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Canterbury
New Zealand
Travel tips for Canterbury (35)
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Founded in 1863 and set in a loop of the Avon River, beside Hagley Park, these are some of the finest gardens in New Zealand.
Hooker Valley Track, Aoraki/Mount Cook
An easy 10 km return walk over three swing bridges to Hooker Lake, with icebergs and a view of Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand's highest mou…
Kaikōura whale watching
A deep undersea canyon close to the coast brings sperm whales year-round, plus dusky dolphins, fur seals and albatrosses.
Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd
A turquoise glacial lake with a small stone church on its shore, beautiful at night under the stars of the Dark Sky Reserve, and covered in…
Christchurch Gondola
A cable car up the side of an extinct volcano in the Port Hills, to the summit station 500 m above sea level.




