There are 7 ways to get from Auckland to Waikawa by train, plane, car ferry, bus, or car
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Train, fly to Woodbourne Airport
best- Take the train from Waitemata Train Station 1 to Puhinui Train Station 2train
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane AKL - BHE
5h 5m$191–577Fly to Picton
cheapest- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Picton (PCN)plane AKL - PCN
4h 30m$109–522Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Auckland Strand to Wellingtontrain Northern Explorer
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry Wellington
15h 16m$415–482Bus, car ferry
- Take the bus from Auckland - Central to Wellington - Centralbus Auckland - Central - Wellington - Central
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry Wellington
15h 51m$172–255Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Auckland to Wellingtoncar
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry Wellington
10h 51m$322–421Fly to Wellington, car ferry
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Wellington (WLG)plane AKL - WLG
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
8h 19m$242–472Fly to Nelson Airport, bus
- Fly from Auckland (AKL) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane AKL - NSN
- Take the bus from Nelson to Pictonbus
7h 48m$227–632
Auckland (AKL) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Auckland to Waikawa is to bus and car ferry which costs $170 - $260 and takes 15h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Auckland to Waikawa is to fly which takes 4h 30m and costs $100 - $550.
The distance between Auckland and Waikawa is 578 km.
The best way to get from Auckland to Waikawa without a car is to train and car ferry which takes 15h 16m and costs $410 - $490.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Auckland to Waikawa, including transfers.
There are 111+ hotels available in Waikawa.
What companies run services between Auckland, New Zealand and Waikawa, Marlborough, New Zealand?
Air New Zealand and Sounds Air fly from Auckland (AKL) to Picton (PCN) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Auckland to Woodbourne Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–600
Flights from Auckland to Woodbourne Airport via Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–600
Flights from Auckland to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–420
Flights from Auckland to Wellington via Tauranga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–430
Flights from Auckland to Wellington via Nelson Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–440
Flights from Auckland to Wellington via New Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–420
Flights from Auckland to Nelson Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Auckland to Nelson Airport via Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–600
Flights from Auckland to Nelson Airport via Christchurch
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–700
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Auckland to Picton via Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–470
Flights from Auckland to Picton via New Plymouth, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–480
Flights from Auckland to Picton via Nelson Airport, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–500
Flights from Auckland to Picton via Christchurch, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–600
Flights from Auckland to Picton via Tauranga, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–490
Flights from Auckland to Picton via Woodbourne Airport, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Auckland to Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Phone
- +64 9 366 6400
- Website
- at.govt.nz
Train from Waitemata Train Station 1 to Puhinui Train Station 2
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/
- 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 Auckland - Central to Wellington - Central
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Nelson to Picton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
- 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
- $135–150
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
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