Canterbury Plains Travel Guides

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park

Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park covers approximately 21,000 hectares centred on the Torlesse and Big Ben Ranges, in Canterbury's high...

Craigieburn Forest Park

Craigieburn Forest Park sprawls over the broad slopes of this eastern foothills range of the Southern Alps, 1½ hours drive from Christchurch...

Christchurch International Airport

Christchurch International Airport opened in 1953 and is the South Island's largest and busiest airport. It is located 12 kilometres to the...

Getting to Canterbury

Canterbury is a vast region on the South Island's east coast. A region of ever-changing scenery, Canterbury's diversity stretches from...

Hagley Park

Hagley Park is the jewel in Christchurch's garden city crown, and is one of the largest inner-city parks in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Covering thirty hectares of land and a rich and diverse living plant encyclopaedia, Christchurch Botanic Gardens is well known for its magnificent...

Porters Ski Area

Located 89km from the International Airport, Porters Ski Area is the closest ski area to Christchurch. Facilities include 5 lifts, half pipe...

Winchmore Gardens

Arthurs Pass National Park

In the heart of the Southern Alps is Arthur's Pass National Park covering almost 115,000ha on the historic road between Canterbury and the...

Bottle Lake Forest Park

Situated approximately 10 km north east of central Christchurch, adjacent to the coast, Bottle Lake Forest Park is a production forest and trees...

Canterbury Pacific Highway

The Canterbury Pacific Highway takes in some of the South Island's most stunning coastal and inland scenery. Beginning in Kaikoura - one of...

Travis Wetland

Travis Wetland is an important site for the local and regional conservation of wetland plants. Even though highly modified by human occupation...

Inland Scenic Route

An alternative to the main tourist trail, the Inland Scenic Route between Amberley and Geraldine is a great mix of rural vistas and alpine...

Peel Forest

Located a short distance from Geraldine, Peel Forest is a remnant of a magnificent podocarp forest which once covered a huge area in...

Mt Hutt

Located high in the Southern Alps, Canterbury's Mt Hutt Ski Area receives some of the lightest and driest powder in Australasia. It typically...

Mt Olympus

Mt Olympus is a club ski field in the Craigieburn Range set in a wide, south facing basin and offering a variety of runs on uncrowded slopes. Mt...

Trotts Garden

One of the most inspiring and extensive private gardens in New Zealand, Trotts Garden is set on a three hectare property combining formal and...

Getting to Christchurch

Christchurch, on the east coast, is the largest city in New Zealand's South Island. Affectionately known as the "Garden City"...

Dunhampton Lily Fields

Lake Hood