Accommodation:

  - Hotels & Apartments
  - Bed & Breakfast Inns
  - Backpacker Hostels
  - Need A Bed Now

Wellington Attractions:

  - Sightseeing Tours

Bus travel from Wellington to:

  - Auckland
  - Auckland (via Rotorua)
  - Bay of Islands
  - Blenheim
  - Christchurch
  - Dunedin
  - Fox Glacier
  - Franz Josef
  - Gisborne
  - Greymouth
  - Hamilton
  - Hastings
  - Invercargill
  - Kaikoura
  - Kaitaia
  - Mt Maunganui
  - Napier
  - National Park (Whakapapa Skifield)
  - Nelson
  - New Plymouth
  - Ohakune (Turoa Skifield)
  - Paihia (Bay of Islands)
  - Palmerston North
  - Queenstown
  - Rotorua
  - Taupo
  - Tauranga
  - Te Anau
  - Tongariro National Park
  - Turangi
  - Wanganui
  - Whangarei
 

Bus & Coach Services From Wellington

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 Wellington.

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand. The urban area is situated on the south western tip of the country's North Island, and lies between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range.

Surrounded by steep hills giving views of a spectacular harbour, a rugged coastline combined with the often rough waters of the Cook Strait and variable winds interrupted by brilliant, beautiful calm days, the Wellington region forms the setting for New Zealand's cosmopolitan capital city, the geographical, cultural and political centre of New Zealand.

Wellington is the geographical and political centre of New Zealand, this beautiful harbour capital combines city sophistication with the intimacy of a compact village. Jam-packed with national treasures, artistic flair, gastronomic delights, shopping sensations and scenic beauty.  Due to the surrounding hills and the harbour, Wellington central business district  is compact, where all major attractions, bars and restaurants are within walking distance with each other.

The city boasts many fine museums, libraries, art galleries, and theatres, and parks in a greenbelt around the central city, as well as dining, shopping and entertainment and nightlife in the Courtenay Place area. New Zealand's only working cable car provides panoramic views.  Discover the nation's identity in the Capital, where heritage treasures like Parliament Buildings, the National Archives and Te Papa offer you a unique insight into the stories of our country or experience heritage of a more natural kind throughout a region blessed with an astonishing variety of natural wonders. 

Wellington has become home to a range of high-profile events and cultural celebrations, including the biennial New Zealand International Arts Festival, biennial Wellington Jazz Festival, biennial Capital E National Arts Festival for Children and major events such as World of Wearable Art, Cuba Street Carnival, New Zealand Fringe Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival (also hosted in Auckland) and Summer City.

Wellington is home to Te Papa (the Museum of New Zealand), the Museum of Wellington City & Sea, the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace Museum, Colonial Cottage, the New Zealand Cricket Museum, the Cable Car Museum, Old Saint Paul's, and the Wellington Law school (largest wooden building in the southern hemisphere) and the Wellington City Art Gallery.

Wellington is also known as 'Wellywood'. The name - a conflation of Wellington and Hollywood - a reference to the film production business established in the city by The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and King Kong director Peter Jackson, who's business operates a number of film-related facilities in the Wellington suburb of Miramar.

Travelling from Wellington is in modern buses and coaches with InterCity Coachlines operating a fleet of eco-friendly air conditioned buses with reclining seats and heat rests. Great Sights and Newmans Coachlines operate premier services using a fleet of modern eco-friendly air conditioned coaches with reclining seats and head rests and onboard toilet/washroom facilities.

InterCity Coachlines operates the Starlighter overnight bus services between Wellington, Palmerston North, Taupo, Rotorua, Hamilton and Auckland, connecting with the Cook Strait ferry services to and from 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 Wellington, 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.