Wellington

Cook Strait is the main transportation route connecting the South Island and the North Island of New Zealand. You need to take a ferry to cross the island by car. Most of the ferry routes go along the coast and islands, so the scenery on both sides is still very beautiful. The ferry takes 3.5 hours and is still worth experiencing.

This is my first time taking a ferry. It is a bit new and unknown. I have been struggling with how to get from the hotel to the pier these days. We walked to the pier once to consult. It took 50 minutes to walk to the pier. Later, I thought it was too hard to walk and drag the luggage. I wanted to take a bus, but I had to go to the train station to transfer. It was still troublesome to drag the luggage. Finally, I decided to let the hotel book a taxi for me the night before, and it picked us up on time at 7 o'clock in the morning. There are no fixed seats on the ferry. You can sit anywhere. I took pictures on the deck first. When I came down to find a seat, there was no place to sit, but I found it later. There is a buffet on the boat, which is not free. You can see the staff at any time and ask for advice. It seems that there are staff who can speak Chinese. In short, it is a very good experience.

There are two ferry companies going back and forth to Wellington on the North Island and Picton on the South Island. The two companies have different pier locations in Wellington and are a little distance away, so be careful not to go to the wrong pier. This pier belongs to Interislander Company, and intercitybus is the same company. There is a shuttle bus back and forth from the train station.

From the Cook Strait to Picton by ferry, there are two shipping companies, one is Interislander, one is bluebrige, the former is more expensive, but the boat is relatively large, you have to check in 45 minutes in advance, if you take the ferry to an hour in advance, the ferry is very stable, will not faint, the scenery is very beautiful

Cook Strait between the North and South islands, an important geographical dividing line in New Zealand.