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hi everyone! today's new zealand faq answers the question: can i drive in new zealand? i'm jess, from sheldon and jess tv and if you are new here consider subscribing to our channel we do all kinds of cool travel videos including faqs but also other stuff as well so can you drive in new zealand? probably! there's no special permits that you need to drive in new zealand, if you have a full driver's license

from your home country, or you have an international driver's license the one small caveat to this is if you stay for longer than 12 months, in new zealand you do have to get a new zealand driver's license so with the topic of driving, there are a few things that we think you should know about driving in new zealand firstly, maps are super deceptive new zealand is extremely hilly and the roads are really windy and so on a map it might look like getting from

a to b is only going to take you an hour or two but it might end up taking you four or five hours just because of the route that it takes you to get to that place so a handy tip is to go onto, say, google maps or or a gps and check how long it is actually going to take you because if you think you're only going to drive for two hours and you have to drive for five hours you may miss out on an activity that you had planned to do or you might just get a little bit disheartened that

you're so tired because you ended up doing a lot more driving than you thought you were going to do that day the next thing to know is in new zealand we drive on the left side of the road and on the right side of the car and for some people, this is no big deal you do that in your home country but for people like me who grew up driving on the right side of the road, this can be a big adjustment and you will find that the first time you turn a corner

and you are in the wrong lane or when you go to get in the wrong side of the car driver's side or passenger's side for about the tenth time in a row so kind of coming back to my first point about the windy, hilly roads of new zealand not only does this make the distance deceptive it can actually be a little bit scary because a lot of the roads in new zealand are also quite narrow now people in new zealand are really used to these roads

so they can go quite quickly but if you are driving on the wrong side of the road, and, you know, and you're a little bit tired or you're just not comfortable driving in such narrow lanes just take your time, it's better to be safe than sorry the best thing that you can do is find a safe pull off to let the traffic behind you get going if they're a little bit antsy and want to go faster and, lastly, new zealand isn't like the scariest place

to drive in the world but, you know, if you're thinking maybe that's not the most comfortable or time efficient way for you to do it, there's lots of other options for transport when you come to new zealand there's buses, there's domestic flights, and there's even trains in some parts of the country that will get you from one location to another and another thing to take a complete load off your mind is to book a tour

often, they will arrange all the transportation for you they'll pick you up at your accommodation and drop you off wherever you need to be so, long answer short, if you have a full driver's license from your country or an international driver's license you can drive in new zealand but i hope that these other tips were were really helpful for you as well

and give you a little more understanding of what to expect when you're coming to new zealand

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