There are 5 ways to get from Seoul to Nelson by train, plane, bus, shuttle, or car ferry
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Train, fly to Woodbourne Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE)plane ICN - BHE
- Take the bus from Woodbourne to Nelsonbus
21h 21m$821–2,861Train, fly to Picton, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Picton (PCN)plane ICN - PCN
- Take the bus from Koromiko to Nelsonbus
22h 31m$671–2,661Train, fly to Nelson Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Nelson Airport (NSN)plane ICN - NSN
18h 3m$755–2,806Train, fly to Christchurch International Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane ICN - CHC
- Take a shuttle bus from Christchurch to Nelson
24h$860–2,411Train, fly to Paraparaumu, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Paraparaumu (PPQ)plane ICN - PPQ
- Take the train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Stationtrain
- Take the car ferry from Wellington to Pictoncarferry
- Take the bus from Picton to Nelsonbus
29h 39m$698–2,807
Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Woodbourne Airport (BHE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Nelson is to train and fly and car ferry and bus which costs $700 - $2,900 and takes 29h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Nelson is to train and fly which takes 18h 3m and costs $750 - $2,900.
The distance between Seoul and Nelson is 10178 km.
It takes approximately 21h 21m to get from Seoul to Nelson, including transfers.
Nelson is 4h ahead of Seoul. It is currently 1:22 PM in Seoul and 5:22 PM in Nelson.
There are 365+ hotels available in Nelson.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Nelson, New Zealand?
There is no direct connection from Seoul to Nelson. However, you can take the train to Incheon Int'l Airport T1, walk to Incheon International Airport (ICN) airport, fly to Woodbourne Airport (BHE), walk to Woodbourne, then take the bus to Nelson. Alternatively, you can take the train to Incheon Int'l Airport T1, walk to Incheon International Airport (ICN) airport, fly to Nelson Airport (NSN), walk to Nelson Airport Terminal, then take the line 4 bus to Bisley Avenue at Back of the Sands.
- Website
- soundsair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Picton via Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Picton via Brisbane, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Picton via Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Picton via Tokyo Narita, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Picton via Taiwan Taoyuan, Auckland, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–3,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Brisbane, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–3,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,100
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Sydney, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Brisbane, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–3,200
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Woodbourne Airport via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Sydney, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Nelson Airport via Sydney, Wellington
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,600
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,700
- Website
- airchathams.co.nz
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Paraparaumu via Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,500
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Paraparaumu via Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Paraparaumu via Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- airportrailroad.com
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.airportrailroad.com/intro
- Phone
- 0800 801 700
- info@metlink.org.nz
- Website
- metlink.org.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.metlink.org.nz
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- capital.connection@kiwirail.co.nz
- Website
- greatjourneysnz.com
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysnz.com
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- bookings@greatjourneysnz.com
- Website
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
Train from Paraparaumu Station to Wellington Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- greatjourneysofnz.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- info@intercity.co.nz
- Website
- intercity.co.nz
Bus from Woodbourne to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Koromiko to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Bus from Picton to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.co.nz/
Shuttle from Christchurch to Nelson
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–1,000
- Schedules at
- nelsonlakesshuttles.co.nz
- Minimum charge per vehicle
- $1,000
- Per person
- $200
- 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
- $65–440
- Website
- https://www.bluebridge.co.nz/
- Walk On Passenger
- $65–120
- Passenger with Car
- $210–440
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