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Section Four Itineraries

SECTION FOUR

Use the following skeleton itinerary suggestions to compare the one you have designed or use them as a starting point to design an itinerary. Visit the Driving Route section of www.newzealand.com for other self-drive itinerary suggestions.

Itinerary One
Day 1Auckland to Coromandel Town via Thames (overnight Coromandel Town)
Day 2Coromandel to Tauranga
Day 3Tauranga to Whakatane
Day 4Travel the Pacific Coast Highway around the East Cape (overnight Gisborne)
Day 5Gisborne to Napier
Day 6Napier
Day 7Napier to Auckland (fly)
Itinerary Two
Day 1Auckland to Coromandel
Day 2Coromandel
Day 3Coromandel to Tauranga
Day 4Tauranga
Day 5Tauranga to Napier (via SH2)
Day 6Napier
Day 7Start driving the Thermal Explorer Highway back to Auckland

Note: This trip does not follow the Pacific Coast Highway around the East Cape

Itinerary Three
Day 1Wellington to Napier via the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail
Day 2Napier to Gisborne
Day 3Gisborne to East Cape. Overnight camping ground
Day 4East Cape to Tauranga or Whakatane
Day 5Tauranga
Day 6Tauranga to the Coromandel. Overnight Whitianga
Day 7Coromandel to Auckland

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    Check www.gnztr.co.nz for an itinerary that combines the Pacific Coast Highway and the Thermal Explorer