New Zealand is an island nation that is part of the British Commonwealth. The main islands are South and North. By the way, the North is warmer. In addition to them, there are many more small islands. On the North Island and in the northern part of the South the climate is marine subtropical, the rest of the territory has a temperate climate. The population is over 4 million people.
In the country you can arrive by plane. Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, has an international airport and also has an airport in Christchurch. Christchurch, Wellington and the largest city of Zealand – Auckland are resort cities with great beaches. The cities of New Zealand are distinguished by the most modern architecture, amazing cleanliness and goodwill of the population.
As for housing, there will be no problems, since there are a lot of hotels in large cities. Prices are different everywhere, and hotel service is excellent. From the kitchen mostly seafood is offered. An exotic dish is venison. There is a wide variety of types of ice cream.
If you like to soak up the sun, choose a special time – these are the months from November to April. And in order to relax and, for example, go in for skiing, you need to come here from June to October. But be sure to take warm clothes, because the weather here is very changeable and can easily become cold with warm, and vice versa. And all this is due to tropical cyclones.
For travelers there are a lot of sights. You can go to the Botanical Garden, located on Tinakfi Hill in Wellington. You can visit Queens-Warf – Maritime Museum, as well as the Art Gallery. When you get to the city of Martinborough, be sure to visit the “Firefly Cave” and try the excellent local wine.
Christchurch’s sights include the Automobile Museum and Hagley Park. There are also very interesting places in Auckland: the largest university in the country, the aquarium – the underwater world of Kelly Tarleton, the ice bar and the zoo.
In addition, you should visit the national park of T. Eruera, where incredibly many exotic plants grow, for example, Rome, Toa, Red Beech, etc. It is just a dream for those who love to fish. You can also buy fishing licenses and rent a canoe or boat. Taranaki volcano is very interesting, it is more than 120 thousand years old. He has not gone out, but is considered inactive. The park along the river Wanganui surprises with its unmatched landscapes and mountain ranges, sharp as a razor. This river is the longest navigable channel.
Be sure to visit the park, and you will see many amazing animals: the forest pigeon and the gray songbird live here, and at night a beautiful voice of kiwi is heard.
The center of Maori culture is the city of Rotorua, which houses a wonderful lake covered with steam – Fraing Pen – a major source of hot water. At the very bottom, the temperature is about 80 degrees Celsius, and the water closer to the surface is about 50 degrees. And Milford Sound is a miracle of nature, which cannot be described in words: this “Country of a Thousand Waterfalls” is one of the seven wonders of the world.
Advice to travelers: if you visit New Zealand, take a break for at least 2 days after a long flight, acclimatize. Because, feeling tired, you can not fully appreciate the beauty of the country. We add that in this country there is a very low level of corruption and here it is highly honored and comply with the laws. Therefore, if you suddenly break the law, then you should not solve the problem yourself, otherwise the resting place may be completely different.
