Detailed Route Maps and Schedule

This page lists the route maps and daily schedule for the Great NZ Mustang Run.

MAPS

The two maps below show the planned national route.

(Click on the images to get full size maps)

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North Island        South Island

Daily Itinerary

The basic overall itinerary for the run is set out in the table below.

(The detailed daily Itineraries are HERE)

Itinerary: Kaitaia to Bluff: 29 Mar - 9 Apr 2004
Day

Date

From

To

Route via

Approx  km

 Comments
0 Sat & Sun 27 & 28th Positioning to  Kaitaia
1 Mon 29th March Kaitaia Orewa  Whangarei

258 

 Full day
2 Tue 30th Orewa Tauranga Auckland and Hamilton  350 Full day
3 Wed 31th Tauranga Taupo  Whakatane and Rotorua  260 Full day
4 Thur 1st April  Taupo  New Plymouth  Taumarunui 339 Full day
5 Fri 2nd New Plymouth Masterton  Palm North    343 Full day
6 Sat 3rd Masterton Wellington Ferry Crossing  102 Half Day

North Island Total Distance 

   1550 5.5 days
6 Sat 3rd Picton Nelson QC Sound. 112 Half day
7 Sun 4th Rest Day in Nelson   0 Full day
8 Mon 5th  Nelson  Christchurch  Murchison & Hanmer 398 Full day
9 Tue 6th Christchurch  Dunedin  Timaru  362 Full day
10 Wed 7th Dunedin  Queenstown Cromwell  283 Half day
11 Thur 8th Queenstown Invercargill  South Coast  326 Full day
12 Good Fri 9th Invercargill  Bluff  (Then onto Twizel*)

 30

 Half day
0 Easter Sat 10th Twizel to Picton* South Island Total Distance 1511 5.5 days

Total Tour of Both Islands

  3061 11 days

* Informal return route