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Hop-On-Hop-Off Bus Timetable & Pick-up Points

Find out our departures and pick up locations

Our New Zealand bus travel timetable will help you navigate your way around our comprehensive travel network. It shows pick-up days, pick-up points, and approximate pick-up times (remember that any pick-up point is a drop-off point too).

During summer most of our bus stops have daily pick-ups/drop-offs. In winter each location will have at least 2 departures per week. Contact our friendly Kiwi Experience crew for more information.

To see what days the bus departs each scheduled overnight stop view our timetables.

A FEW THINGS TO NOTE

Once you've chosen your bus pass, it's important you create an Online Trip Planner account to manage your booking. 

Everyone wants to travel with Kiwi Experience, especially in summer, so the sooner you book your buses the better! Seats are always subject to availability.

PICK-UP POINTS

Please be at these pick-up points 15 minutes before the published departure time.

The bus will always stop at the Main Pick-up point, and other pick-up points by request (please phone us at least 24 hours prior to departure). 

Auckland to Paihia
Main Pick-up point:
Lylo, 54 Cook Street, Auckland Central7:15am
Other Pick-up points:
BP Connect Dairy Flat7:35am
Warkworth, iSite, 1 Baxter Street8:00am
Whangarei (iSite)10:00am
Paihia to Cape Reinga (round trip)
Main Pick-up point:
Paihia Main Wharf7:15am
Includes pick up for Haka Lodge and Centabay
Other Pick-up points:
Beachside Holiday Park7:15am
Waitangi Motor Camp7:15am
Paihia to Auckland
Main Pick-up point:
Paihia Main Wharf2:30pm
Other Pick-up points:
‘Otaika’Shops Bus stop, opposite Liquorland Otaika3:30pm
Auckland to Hot Water Beach
Main Pick-up point:
Lylo, 54 Cook Street, Auckland Central8:45am
Other Pick-up points:
Nesuto Stadium Hotel, 48 Beach Road, Auckland Central9:00am
Bombay - Subway 216 Mill Road10:00am
Hot Water Beach to Waitomo
Main Pick-up point:
Hot Water Beach Holiday Park7:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Tairua8:15am
Paeroa9:00am
Morrinsville Plunket Shop11:00am
125 Anderson St
Te Awamutu I-Site 1 Gorst Avenue12:00pm
Otorohanga12:45pm
Waitomo to Rotorua
Main Pick-up point:
Waitomo Homestead Cabins9:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Otorohanga, Public Toilet, Wahanui Street10:15am
Opposite Otorohanga Railway Station
Cambridge - Carpark 16 Cook St10:30am
Rotorua to Taupo
Main Pick-up point:
Rock Solid Backpackers9:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Rotorua I-Site 1167 Fenton Street9:30am
Taupo to Wellington
Main Pick-up point:
Based By The Lake8:30am
Pick up is outside Cobb n Co restaurant
Other Pick-up points:
Turangi9:30am
Public Toilets Opp BP Station Ohuanga Rd
Information Centre - Whakapapa1:00pm
State highway 48
YHA National Park1:00pm
4 Findlay Street
Ohakune1:30pm
LKNZ Lodge Bus Stop, 1 Rata Street
Wellington to Taupo
Main Pick-up point:
Nomads Backpackers8:05am
Wakefield street– Bus stop opposite Amora Hotel
Other Pick-up points:
Levin Salisbury St9:30am
Bulls10:30am
Info Centre - Taihape11:45am
Waiouru 31 Main Road12:00pm
Turangi1:15pm
Taupo to Auckland (via Rotorua)
Main Pick-up point:
Based By The Lake8:45am
Bus stop 35 Tongariro Street outside Cobb n Co restaurant
Other Pick-up points:
Rock Solid Backpackers10:00am
Wellington to Picton to Abel Tasman
Main Pick-up point:
Nomads Backpackers7:15am
Wakefield street– Bus stop opposite Amora Hotel
Other Pick-up points:
Picton Ferry Terminal12:30pm
Pickup times can vary due to the interislander ferry schedule
Havelock bus stop, 75 Main Road1:30pm
Nelson i-SITE, 77 Trafalgar Street3:00pm
Pickup times can vary slighty due to the interislander ferry schedule
Richmond Pak 'N' Save, Nelson3:30pm
Tabolt Street
Motueka, I-Site, 20 Wallace St4:45pm
Abel Tasman to Westport
Main Pick-up point:
Kaiteri Lodge (Please confirm with Kaiteri Lodge after 5:30pm)11:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Motueka I-Site, 20 Wallace St11:45am
Bus Stop outside Lake Rotoiti School13:05pm
Murchison, Beechwoods Cafe, 32 Waller Street14:00pm
Westport to Franz Josef
Main Pick-up point:
Bazil's Hostel & Surf School9:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Pancake Rocks Cafe12:15pm
SH6 – (Main Road) near Beach Hostel Punakaiki
Greymouth Info Centre/Train Station2:00pm
Hokitika Info Centre3:00pm
Franz Josef to Queenstown
Main Pick-up point:
Rainforest Retreat7:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Haast Village Public Toilets, Marks Road11:30am
Makaroa Tourist Centre1:00pm
Wanaka (i-Site) 3:00pm
Milford (Day Trip)
Main Pick-up point:
Nomads Queenstown6:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Frankton Bus Shelter6:35am
Expected Arrival into Queenstown 6:30pm
Queenstown to Lake Tekapo
Main Pick-up point:
Nomads Queenstown9:00am
You must reconfirm your pickup location from Queenstown to ensure we have your correct details. Includes pick up for Info and Track Centre, YHA Central, Downtown Backpackers, Last Resort, Southern Laughter
Other Pick-up points:
Frankton Bus Shelter9:10am
You must reconfirm your pickup location from queenstown to ensure we have your correct details
Cromwell – Lode Lane Bus Stop10:00am
You must reconfirm your pickup location from queenstown to ensure we have your correct details
Omarama - Opp Caltex12:15pm
Twizel – Bus stop at the Info Centre12:30pm
You must reconfirm your pickup location from queenstown to ensure we have your correct details
Lake Tekapo to Christchurch
Main Pick-up point:
Lake Edge Holiday Park 9:00am
Other Pick-up points:
Info Centre Fairlie9:45am
Geraldine opposite Subway 10:00am
Info Centre Ashburton11:30am
Christchurch to Kaikoura
Main Pick-up point:
Hotel Give, 12 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central7:30am
Other Pick-up points:
Bus Stop at 241 Bealey Ave7:30am
For All Stars
Cheviot Tea Rooms10:00am
Kaikoura to Abel Tasman/Wellington
Main Pick-up point:
Dusky Lodge9:15 am
Other Pick-up points:
Encounter Kaikoura9:30 am
Blenheim - Railway Station11:15am
Picton Bus Shelter (Ferry Terminal)11:45am
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