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| Interislander Ferry Crossing the Cook Strait |
Stop #5 – Wellington Ferry
New Zealand is essentially two large islands that roughly split the country in two. After our Tongariro hike we headed to the New Zealand’s south island. We drove to the southern end of the north island and boarded the Interislander Ferry in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital.
The ferry takes about three hours to make the crossing and arrives in Picton. We left our rental car at the dock in Wellington and picked up a new one in Picton. The ferry’s path to the south island is quite beautiful as it travels through a series of islands in its way to the Picton harbor. Upon arrival we drove to the northwest corner of the south island and the town of Motueka for the night. We would spend the next few days making our way down the west coast of the south island before heading back up the east coast and Christchurch.