This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Lookout Attractions In New Zealand

x
New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island , and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Filter Attractions:

Lookout Attractions In New Zealand

  • 1. Wellington Cable Car Wellington
    The Wellington Cable Car is a funicular railway in Wellington, New Zealand, between Lambton Quay, the main shopping street, and Kelburn, a suburb in the hills overlooking the central city, rising 120 m over a length of 612 m . The one way trip takes approximately five minutes. The Wellington Cable Car is widely recognised as a symbol of Wellington.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 2. Mount Victoria Wellington
    Mount Victoria is a prominent hill 196 metres high immediately to the east of central Wellington, New Zealand. About 4 kilometres due south is a spur named Mount Albert and the two are linked by a ridge. Mount Victoria's residential area is on its north-western slopes.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 4. Otari-Wilton's Bush Native Botanic Garden Wellington
    Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton's Bush Reserve is the only public botanic garden in New Zealand dedicated solely to New Zealand native plants. It is located in Wellington's suburb of Wilton.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 8. Mount Kaukau Wellington
    Mount Kaukau, also known as Tarikākā, is in Wellington, New Zealand on the western side of the Wellington harbour near Johnsonville and Khandallah. The summit is 445 metres above sea level and is the most visible high point in the Wellington landscape further accentuated by Wellington's main television transmitter tower the Kordia TV transmitter mast, which stands 122m tall. There is also a compass pedestal placed at the top. The city, harbour and the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges can be viewed from the summit. On a clear day Mt. Tapuaeoenuku and the Bryant Range in the South Island may be seen, whilst northwest is the Porirua Basin and the expanse of the Tasman Sea. Mount Kaukau is also a field trip for primary schools.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 12. One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie) Auckland Central
    Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill is a 182-metre volcanic peak in Auckland, New Zealand. It is an important memorial place for both Māori and other New Zealanders. The suburb around the base of the hill is also called One Tree Hill. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Royal Oak to the west, and clockwise, Epsom, Greenlane, Oranga, and Onehunga. The summit provides views across the Auckland area, and allows visitors to see both of Auckland's harbours. The hill's scoria cones were erupted from three craters – one is intact and two have been breached by lava flows that rafted away part of the side of the scoria cone. Lava flows went in all directions, many towards Onehunga, covering an area of 20 square kilometres , making it the second largest of the Auckland volcanic field, behind Rangitoto Is...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 13. Knights Point Lookout Haast
    Knight's Point is on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. The 1950s were a time of infrastructure development in New Zealand. A related project was the building by the Ministry of Works of a road from the South Island's east coast, across Haast Pass and up the west coast to join the road that terminated at Ross. Progress was made by pushing the road across the Haast Pass to near the mouth of the Haast River where a bridge was constructed to take the road north along the coast. A second crew began construction south of Ross and progressed south. The two teams met north of Haast, on the coast. As the time for the official opening of the road drew near, officials from the Ministry of Works journeyed to the meeting point to make arrangements for a commemorative monument by the roadsid...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 14. Lewis Pass Maruia
    Lewis Pass is a mountain pass in the South Island of New Zealand. The northernmost of the three main passes across the Southern Alps, it is higher than the Haast Pass, and slightly lower than Arthur's Pass. State Highway 7 traverses the pass on its route between north Canterbury and the West Coast; it passes through extensive unmodified beech forest. The pass is the saddle between the valleys of the Maruia River to the northwest and the Lewis River to the southeast. The saddle is located close to the small spa of Maruia Springs. The Lewis Pass is named after Henry Lewis who, together with Christopher Maling, was the first European to discover the pass, in April 1860 while working as a surveyor of the Nelson Provincial Survey Department. Before this time the pass was used by the Ngāi Tahu ...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

New Zealand Videos

Shares

x

Places in New Zealand

x

Regions in New Zealand

x

Near By Places

Menu