Stray New Zealand Bus Travel

LAST MINUTE BOOKINGS

How to make a booking after 5pm for passengers to travel the next day.

The Stray Online Bookings system can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, however our passenger lists for drivers are printed at 5pm the day before travel.

If you make a booking after 5pm NZ time, for someone to travel the following day, then they may not be confirmed on the list and the driver will not know to pick the customer up.

If the system shows a green confirmed seat this means there is space for the person on the bus, however they will need to make their way to the following gateway pickup points around the circuit (that drivers will always pick up from), 10 minutes before these departure times below to ensure they get picked up:

NORTH ISLAND

Auckland NORTH and SOUTH
- Fat Camel/Fusion 7.45am
- Base ACB 7.50am

Paihia - Bay of Islands
- Base Pipi Patch 4.30pm

Hahei
- Hahei Holiday Park 8.00am

Raglan
- Karioi Lodge 8.00am

Maketu
- Uncle Boys Marae 8.00am

Rotorua
- Base Hot Rocks 12.30pm

Taupo
- Urban Retreat 6.25am

National Park
- The Park 9.00am (to Wellington)
- The Park 12.30pm (to Auckland)

Wellington
- Base Wellington 6.45am

SOUTH ISLAND

Picton
- Bluebridge Ferry Terminal 11.45am (to Marahau)

Nelson
- Information Centre 3.05pm

Marahau (Abel Tasman)
- The Barn 9.00am

Barrytown
- All Nations Hostel 12.30pm

Franz Josef
- Rainforest Retreat 9.00am

Makarora
- Makarora Wilderness Resort 9.00am

Wanaka
- Base Wanaka 12.00noon

Queenstown NORTH to Mt Cook
- Base Discovery Lodge 9.30am

Queenstown SOUTH to Gunns Camp
- Base Discovery Lodge 8.00am

Gunns Camp to Invercargill (Stewart Island)
- Gunns Camp 7.00am

Invercargill (Stewart Island) to Dunedin
- Ferry terminal 8.00am (take 8am ferry from Stewart Island)
- From Tuatara's Lodge 10.30am

Dunedin to Mt Cook
- Leviathon 7.30am

Christchurch
- Base Christchurch 7.50am (to Kaikoura)
- ATOMIC SHUTTLES departs 7.15am 88 Worchester Street/Opp Holy Grail
- TRAIN departs at 8.00am from Christchurch Train Station
- Q/SHORTQ/ARTHUR/SHORTARTHUR Departs Greymouth Train Station 1.00pm

Kaikoura
- Adelphi Lodge 8.30am