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Bus & Coach Services From Auckland
Explore
New Zealand's North Island with its unique 7 unique geographical regions
and diverse natural beauty, from soaring mountain peaks, fiords, lakes,
rivers, native rugged bush, the majestic volcanoes of the North Island's
central plateau to the central North Island skifields of
Whakapapa and
Turoa by bus and coach from
Auckland.
 Auckland
is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with a population
approaching 1.4 million. Increasingly cosmopolitan, Auckland also has the
largest Polynesian population of any city in the world and has seen many
people of Asian ethnicity move there in the last two decades.
Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the
low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west,
and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west.
The
central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau
Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean.
Auckland is popularly known as the "City of Sails" because the harbour is
often dotted with hundreds of yachts and has more per capita than any other
city in the world.
Auckland
is where everyone lives within half an hour of beautiful beaches, hiking
trails and a dozen enchanted holiday islands. Add a sunny climate, a
background rhythm of Polynesian culture and a passion for outstanding food,
wine and shopping, you are now beginning to get the picture of Auckland.
Auckland's blend of the South Pacific Islands, with Polynesian culture,
glistening harbours and modern city environment
including High Street, Queen Street, Ponsonby Road, and Karangahape
Road are very popular with urban socialites.
Newmarket and Parnell are up-market shopping areas and the
Viaduct Basin where the two America's Cup challenges (2000 Cup and 2003 Cup)
where hosted.
 Many national treasures are displayed at the Auckland Art Gallery, while
many other significant cultural artefacts reside at the Auckland War
Memorial Museum, the National Maritime Museum, or the Museum of Transport
and Technology (MOTAT).
Exotic creatures can be observed at the Auckland Zoo
and Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World. Movies and rock concerts (notably, the
"Big Day Out") are also well patronised.
The Auckland region is an antipasto of environments laid out on a huge
platter to make one amazing city, boasting three harbours, two mountain
ranges, 48 volcanic cones and more than 50 islands making one of the few
cities in the world to have harbours on two separate major bodies of water.
Travelling from Auckland is in modern buses and coaches with
InterCity Coachlines operating a fleet
of eco-friendly air conditioned buses with reclining seats and foot
rests.
Great
Sights and
Newmans Coachlines operate premier
services using a fleet of modern eco-friendly air conditioned coaches
featuring reclining seats with foot and head rests and onboard toilet/washroom
facilities.
InterCity Coachlines
Starlighter
overnight bus service operating between Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Taupo, Palmerston North
and Wellington connects at
Wellington with the
Cook Strait ferry services
operating between
Wellington in the North Island to
Picton in the South Island.
The Starlighter overnight service features reclining
seats with foot and head rests, individual reading lights and air conditioning
controls, onboard toilet/washroom facility and makes two
refreshment/comfort stops on route.
If you want to
explore and see New Zealand's unique scenic beauty from Auckland,
there is a range of
'Hop On/Hop Off' flexi bus and coach passes
that can be used on these services, that provides value for money
travel.
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