New Zealand Travel Guide

When you hear the name called “Youngest Country” your mind started thinking about New Zealand: a top holiday destination in world and receiving awards for being favorite destination, almost 2.4 million tourists visited per year, stunning snow-capped mountains, lush forests, uncrowned beaches, unique culture and many more….

But this knowledge and information is not complete if someone is going to visit New Zealand in up coming holidays. So if someone is visiting Youngest Country than check below information.

Getting In New Zealand: New Zealand is close of Australia, so its take three and a half hour in flight from Eastern Australia. Timing of New Zealand is 12 hours ahead of GMT and become first place of world to see new day.
Passports and Visas: All visitors to New Zealand must carry a passport that is valid for at least three months beyond the date you intend to leave the country.

Arrivals and Departures: International Airport of New Zealand is at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. One should also complete arrival card in plane and get clear from Customs on airport. Car hire New Zealand is available for airport transportation service.

Foreign Money Exchange: Foreign currency can easily be exchanged at banks, some hotels and Bureau de Change kiosks, which are found at international airports and most city centers.

Road and Driving Information: In New Zealand one can legally drive upto 12 months either on current driving license of visitor’s country or International Driving Permit (IDP). Drive license is compulsory need while driving. If your license is not in English, than make sure you should bring an English translation. Cars are with Left hand side steering.

Transportation: Minimum age limit to hire a car in New Zealand is 25 years. Car hire NZ is best way to explore a unique part of New Zealand’s landscape. One can find cars, campervan and motorhome facilities in every major cities of New Zealand for transportation. The speed limit on the open road is 100 kilometres per hour.

Climate: New Zealand is name as “land of long white cloud”. It has every mild temperature, high rainfall, clod and snowfall and long days of sunshine. Areas of the South Island can be as cold as -10 C in winter. The coldest month are June, July and August, the warmest are December, January and February.

Natural Environment and Tourist Location: New Zealand is heaven on earth, beautiful landscape, lush forests, Snow Mountains, wildlife and uncrowned beaches. Top Tourist Destination of New Zealand is Rotorua, Waitomo Caves, Milford Sound, Queenstown, Tongariro Alpine Crossing and Napier.

People: New Zealand is independent nation with majority of British descent and the other largest minority is New Zealand's indigenous Maori. New Zealanders are kind, loving and highly educated urban. English is common language used by New Zealanders.