Visit Wellington
- Essential
- Place or Historical Monument
- Museums
Wellington: How to get there?
3 hours by ferry from Picton
Wellington: See when to go?
Year round
Wellington: For how long?
1 to 2 days
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Wellington Holidays
The administrative and political capital, Wellington has held onto provincial charm and cultural wealth.
Wellington: What to see nearby?
What our travellers think of their stay
The administrative and political capital, Wellington has held onto provincial charm and cultural wealth.
My suggestion
Easily spend two mornings at the Te Papa National Museum, the most interesting museum in the country.
A human-sized capital where you can visit Te Papa Tongarewa, a must-see museum to help you understand New Zealand better.
My suggestion
Plan on spending at least a full day at the Te Papa museum.
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New Zealand, an intense natural paradise
New Zealand is an Antipodean land which attracts lovers of vast spaces and wild nature. Though it is mostly mountainous, the country has a diverse range of landscapes and environments: icy summits, plains with mirror-like lakes, wild coastline licked by the Pacific waters... The nature here is absolutely majestic. And fortunately ecology takes pride of place here.
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