Our fourth and final stop will take us to the North Island via Hamilton to Whakapapa. We will stay at the Skotel Alpine Resort in the Tongariro National Park. Some links:
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The Waimakariri
Your first stop...
Blog for IGES Field Trip to New Zealand. Part of GG21920 - Physical Geography Field Work Institute of Geography & Earth Science, Aberystwyth University
Welcome to the IGES New Zealand Trip Blog
This Blog is nothing more than a summary of our intinerary (at right), with links to the places we're going, where we'll stay, and maps. It is intended to help students get a feel for the landscape and where we'll be working ahead of time.
Your first stop...
Overview of Destinations
Head here for a live map with push pins at our primary destinations.
Accomodation
Trip Itinerary
- Thur. 27 March Depart UK
- Fri. 28 March [en route]
- Sat. 29 March Arr. Christchurch: overnight YMCA
- Sun. 30 March Christchurch – Waimakariri; overnight Cass Field station?
- Mon. 31 March Waimakariri; overnight Cass Field station?
- Tue. 1 April Waimakariri – Franz Josef Glacier; overnight Top Ten Holiday Park (Travel day)
- Wed. 2 April Franz Josef Glacier; overnight Top Ten Holiday Park
- Thur. 3 April Franz Josef Glacier; overnight Top Ten Holiday Park
- Fri. 4 April Franz Josef Glacier – Mt Cook/Aoraki; overnight Hermitage Chalets (Travel day)
- Sat. 5 April Mt Cook/Aoraki; overnight Hermitage Chalets
- Sun. 6 April Mt Cook/Aoraki; overnight Hermitage Chalets
- Mon. 7 April Mt Cook/Aoraki; overnight Hermitage Chalets
- Tue. 8 April Mt Cook – Christchurch – Hamilton – Whakapapa; overnight Skotel (Travel day)
- Wed. 9 April Whakapapa; overnight Skotel
- Thur. 10 April Whakapapa; overnight Skotel
- Fri. 11 April Whakapapa; overnight Skotel
- Sat. 12 April Whakapapa – thermal area - Auckland (day) – flight late evening
- Sun. 13 April Arrive UK
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