We are a family of four planning a trip to New Zealand this Christmas. We plan to fly in and out of Christchurch as we have friends there. We're hoping to stay with them for a while but we really want to make the most of our trip. Any advice would be much appreciated and I thought I'd ask you guys to help / suggest a tour for us!
Budget is reasonably tight, so we're happy to camp / hire a camper van for some of it...
Two things that must be included:
Some awesome horse riding for me and dd1 (currently looking at a place in Glenorchy on the south island but open to other suggestions)
Something nice to do on Xmas Day (the children aren't too impressed about going away over Christmas and while we'll do the whole 'ooo look Santa's visited' thing when we get back we will probably bring a main present for each of them and that's kind of it. So maybe a hotel or something for a couple of days and get into some kind of festive spirit?
One thing that I would like:
Some sun - preferably towards the end of the trip. Will this mean going far north and if so how long does it take to travel from place to place and where can we go?
This is a once in a lifetime adventure for us as a family and I really want to make the most of it! Children are aged 10 &11.
Thanks in advance :-)