~ 2hrs) | Stay night | ||||||
| Hokitika/Cantebury | Q | Stay night | ||||||
| 3/18 | Tues | morning | Hokitika/Cantebury | Q | See glacier lake (Lake Kaniere) | |||
| morning | Hokitika/Cantebury | Q | hiking / views | |||||
| noon | Drive Hok -> Hanmer (~4 hrs) | Must call to confirm dolphin swim or lose spot | ||||||
| ~ 4 | Hanmer | |||||||
| Hanmer | V | Stay night IF we shift to 12.30 dolphin | Y | |||||
| Drive Hanmer -> Kaikoura (3 hrs) | OR | |||||||
| Night | Kaikoura | P | Stay night IF we need to do the 8.30a tour | Y | ||||
| 3/19 | Wed | 8:30-noon | Kaikoura | P | dolphin swim (booked 8.30, on standy for 12.30) | Done | $98.00 | $57.65 |
| afternoon | Kaikoura | P | Seal swimming? | |||||
| Kaikoura | P | Maori Leap Cave? | ||||||
| 3/20 | Thurs | morning | KK->Blenheim (2:00) | |||||
| 10:30am-dinner | Blenheim | J | Sounds Connection Vineyards Tour | $0.00 | ||||
| 3/21 | Fri | Early | Blenheim | J | Drop off car in Blenheim, 7.30a (Hertz opens 6.30a) | $338.50 | $199.12 | |
| 8.35a | Fly to Kerikeri/Bay of Islands | AirNZ #2454 (BHE->AKL->KKE) | Done | $229.00 | $134.71 | |||
| 12:15p | Bay of Islands | - | Pick up car (Hertz C10827849E0) | Done | ||||
| rest of day | Bay of Islands | - | Beaches/relax | |||||
| Bay of Islands | - | Hang gliding, horse trekking | ||||||
| Bay of Islands | - | Stay night (reserve ahead b/c weekend) | Y | |||||
| 3/22 | Sat | til mid-afternoon | Bay of Islands | - | Relax | |||
| mid-afternoon | Drive to Whangarei (~3 hrs) | Stay night | Y | |||||
| 3/23 | Sun | 8a-4:30pm | Whangarei | K | Dive Poor Knights Islands (best scuba in NZ) | Done | $185.00 | $108.82 |
| Stay night or try to drive a few hours?? | ||||||||
| 3/24 | Mon | Drive to Waitomo (~6 hrs) | ||||||
| Waitomo | F | Depending on when we arrive, do glow worms | ||||||
| 3/25 | Tues | 7am | Waitomo | F | Lost World | |||
| Waitomo | F | Black Water Rafting | ||||||
| Waitomo | F | Glow worms | ||||||
| 3/26 | Wed | morning | Drive to Rotorua (~3 hrs) | |||||
| noon | Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | Nice to see town | |||||
| Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | See thermal areas | ||||||
| Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | Agrodome | ||||||
| Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | Hedge maze (might be destoyed??) | ||||||
| dinner | Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | Do a native dinner (Tamaki Tours, Maori concert + dinner) | Y | $75.00 | $44.12 | ||
| 3/27 | Thurs | morning | Rotorua/Wai-o-tapu | E | Finish Rotorua | |||
| by noon | Drive Rotorua->Auckland (3.5 hrs) | Drop off car at AKL | $338.50 | $199.12 | ||||
| arrive by 3p | Auckland | A | Fly home (6pm flight) | Done | ||||
| Total | $1,547.76 |