Nelson Tourism - Travel to Nelson

Nelson is a city in the top northwest corner of South Island, New Zealand.

Together with Richmond, it has a population of around 50,000 ranking it as New Zealand’s 10th most populous city and the geographical centre of New Zealand.

It is NZ's second oldest city, settled in 1841.

Nelson is NZ's sunniest city with over 2,500 sunshine hours per year

Table of contents

1 Get in

1.1 By Air
1.2 By Sea
1.3 By car

2 Get around

3 See

4 Do

5 Buy

6 Eat

7 Drink

8 Sleep

9 Get out

10 External links

Get into Nelson

By Air

Nelson airport is the 4th busiest in NZ. It is serviced by Origin Pacific and Air New Zealand. There are regular flights to and from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.

By Sea

Frequent ferry services between Wellington and Picton with bus connections to Nelson.

Travel to Nelson By car

Two hours driving from Picton and six hours driving from Christchurch.

Get around in Nelson

See Nelson

WOW The World of Wearable Art, is held in Trafalgar Centre over seven nights in September each year. Thousands of people come from all over the world to see the most amazing (and sometimes bizarre) fashions made out of all kinds of materials. There is literally no limit to the designer's imagination
Suter Art Gallery, has a large collection with emphasis on works by such 19th century artists as Gully, Lindauer and Van der Velden
Miyazu Japanese Garden, inspired by Nelson's sister city Miyazu in Japan, is a traditional Japanese stroll garden creating a tranquil environment. Look out for the cherry blossoms in spring
Natureland, a zoological park with wallabies, monkeys, meerkats and many others and featuring a walk through aviary

Do Nelson

Nelson Wineries, visit and taste 17 wineries located around the district
Over 22 walks around Nelson and the surrounding district

Buy

Eat - Travel to Nelson

Drink

Sleep - Nelson Tourism

Get out

Nelson is close (90 minutes drive) to the Abel Tasman National Park which offers sea kayaking and the 51km Abel Tasman Coast Track (one of NZ's Great Walks - also see Tramping in New Zealand)
Visit the district museums in Collingwood, Motueka, Takaka and Murchison