I'm heading over to NZ for 10 days in May and I'm just looking for a few suggestions for outdoors type things to do/see and things not to do/see on the South Island. Any ideas would be much appreciated. We will be hiring a car so getting around won't an issue.

Depends what kinda thing your into?? you can do things like drive a monster truck....bungey jumping....jet boating....

The South Island has lots of awsome senery. drive 30mins and your looking at a totally different landscape. Kiakura coast - seal colonys, dolphin and whale watching Westport pancake rocks are quite speckie Lake Wanaka Queenstown has plent to do, bungy jumping, gondala's,luge, jet boating Milford sounds boat trip is worth doing. The glaciers Fox and Frans Joseph +heaps more I'm going down the end of Jan for 10 days on my Motorbike.

If you go over to the West Coast go to Franz Joseph and get a helicopter tour up the glaciers. My brother in law is a pilot there and has taken us up a few times, it's worth doing If you're coming late May you might be lucky to get some snow sports in as Mt Hutt usually opens in May if they get early snow Definatly go to Wanaka then drive over the hill to Arrowtown for a day then into Queenstown What ever you do don't go to Dunedin, Gore, or Invercargill

^^^ well said Alex im off to Wanaka for a week next week.....go there every year at this time with the olds water skiing etc Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yes well said Alex Dont go to Gore hahaha

Anywhere south of queenstown is crap lol....except Fiordland area....thats awesome apparently...im going down there soon Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Cheers for the replies. Is the jetboat at Rakia Gorge worth doing?

at the moment the river is very high....as it bust its banks last week so Im not sure if its going again yet lol

Yeah Fiordland is worth a look, you can take a plane from Wanaka or Queenstown then go for a boat cruise which is pretty much the only way to see the sounds I haven't been on the Rakia Gorge, but I've been on the Shotover jet near Queenstown and I reckon that's worth going on

Quote: Originally Posted by PSI086 [View Post] Cheers for the replies. Is the jetboat at Rakia Gorge worth doing? A very good friend of mine owns one of the tour boats there can recommend it.But saying that most of the Jet boar tours I have been on are great.If you are ventureing towards the top of the South(Nelson Golden bays) it is worth a trip into the national parks by boat.

Ive just come back from Milford Sound and Queenstown and Wanaka....awesome as per usual.....ive been on the Shotover jet before....this time I went on the kawarau jet....much better value for money imo http://www.kjet.co.nz/default.asp

What about the Rob Roy Glacier track? Does anyone know much about that? Looks pretty impressive from the few photos I've seen. Going to do a proper glacier walk on Fox Glacier also

Quote: Originally Posted by PSI086 [View Post] What about the Rob Roy Glacier track? Does anyone know much about that? Looks pretty impressive from the few photos I've seen. Going to do a proper glacier walk on Fox Glacier also Well worth it!Have done it(both) Cheers Marty

Without hi-jacking the thread too much... I am keen to do a fishing holiday in NZ. Couple of days of trout, then mainly saltwater. Everything from snapper to kingies. I need reliable guide operators?

Good trout here in the top of the south including snapper,For the Kingies you need to head up north.Plenty of guide operators around our area(Tasman bay)Punch it in and search up what you want. Cheers Marty

Thankyou kindly. Will start having a squiz.

Lake Taupo or Rotorua for trout then head up North to coromandel or head out to Great barrier island and around there for the big fish

Quote: Originally Posted by Duke57TT [View Post] Without hi-jacking the thread too much... I am keen to do a fishing holiday in NZ. Couple of days of trout, then mainly saltwater. Everything from snapper to kingies. I need reliable guide operators? If you can swim and shoot a speargun go out with my brother Some original photos have not been recovered yet.