We did some study on NZ since last year. Initially we planed to go there on Dec 2012 but considering my current job and my husband current condition job we changed our plan drastically to May/June 2012 inconjunction of school holiday.
We did the booking (flight and hotels) about 1month before fly. Alhamdulillah semuanya berjalan lancar as per planned.
Flight: Emirates KL-Mel, Mel-Auk
Departure: 26 May 2012 (Saturday)
Return Flight: Emirates Auk-Mel, Mel-KL
Arrival: 14 June 2012 (Thursday)
Below were our planned itinerary in New Zealand - yg strike tu plan yg di cancel, yg
merah tu plan baru
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Itenary |
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| Sun |
Day 1 |
27-May |
Arrived
(Arrived1245)Auckland Drive to Te Aroha(H) |
| Mon |
Day 2 |
28-May |
Te Aroha to
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland |
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Wai-O-Tapu Thermal
Wonderland Rotorua |
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Wai-O-Tapu Thermal
Wonderland to Te Puke Kiwi Farm 360 |
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Te Puke Kiwi Farm 360 to
Taupo(H) |
| Tue |
Day 3 |
29-May |
Taupo to Huka Falls |
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Huka Falls
Sightseeing |
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Huka Falls to
Tongariro National Park |
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Tongariro sightseeing |
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Tongariro National
Park to Wellington(H) |
| Wed |
Day 4 |
30-May |
Wellington(H)
sightseeing |
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Wellington Cable Car |
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Parliament Visit |
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Mt Victoria and All Black/Westport Stadium | |
| Thu |
Day 5 |
31-May |
Wellington to Picton |
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Picton to Nelson(H) |
| Fri |
Day 6 |
1-Jun |
Nelson to Punakaiki Pan Cake |
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Punakaiki(2Hrs) to
Greymouth(H) |
| Sat |
Day 7 |
2-Jun |
Greymouth to Fox
Glacier(H) |
| Sun |
Day 8 |
3-Jun |
Fox Glacier(H) |
| Mon |
Day 9 |
4-Jun |
Fox Glacier & Mt Cook Snow Landing via Helicopter |
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Wanaka(3Hrs) to
Twizel (H) |
| Tue |
Day 10 |
5-Jun |
Twizel to Mt
Cook(Hermitage) |
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Mt Cook (1Hr) to
Twizel |
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Twizel to Lake Tekapo |
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Lake Tekapo (2Hr) to
Dunedin (H) |
| Wed |
Day 11 |
6-Jun |
Mercure Dunedin to
Otago University |
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Otago University to
Baldwin Street |
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Baldwin Street to
Larnach Castle & Garden |
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Larnach Castle &
Garden to Te Anau(H) |
| Thu |
Day 12 |
7-Jun |
Te Anau to Milford
Sound |
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Milford Sound to Te
Anau(H) |
| Fri |
Day 13 |
8-Jun |
Te Anau to Arrowtown |
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Arrowtown to Cromwell
(kawarau suspension bridge) to Wanaka Puzzle World |
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Cromwell to
Queenstown (H) |
| Sat |
Day 14 |
9-Jun |
Queenstown(H) |
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Novotel to Kawarau Speed boat, Skyline Gondola & 5 Luge Rides (Family) |
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Queenstown Garden |
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| Sun |
Day 15 |
10-Jun |
Queenstown to Auckland(H) |
| Mon |
Day 16 |
11-Jun |
Auckland(H) Rainbow |
| Tue |
Day 17 |
12-Jun |
Auckland(H)
Kelly/Butterflies/Tower |
| Wed |
Day18 |
13-Jun |
Travel Auckland to KL |
| Thu |
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14-Jun |
Arrived KL |
Day 0 - 26 May 2012
From KLIA about 3:30pm, flight to Melbourne took about 7 hours and transit at Melbourne about 5 hour before flew to Auckland.
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| Busy eating dalam flight |
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| At Melbourne International Airport |
Day 1 -27 May 2012
We arrived Auckland about 12:45pm, after got all our luggages, kami cari counter for Auckland Multipass, kononnya nak guna masa kami datang balik Auckland nanti. Selesai beli kami sekeluarga keluar airport untuk tunggu shuttle APEX untuk ambil kereta sewa yang telah kami booked.
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| At Auckland International Airport |
Cuasa sangat sejuk berbanding Malaysia and berangin. Suasana...sungguh lengah...mana ni kenapa tak der orang...Airport Alor Star lagi ramai orang...ni Auckland International Airport...
Once got our car, my husband drove direct to Te Aroha, masa tu hujan renyai2..so we decided not to stop any where. Sampai pekan Te Aroha we did some grocery shop at FourSquare..masa tu cerah lagi...dalam kol 4ptg ...tapi bila selesai membeli, keluar kedai dah macam nak maghrib...dah gelap dah...
suspend pulak...1. sebab tak solat jamak zuhor and asar lagi, 2. alamak cam na nak cari motel ni...gelabah jugak...so first things first, we perform solat first, then find our motel....
Masa nak cari Te Aroha Holiday Park tu...we all miss the junctions...so terlajak jauh jugak sebelum sedar...then we all patah balik. When we arrive Te Aroha Holiday Park, hari dah gelap dalam kol 6ptg..hujan pulak tu...
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| Possum |
Masuk jer chalet called Possum, Faiz n Abah kena pungguh beg yg perlu bawak turun...ibu prepared our dinner..semua dah lapar dah ni...masak je apa yg boleh di makan...selesai makan and solat..semua tidur awal rasanya before 9 semua dah tidur..sebab malam semalam kat flight semua bz..watched movie, played games..makan2 dan sebagainya. Lagi pun esok nak mulakan perjalanan yang jauh jugak.
Day 2 - 28 May 2012
After breakfast we started our journey to Rotorua at 9am. Kami plan untuk sampai di Wai-O-Tapo Geothermal dlm pukul 10.30am untuk tengok Lady Knox geyser. Kat New Zealand speed limit 100km/hr tak boleh speed laju2 sebab polis traffic dia orang ada je di mana2. Sepanjang jalan pemandangan sangat menambat hati.
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| On the Way to Rotorua |
Now is beginning of Winter, so banyak pokok2 yg luruh daunnya. Walaupun banyak daun gugur...nampak cantik jer. Kekadang nampak pokok tinggal ranting jer.
At last kami sampai juga di Wai-O-Tapo, tapi Lady Knox geyser dah start meluahkan wap airnya. dapat jugak ambil gambarnya.
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| Lady Knox Geyser |
Kami menghabiskan masa di Wai-O-Tapo lebih kurang 2 jam untuk melihat geothermal fenomena yg tidak pernah kami lihat.
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| Kiwi 360 at Te Puke |
Selepas itu kami terus pergi ke Te Puke, Tauranga untuk melawat Ladang buah Kiwi. Perjalanan ambil masa dalam 1 1/2 jam untuk sampai ke Te Puke dari Wai-O-Tapo. Sampai kat Kiwi 360 dalam jam 2:15pm, and Kiwi farm tour will start on 2:30pm..just on time...alhamdulillah..sempat la kami ikut tour tu...tu tour yg terakhir untuk hari tu...next will be esok pagi..
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| Ice Kiwi |
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| Kiwi yang belum cukup matang untuk di petik |
Together with us, there are 2 more people from Germany. Firstly they bring us visit the fruits farm by buggy car. 1st stop is at the Kiwi bird Monument.
Then the tour guide introduce us to a few fruits tree
in the farm such as grape, apple, plum, avogado and lastly he drop us at the Kiwi
tree with the kiwi fruit tergantung
disana sini…unfortunately the kiwi fruit is not ready to be pick yet…belum
cukup matang..so tengok and ambik gambar je la…He also told us that picking
activity only be happen during April to May every year. Normally they invited
people from China, Indonesia even Malaysia to work during that time to pick and do the grading on the kiwi size.
There 2 type of Kiwi, green and yellow (gold). Normally the gold is more sweet than green.
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