Travelling from
Start from where you are.
Flights, entry rules, the right months and the right length — written for travellers from each place we plan for.
Six starting points
Where are you flying from?
Each page covers gateways and flight times, what your passport needs, when to come, and the journey ideas that fit the way people from there travel.
🇮🇳India
New Zealand is a long way from India, which is exactly why people come: clean air, quiet roads, mountains you can drive to and a country that is easy to travel with family.
- Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru
- Visitor visa required
- Usually 8–12 nights
🇦🇪UAE & the Gulf
From Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh, Kuwait or Muscat, New Zealand is one long flight and a world away — cool mountains in your summer, long light in your winter break, and a country built for a family road trip.
- Dubai
- Depends on your passport
- Usually 7–12 nights
🇦🇺Australia
Three hours across the Tasman and you're in another landscape entirely.
- Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane
- No visa, no NZeTA for citizens
- Usually 5–9 nights
🇺🇸United States
For American travellers New Zealand is the far-away trip that turns out to be easy: English-speaking, safe, well signposted, and small enough that two weeks covers a lot.
- Los Angeles, San Francisco
- NZeTA before you fly
- Usually 12–18 nights
🇬🇧United Kingdom
It's the longest flight most people will ever take, so British travellers rightly make it count: three weeks, a stopover, family visits and the trip of a lifetime rolled into one.
- London Heathrow, Manchester
- NZeTA before you fly
- Usually 14–21 nights
🇩🇪Europe
German, Dutch, French, Swiss and Scandinavian travellers have been coming to New Zealand for decades, usually for three weeks or more and often on the road.
- Frankfurt, Munich, Zürich
- NZeTA for most EU and EEA passports
- Usually 14–21 nights