Thread: Visiting New Zealand anyone ?

I think Travelocity is lying. It was 18 hours to get to Al Asad, and that is counting a 2 hour flight in a C-130. 16 hours from March Air Force Base to Kuwait City. MAFB is pretty close to LAX, being northwest of 29 Palms, CA.

For those of us that have never been to your neck of the woods what are the best times of the year to visit? By that I mean climate, local events, etc.

Thats a looong time on a plane, sometimes the 2.5 hrs to Las Vegas drives me nuts

Out of curisoity I checked a travel site and they put coach at about $1500 and first class at a hair over $10,000, is that normal? Ten grand seems a little steep!

The official seasons are:-

Summer:- Dec-Feb
Autumn:- Mar-May
Winter:- June-Aug
Spring:- Sept-Nov

The best time if you don't want to ski is Nov-Mar

Gary

If you guys visit from the US, I would recomend making some plans in NZ and AU. The flight for me was around 22 hours from the east coast, and it was painful, so schedule a few weeks to tool around the countries before you subject yourself to the flight again