View the whales and swim with the dolphins at Kaikoura. New Zealand is a unique country offering a diversity of landscapes from golden beaches, clear blue lakes, and snow capped mountains, to agricultural and horticultural wonderlands. A haven for outdoor adventures, thermal appreciation, wildlife observation, and wine tasting at the worlds leading vineyards. A relatively small and unpopulated country whose occupants are devoted to sport and recreation. New Zealand Road Safety New Zealand offers wide, safe two laned roads with left hand drive requirements.
Larger cities host well sign posted motorways which are simple to follow.
We recommend the use of automatic transmission vehicles for those travellers unfamiliar with NZ road conditions. The legal alcohol limit for drivers is 80mg alcohol per 100ml blood. Fuel prices in New Zealand vary from 100-125c per litre. Most international driver permits are valid in New Zealand. Overseas drivers licences accepted in New Zealand include Australian, Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, Fiji, Namiba, The Netherlands, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.