The line is OpenStreetMap's mapping of the route (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), via Waymarked Trails, with heights from a 30 m terrain model. Check the current official route before a long trip: diversions and permitted paths change. See the source.
Start and finish
Start: -41.09461, 174.23448
Finish: near Bluff, Southland. -46.61345, 168.35729
Places to stay
Rooms in the towns and villages along the way:
- Ngākuta Bay, Marlborough District · 52 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Bealey Spur, Selwyn District · 465 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Lake Tekapo, Mackenzie District · 879 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Twizel, Mackenzie District · 931 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Cromwell, Central Otago District · 1,034 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Lake Hayes Estate, Queenstown-Lakes District · 1,137 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Fiordland Community, Southland District · 1,293 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Northern Community, Southland District · 1,344 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Tuatapere Te Waewae Community, Southland District · 1,396 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Invercargill City, Southland · 1,499 km from the start Booking.com → Expedia →
- Bluff, Southland · The finish Booking.com → Expedia →
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line comes from the source named under the map and the heights from a terrain model, so treat the figures as a guide. Check for diversions before you go, take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
