Christchurch

Travel tips for Christchurch (5)

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  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.

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  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.

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  International Antarctic Centre, Christchurch

  Christchurch is the gateway to Antarctica for the American, Italian and New Zealand programmes, and this centre, beside the airport and the…

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  Punting on the Avon, Christchurch

  A relaxing, very English way to see Christchurch: a punter in Edwardian dress poles a flat-bottomed boat along the willow-lined Avon River …

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  Godley Head Campsite

  Camp in the middle of a WWII defence battery site with great ocean views and a range of scenic walks.