On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Bob Rapp wrote: > If you do, plan an spending more that a week or two. New Zealand could be > done in 7 days - 10 if you include the North Island.
A 7-10 day trip of New Zealand, including both islands, would be a terrible shame. I've spent 7 weeks there over two trips (doing a circuit of the north island one trip and a circuit of the south island on another trip) and feel like I just barely scratched the surface. I could have spent 7-10 days in just about any particular region of NZ very easily. If you must go for such a short time just pick a single island. The South Island is scenically more spectacular (if you want to photograph dramatic landscapes) but the North Island has many very special areas too. alex
