Invercargill is New Zealand’s southernmost city. It is teeming with character and friendliness, perfect for tourists new to NZ and keen to explore. Traverse Invercargill, New Zealand, by getting a rental car from Hertz.
Founded in the 1850s with a population above 53,000, Invercargill is the capital of Southland. Pick up your car hire from Invercargill airport and explore the city. You’ll be able to admire the wide variety of architecture within the city, with Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco heritage buildings dotted about the city. This charming old world charter of the city makes for one of its attractive points. The excellent range of shops and selection of lively bars and restaurants further add its attraction.
Invercargill is also blessed with some of the most beautiful coastlines in the country. Travel in your rental car, a few minutes away from Invercargill city centre, to view the great array of coastal landscapes around. Continue on to the native wonders of Waituna Wetlands and Omaui, or plod along the boardwalk of the estuary and heritage wharfs. Get up close and personal with Mother Nature as you embrace the coastal life of Invercargill. Don’t miss out the drive along Invercargill’s long coastal highway of Oreti Beach where one can admire the pounding surf and breaking waves.
Pick up your rental car from Invercargill airport and head off to explore Invercargill’s wheel-mania. The city seems to be especially passionate about almost anything with wheels. Drive down in your hire car to Invercargill’s Bill Richardson Transport World and check out its world-class vintage truck collection. You can take a ride at the SIT Zero Fees Velodrome, or simply take a stroll about this scenic city and watch cyclists zooming by on their bicycles. Invercargill’s motorcycle history is displayed at the Classic Motorcycle Mecca. View the exhibits of motorcycles and learn about the city’s history with wheels.
For those getting peckish, make your way down in your rental car down to the Invercargill Brewery. Take a tour of the brewery and learn more about the art of making good beer. Alternatively, you can head over to the Blue River Dairy. Celebrated as one of Southland’s best sheep milk cafes, enjoy cheese tasting and their famous cheese rolls. Still hungry? Head over to the Seriously Good Chocolate Company in your rental car to experience Invercargill’s chocolate making process.
Another highlight of your trip can be the Southland Museum and Art Gallery. Plan a drive to this museum after picking up your hire car up from Invercargill airport. Known as Invercargill’s cultural hub, admire the permanent displays of Southland’s natural and human history, many involving maritime exploits. The stars of the museum are undoubtedly the tuatara, New Zealand’s unique lizard-like reptiles that have remained unchanged for 220 million years. Pay a visit to Henry who is over 100 years old and has been living in captivity for more than 50 years.
Invercargill is a beautiful city, so close with nature and full of good food and fun. Grab your rental car from Hertz and begin your exploration of Invercargill, New Zealand!
