The TranzCoastal – Picton to Christchurch - Gateway to South Island adventure.
The TranzCoastal train journey travels between the delightful port of Picton and Christchurch, the South Island’s largest city. This journey is a scenic feast of New Zealand, with the Kaikoura mountain ranges on one side of your train and the rugged Pacific Ocean coastline on the other. Along the way you pass though the village of Kaikoura, where, if you're touring New Zealand, you can break your journey to take in the whale watching or dare to get closer and swim with the dolphins.
Travel through some of New Zealand’s finest horticultural and farmland areas, and see amazing wildlife such as dolphins, seals and penguins from the comfort of your train carriage.
One of the world's most scenic train journeys, the TranzCoastal travels through 22 tunnels and crosses 175 bridges. As on the TranzAlpine, the TranzCoastal includes an open air viewing carriage where all your senses are awakened with the clean, fresh, sea air. Courtesy of www.tranzcoastal.co.nz
Taking the train was the perfect beginning of our tour of the South Island. We were able to sit back, relax and take in the breath-taking scenery. We hopped onto the train with no problems and settled in nicely with a Subway lunch. It took about 2 1/2 hours to get to Kaikoura and the kids did great on the trip. Missy brought Uno cards and the kids loved learning how to play.
Salt fields
Open air viewing cart
Sheep! Just a few of the 1000's we saw on our journey throughout the countryside.
Kaikoura Train Station - beautiful and right beside the sea.
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