There are 7 ways to get from Auckland to Southern Alps by plane, unknown, train, car ferry, car, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Timaru, travel
best- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Timaru (TIU)plane AKL - TIU
- Walk from Timaru (TIU) to Southern Alpsunknown
7h 43mTrain, car ferry, drive, bus, travel
- Take the train from Auckland Strand to Wellingtontrain
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Drive from Picton to Nelsoncar
- Take the bus from Nelson to Greymouthbus
- Take the bus from Greymouth to Hariharibus
- Walk from Harihari to Southern Alpsunknown
27h 59mBus, car ferry, drive, travel
- Take the bus from Auckland - Central to Wellington - Centralbus
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Drive from Picton to Nelsoncar
- Take the bus from Nelson to Greymouthbus
- Take the bus from Greymouth to Whataroabus
- Walk from Whataroa to Southern Alpsunknown
28h 52mDrive, car ferry, travel
- Drive from Auckland to Wellingtoncar
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Walk from Picton to Southern Alpsunknown
18h 19mFly to Hokitika, bus, travel
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Hokitika (HKK)plane AKL - HKK
- Take the bus from Hokitika to Whataroabus
- Walk from Whataroa to Southern Alpsunknown
8h 21mFly to Christchurch International Airport, Tour, travel
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane AKL - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo
- Walk from Lake Tekapo to Southern Alpsunknown
9h 2mFly to Queenstown Airport, bus, travel
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Queenstown Airport (ZQN)plane AKL - ZQN
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Haka House Mt Cookbus
- Walk from Haka House Mt Cook to Southern Alpsunknown
9h 29m
Auckland (AKL) to Timaru (TIU) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Auckland and Southern Alps is 1003 km.
It takes approximately 7h 43m to get from Auckland to Southern Alps, including transfers.
What companies run services between Auckland, New Zealand and Southern Alps, New Zealand?
There is no direct connection from Auckland to Southern Alps. However, you can take the train to Puhinui Train Station 2, walk to Stop A Puhinui, take the bus to Stop A International Airport, walk to Auckland (AKL) airport, fly to Timaru (TIU), then travel to Southern Alps. Alternatively, you can take a train from Auckland Strand to Southern Alps via Wellington, Wellington, Picton, Nelson, Greymouth, and Harihari in around 27h 59m.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Auckland to Timaru via Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Auckland to Hokitika via Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Auckland to Hokitika via Wellington, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
Flights from Auckland to Hokitika via Nelson, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
Flights from Auckland to Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
Flights from Auckland to Queenstown Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Auckland to Queenstown Airport via Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Auckland to Queenstown Airport via Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Auckland to Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Auckland to Queenstown Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Auckland Strand to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $260–320
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Nelson to Greymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–75
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Auckland - Central to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5790
- info@greatsights.co.nz
- Website
- greatsights.co.nz
Bus from Greymouth to Harihari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-zealand-tours/
- Standard
- $50–75
- Flexi
- $50–380
Bus from Greymouth to Whataroa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-zealand-tours/
- Standard
- $60–90
- Flexi
- $65–490
Bus from Hokitika to Whataroa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-zealand-tours/
- Standard
- $50–70
- Flexi
- $45–360
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Haka House Mt Cook
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-zealand-tours/
- Standard
- $95–140
- Flexi
- $120–900
- Phone
- +64 9 390 7380
- bookings@cheekykiwitravel.com
- Website
- cheekykiwitravel.com
Shuttle from Christchurch to Lake Tekapo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–199
- Schedules at
- cheekykiwitravel.com
- Book at
- cheekykiwitravel.com
- Adult
- $199
- Child
- $150
- Phone
- 0800 844 844
- bookings@bluebridge.co.nz
- Website
- bluebridge.co.nz
Car ferry from Wellington to Picton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
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