Traveling Southland and Dunedin

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Sep 9, 2018, 10:37 pm

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Mwenenzi

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Originally Posted by rtgta

Transfercar has plenty of ZQN to CHC rental cars @ $1/day for 2 days max, there are some 3-4 days ones that show..

Looking now
ZQN-CHC 152 cars
ZQN-Picton 39
342 cars total at ZQN to relocate (Its ski season)

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Sep 10, 2018, 8:35 pm

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That makes travelling Southland and Dunedin much harder and will take a lot more time to visit places. With a car you get to places in a hour that could take a day by public transport or will not be accessible for you at all.

I would suggest you rent a car for part of your trip to NZ. Even if only for a day in Dunedin or Queenstown areas for example.
An option for longer travel but limited:-->http://transfercar.co.nz/ (most are south to north direction, as many people drive south but fly north)

I don't drive as I'm a native New Yorker... I've been to NZ before so I know this is an issue. I've been generally lucky to sort it out in the past need to figure this out more here. Thanks for the suggestions guys!
Cheers

Howie

Sep 17, 2018, 6:23 pm

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Howie

An acquaintance I knew once biked around NZ. You could always do that

Jan 6, 2019, 4:04 pm

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So I'm leaving for NZ tomorrow and I'm super excited about what I ended up doing. I was able to fly CHC-IVC and transfer to the IVC-SZS flight which will be the smallest plane I've ever flown on! Doing the same in reverse so not spending much time in IVC. Had to pass on Dunedin this trip sadly. Stewart Island looks simply amazing!
Cheers
Howie

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