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Itinerary: Youthful Distractions
A child would have a fantastic time customising their own NZ itinerary considering the country's overwhelming variety of activities, awesome visuals and wild animal encounters.
Man-made amusements are exemplified by the corkscrew rollercoaster at Auckland's Rainbow's End Adventure Park and the totally cool storm chamber at Christchurch's International Antarctic Centre. High spirits are in abundance during sundry urban celebrations, such as Wellington's Summer City Festival, while geysers and Maori performers put on sensational shows at Rotorua's Te Whakarewarewa.
Unique perspectives on NZ's stupendous landscape are provided by aerial sightseeing over the fuming spires of Tongariro National Park and the frozen contours of the Franz Josef Glacier and Fox Glacier. And what child could resist clattering across the mountainous backbone of the South Island on the TranzAlpine railway? There's open-air excitement aplenty while swimming with seals and dolphins or watching whales at Kaikoura, or while high-stepping it down well-beaten paths in one of NZ's many national parks, like the quartet that make up the sublime Southwest New Zealand (Te Wahipounamu) World Heritage Area.
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