Top 9 road trips from Kaikoura
Kaikoura to Hokitika
starting from Kaikoura →
2 hours → Hanmer Springs
2.5 hours → Greymouth
32 minutes → Hokitika
2 hours → Hanmer Springs
2.5 hours → Greymouth
32 minutes → Hokitika
5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Wanaka
starting from Kaikoura →
2 hours → Rangiora
1.5 hours → Ashburton
1 hour → Fairlie
48 minutes → Lake Pukaki
1 hour → Lake Hawea
30 minutes → Wanaka
2 hours → Rangiora
1.5 hours → Ashburton
1 hour → Fairlie
48 minutes → Lake Pukaki
1 hour → Lake Hawea
30 minutes → Wanaka
6.5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Dunedin
starting from Kaikoura →
2.5 hours → Christchurch
1 hour → Ashburton
55 minutes → Timaru
1 hour → Oamaru
1.5 hours → Dunedin
2.5 hours → Christchurch
1 hour → Ashburton
55 minutes → Timaru
1 hour → Oamaru
1.5 hours → Dunedin
6.5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Queenstown
starting from Kaikoura →
2 hours → North Hagley Park
1 hour → Ashburton
1.5 hours → Lake Tekapo
1 hour → Omarama
1.5 hours → Wanaka
1 hour → Queenstown
2 hours → North Hagley Park
1 hour → Ashburton
1.5 hours → Lake Tekapo
1 hour → Omarama
1.5 hours → Wanaka
1 hour → Queenstown
8 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Taupo
starting from Kaikoura →
6 hours → Picton
57 minutes → Wellington
48 minutes → Waikanae
1 hour → Bulls
1.5 hours → North Island
1 hour → Taupo
6 hours → Picton
57 minutes → Wellington
48 minutes → Waikanae
1 hour → Bulls
1.5 hours → North Island
1 hour → Taupo
11.5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to New Plymouth
starting from Kaikoura →
6 hours → Picton
57 minutes → Wellington
48 minutes → Waikanae
1 hour → Palmerston North
56 minutes → Wanganui
1.5 hours → Mount Taranaki
23 minutes → New Plymouth
6 hours → Picton
57 minutes → Wellington
48 minutes → Waikanae
1 hour → Palmerston North
56 minutes → Wanganui
1.5 hours → Mount Taranaki
23 minutes → New Plymouth
11.5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Rotorua
starting from Kaikoura →
2 hours → Hanmer Springs
1.5 hours → Murchison
1.5 hours → Nelson
1.5 hours → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
1 hour → Taupo
56 minutes → Rotorua
2 hours → Hanmer Springs
1.5 hours → Murchison
1.5 hours → Nelson
1.5 hours → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
1 hour → Taupo
56 minutes → Rotorua
12 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Matamata
starting from Kaikoura →
6 hours → Blenheim
1 hour → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
2 hours → Rotorua
55 minutes → Matamata
6 hours → Blenheim
1 hour → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
2 hours → Rotorua
55 minutes → Matamata
13.5 hours of driving
Kaikoura to Auckland
starting from Kaikoura →
6 hours → Blenheim
1 hour → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
2 hours → Matamata
2 hours → Auckland
6 hours → Blenheim
1 hour → Wellington
2 hours → Palmerston North
1.5 hours → Mount Ruapehu
2 hours → Matamata
2 hours → Auckland
15 hours of driving
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