There are 9 ways to get from Greymouth to Te Anau by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Hokitika to Queenstown Airport, bus
best- Fly from Hokitika (HKK) to Queenstown Airport (ZQN)plane HKK - ZQN
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anaubus
9h 26m$216–822Drive 681.3 km
cheapest- Drive from Greymouth to Te Anaucar 681.3 km
7h 50m$209–302Train, bus
- Take the train from Greymouth to Rollestontrain
- Take the bus from Rolleston to Frankton Bus Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anaubus
15h 44m$334–503Bus, Tour
- Take the bus from Greymouth to Franz Josefbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Franz Josef / Waiau to Queenstown
- Take the bus from Info & Track Queenstown to Te Anaubus
20h 4m$334–461Shuttle to Christchurch International Airport, fly to Queenstown Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Greymouth to Christchurch International Airport
- Fly from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) to Queenstown Airport (ZQN)plane CHC - ZQN
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anaubus
8h 35m$392–1,007Fly Hokitika to Invercargill, shuttle
- Fly from Hokitika (HKK) to Invercargill (IVC)plane HKK - IVC
- Take a shuttle bus from Invercargill to Te Anau
10h 18m$232–788Shuttle to Christchurch International Airport, fly to Invercargill, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Greymouth to Christchurch International Airport
- Fly from Christchurch International Airport (CHC) to Invercargill (IVC)plane CHC - IVC
- Take a shuttle bus from Invercargill to Te Anau
8h 51m$253–773Bus
- Take the bus from Greymouth to Franz Josefbus
- Take the bus from Franz Josef to Frankton Bus Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anaubus
15h 53m$266–373Bus via Queenstown
- Take the bus from Greymouth to Franz Josefbus
- Take the bus from Franz Josef to Queenstownbus
- Take the bus from Info & Track Queenstown to Te Anaubus
16h 34m$264–351
Greymouth to Te Anau by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greymouth to Te Anau is to drive which costs $200 - $310 and takes 7h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Greymouth to Te Anau is to drive which takes 7h 50m and costs $200 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Greymouth to Te Anau. However, there are services departing from Greymouth and arriving at Te Anau via Franz Josef and Frankton Bus Interchange. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 53m.
The distance between Greymouth and Te Anau is 522 km. The road distance is 681.3 km.
The best way to get from Greymouth to Te Anau without a car is to train and bus which takes 15h 44m and costs $330 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 26m to get from Greymouth to Te Anau, including transfers.
Greymouth to Te Anau bus services, operated by GreatSights, depart from Greymouth station.
Greymouth to Te Anau bus services, operated by GreatSights, arrive at Franz Josef station.
Yes, the driving distance between Greymouth to Te Anau is 681 km. It takes approximately 7h 50m to drive from Greymouth to Te Anau.
Book your Greymouth to Te Anau bus tickets online with 12go.asia.
What companies run services between Greymouth, New Zealand and Te Anau, New Zealand?
You can take a bus from Greymouth to Te Anau via Franz Josef and Frankton Bus Interchange in around 15h 53m.
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Hokitika to Queenstown Airport via Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–650
Flights from Hokitika to Queenstown Airport via Christchurch International Airport, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–950
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Queenstown Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Hokitika to Invercargill via Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
Flights from Christchurch International Airport to Invercargill
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–550
- Phone
- +64 4495 0775
- Website
- KiwiRail
Train from Greymouth to Rolleston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–310
- Website
- KiwiRail
- Website
- KiwiRail TranzAlpine
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5790
- [email protected]
- Website
- GreatSights
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $70–100
- Gold
- $60–140
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $70–100
- Gold
- $60–140
Bus from Greymouth to Franz Josef
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $75–110
- Gold
- $65–150
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $70–100
- Gold
- $60–140
Bus from Greymouth to Franz Josef
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $75–110
- Gold
- $65–150
Bus from Franz Josef to Frankton Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $120–170
- Gold
- $140–220
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $70–100
- Gold
- $60–140
Bus from Greymouth to Franz Josef
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $75–110
- Gold
- $65–150
Bus from Franz Josef to Queenstown
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- GreatSights
- Standard
- $120–180
- Gold
- $150–230
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Rolleston to Frankton Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–100
- Website
- InterCity
- Phone
- +64 9 390 7380
- [email protected]
- Website
- cheekykiwitravel.com
Shuttle from Franz Josef / Waiau to Queenstown
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–290
- Schedules at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Book at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Adult
- $290
- Child
- $190
Shuttle from Invercargill to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–99
- Schedules at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Book at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Adult
- $99
- Child
- $70
Shuttle from Invercargill to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–99
- Schedules at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Book at
- cheekykiwitravel.rezdy.com
- Adult
- $99
- Child
- $70
- Phone
- +64 3 442 9708
- [email protected]
- Website
- infotrack.co.nz
Bus from Info & Track Queenstown to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $68
- Schedules at
- infotrack.co.nz
Bus from Info & Track Queenstown to Te Anau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $68
- Schedules at
- infotrack.co.nz
- Phone
- +64 27 201 8825
- Website
- eastwestcoaches.co.nz
Shuttle from Greymouth to Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–100
- Schedules at
- eastwestcoaches.co.nz
Shuttle from Greymouth to Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–100
- Schedules at
- eastwestcoaches.co.nz
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