8-Day New Zealand South Island Tour for 6 People (with Expenses).

🇳🇿 Here's the New Zealand guide you've been waiting for! 🌍 If you only have about 7–8 days and don't want to be too tired or rush around, we recommend only visiting the South Island. 90% of New Zealand's highlights are on the South Island. . 🛫 Itinerary We arranged airport transfers for this trip, and spent 8 days in total. The itinerary is as follows: 📅 Day 1: Departure ➡ Christchurch Airport Transfer ➡ City Tour Head straight to Hagley Park, which has several children's play areas and sports facilities. You can also visit Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Avon River, and the Air Force Museum. 📅 Day 2: Christchurch ➡ Mount John Observatory ➡ Tekapo Visit Lake Tekapo, Church of the Good Shepherd, and stargazing (at your own expense). If you don't want to spend money, you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye if the weather is good. 📅 Day 3: Tekapo ➡ Mount Cook ➡ Salmon Farm ➡ Oamaru Visit Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest peak, a salmon farm, Lake Pukaki, and Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony. 📅 Day 4: Oamaru ➡ Moeraki Boulders ➡ Clyde ➡ Queenstown Visit Steampunk HQ and Moeraki Boulders, which are huge rocks carved by the waves. 📅 Day 5: Queenstown ➡ Arrowtown ➡ Wanaka ➡ Queenstown Visit the gold mining town of Arrowtown, take a century-old steamship, and visit the "Lonely Tree" in Lake Wanaka. 📅 Day 6: Queenstown ➡ Glenorchy ➡ Paradise ➡ Queenstown Visit Glenorchy, the "Lord of the Rings Town," where the movies "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" were filmed, and take the Skyline Gondola. 📅 Day 7: Queenstown ➡ Milford Sound ➡ Te Anau You can take a fjord cruise. Fjords are the only landform not found in China. 📅 Day 8: Te Anau ➡ Glowworm Caves ➡ Queenstown ➡ Airport Transfer Visit the glowworm caves, which can only be reached by boat. It feels like being in a fantasy world. . 💰📊 Expenses: Visa: CNY 1,700 per person Tour: CNY 15,000 per person Flights: CNY 12,000 (booked late, so make sure to prepare your visa early) Food, drinks, souvenirs, glacier hiking, and stargazing at the observatory were canceled due to weather. We saved a lot of money, but were very sad. Not a budget or luxury trip. Including some optional activities, but not including major shopping, the total cost was CNY 28,000 per person. 👭🚗📚 If you don't have much vacation time and don't want to plan or drive, we recommend joining a tour. Local tours of the South Island are more professional.