Dunedin: The Wildlife Capital of New Zealand

South Island Tour Part 1

Photo courtesy of Clyde D’Souza

Introduction

I travelled with my parents across the South Island, New Zealand. After spreadsheets of research and budgeting, I prepared an 11-day, jam-packed itinerary. The high-level itinerary looks something like this:

• Day 1: Fly to Dunedin from Auckland.
• Day 2: Taieri Gorge and Dunedin city sightseeing.
• Day 3: Dunedin city sightseeing.
• Day 4: Bus from Dunedin to Queenstown.
• Day 5: Queenstown city sightseeing.
• Day 6: Arrowtown, Cardrona and Wanaka day tour.
• Day 7: Milford Sound day tour.
• Day 8: Glenorchy day tour and Queenstown city sightseeing.
• Day 9: Bus from Queenstown to Christchurch.
• Day 10: Christchurch city sightseeing.
• Day 11: Fly back to Auckland from Christchurch.

In this article, I’ll cover the days in Dunedin, and in future articles, I’ll cover Queenstown and Christchurch. Ready to begin the journey? Let’s go!

Travelling to Dunedin

We travelled on a Jetstar flight from Auckland. Because this is a budget airline…