Route hub

Choose the journey before the timetable.

This hub helps select a route task. It does not duplicate leg-by-leg planning or claim live transport availability.

Custom itinerary

Select one, two or three active venues, start at a city or airport and compare drive, coach and flight context.

Use the paced seven-night outline when the full Christchurch–Queenstown–Dunedin loop is the task.

Weather, daylight, fatigue and alcohol can invalidate a planned driving leg. Live operator and NZTA checks remain mandatory.

Canonical legs

Each page supports both directions and hands off to the two city and venue endpoints.

High-country driving, coach and flight context, with Level 2 arrival in Queenstown.

Central Otago travel, no-car feasibility and heritage-building arrival context.

The eastern connection, realistic breaks and the complete three-city loop.

What does the route hub own?

Route selection and orientation. The planner owns custom sequencing; the road-trip page owns the full circuit.

Are travel times live?

No. They are realistic planning ranges with official handoffs for current conditions and timetables.