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Based on KAYAK hotel searches, the most popular destination is Queenstown (35% of total searches to South Island). The next most popular destinations are Christchurch (35%) and Invercargill (25%). Searches for hotels in Dunedin (5%) are also popular.
KAYAK users have found double rooms in South Island for as cheap as R423 (Christchurch) in the last 3 days. The average price is R3 762.
In the last 72 hours, users have found South Island hotels for tonight for as low as R665 (Greymouth). Users have also found 3-star hotels from R743 (Christchurch) and 4-star+ hotels from R1 054 (Christchurch).