How To Get From Queenstown To Christchurch

This postal service is nigh how to go to Christchurch from Queenstown.

What is the most pop mode to go from Queenstown to Christchurch?

Driving your own car.

How far is the Christchurch from Queenstown bulldoze?

According to Google Maps, going the most popular way, the distance from Queenstown to Christchurch is 481km which volition accept a petty under 6 hours.

Sometimes, especially in winter, sections of this road will be closed due to snow and storms…peculiarly Lindis Pass.

If this is the case, you can usually go the long mode via Moeraki and Oamaru. This route is longer at 551km, and will take a little longer with a half-dozen.5 – 7 hour timeframe.

If you aren't able to drive to Christchurch from Queenstown, there are some other options available to you.

Tabular array OF CONTENTS

1. Drive
ii. Charabanc/shuttle
3. Plane
4. Hitchhike

HOW TO GET TO CHRISTCHURCH FROM QUEENSTOWN

hills with water on a blue sky day

The Port Hills in Christchurch are super fun to explore.

1. THE QUEENSTOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH Drive

queenstown to christchurch drive

The Queenstown to Christchurch bulldoze takes almost 5 hours and 40 minutes to cover the 481km co-ordinate to Google Maps.

In my experience, set aside half dozen hours if you lot're planning to drive straight through without any sightseeing minutes. The roads are pretty cruisey near of the fashion, but at that place are some parts where you can go stuck behind slower vehicles. And you'll likely want to stop off somewhere to stretch your legs.

Planning to terminate and enjoy some sights along the style? Here are a few of the best things to practice betwixt Queenstown and Christchurch:

Visit Lake Tekapo. The Mt John Walk is amazing.
Explore the Omarama Clay Cliffs.
Take a detour to Mount Cook to do the Hooker Valley Track
Stop at Fairlie Pies. Nom.
Visit the NZ Alpine Lavendar Farm from December to March.

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ii. THE QUEENSTOWN TO CHRISTCHURCH BUS

At the time of writing, InterCity offers a Queenstown to Christchurch motorbus every solar day of the calendar week.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday: There's a direct service departing at 8.05 am and arriving at four.xv pm. The cost is commonly $60 for a seat on this service.

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday: You lot can get from Queenstown to Christchurch on the autobus via Dunedin (you await in Dunedin for an hour to switch buses). This departs at 8:00 am and arrives in Christchurch at seven.05 pm. The toll is usually between $92 and $115. It's a long twenty-four hour period, but if you've got no choice, then you can make it work.

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3. PLANE

Queenstown and Christchurch both have domestic airports. Air New Zealand flies direct, unfortunately at the fourth dimension of writing Jetstar does not.

Air New Zealand offers four straight flights a twenty-four hour period betwixt the ii destinations. Tickets can be found for nether $100 if you book far plenty in accelerate. The normal is in the range of $150 to $250 one way.

The Jetstar options aren't worth talking almost equally you accept to get via Auckland and they're much more expensive (this is at the fourth dimension of writing).

Get to/from Queenstown Airport and Christchurch Airport is easy plenty.

And what almost a charter flight?

That is possible and if you really demand to get to Christchurch, tin can be a improve option than the alternatives, particularly with a larger group. Go far touch with the team at Air Milford with all your trip details and they'll be able to give you a quote.

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iv. HITCHHIKING TO CHRISTCHURCH

Hitchhiking to Christchurch from Queenstown is reasonably easy, merely given the long distance can have a full day.

I have hitched between the two destinations in i day before but it took quite a few rides. It'south not a hitchhiking mission I'd honey to do in one 24-hour interval during wintertime.

If I was trying to hitchhike in winter, unless I was lucky and got a ride all the way through I'd plan to spend i dark at Lake Tekapo to break the trip up and make sure I'm not stuck somewhere cold with night looming. There'south a couple of good hostels in that location.

Hitchhiking out of Queenstown is easy, but I'm always surprised by how trivial traffic there is one you go past Cromwell. That said, it tin can work in your favour with people more than probable to pick you up if you're somewhere random (at to the lowest degree almost of the time).

If someone is taking a detour on this route, I'll usually turn down, opting to stick to the road Google Maps suggests.

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If y'all have whatsoever questions about how to go from Queenstown to Christchurch exit a annotate below or email me jub@churnewzealand.com.

I haven't written much nearly Christchurch nonetheless, merely I can tell you lot that the Godley Head hike is awesome.