When to go
October to April, region by region.
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The prime windowGood, with judgementWe plan around
Sixteen hundred kilometres north to south, so the seasons split three ways: the north is at its best in autumn, the central coast from February to August, and the south stays warm all year with short afternoon rain in summer. October to April covers most routes; no single month covers all three.
Who it suits
Travellers who would rather go deep in two regions than skim five.
None of what follows is a package. Each journey is a worked example: built once, for real travellers, to the same standard we hold ourselves to everywhere. Yours is built again, from scratch.
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