Tour Inclusions
- Arrowtown - historic gold mining town
- Dunedin - city tour
- Fox Glacier - overnight stay
- Haast Pass
- Huka Falls - the mighty waterfall
- Lake Tekapo - Church of the Good Shepherd
- Mt Cook - NZ/s tallest mountain
- Milford Sound - cruise
- Milford Sound - Mitre Peak and Bowen Falls
- Punakaiki - Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
- Queenstown - Free day in New Zealand's adventure capital
- Rotorua- Hangi Feast and Concert
- Rotorua - Agrodome Sheep Show to enjoy an entertaining look at life on a New Zealand farm
- Wellington - Cruise through Queen Charlotte Sound
- Wellington - Te Papa (New Zealand’s National Museum)
- Waitomo Caves - Glowworm caves tour
- Option to enjoy a Skyline Gondola ride and buffet dinner
- Opportunity to journey on the TranzAlpine Train
- Opportunity to journey on the TranzCoastal train
Meals
- 13 Full Buffet Breakfasts (B)
- 1 Exciting Highlight Dinner (HD)
- 9 Hotel Dinners (D)
- Welcome Drink
Escorted Coach Tour Standard Inclusions
- Luxury air-conditioned coach with 2-door access, restroom, seatbelts, reclining seats, panoramic windows
- Experienced, professional Tour Director
- Luxury coach Driver
- Twin share accommodation with private facilities in quality hotels
- Admissions Outlined in the Itinerary
- Airport transfers to/from hotel
- Hotel Porterage
- Travel wallet and map
| 1 (D) | Arrive Christchurch On arrival at the hotel the afternoon is free for you to explore the 'Garden City' of Christchurch. This evening enjoy a welcome drink with your Tour Director. |
 ACCOMMODATION: Hotel Ibis Christchurch |
| 2 (B) (D) | Fox Glacier Opportunity to journey on the TranzAlpine Train over the Southern Alps (please request at time of booking). Depart Christchurch for the scenic drive to Punakaiki. View the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes, before continuing south along the rugged coastal road to Fox Glacier. Here you will have the opportunity to enjoy an optional scenic flight (weather permitting). |
 ACCOMMODATION: Heartland Hotel Fox Glacier |
| 3 (B) (D) | Queenstown Travel through the Haast Pass, view Thunder Creek Falls, take a rainforest walk. Then it’s a trio of lakes – Wanaka, Hawea, Dunstan. Next is Cromwell and its stone fruit and Arrowtown on the Arrow River. Enjoy a Queenstown orientation tour followed by dinner with views over Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables. |
ACCOMMODATION: Mercure Queenstown Resort (2 nights) |
| 4 (B) | Queenstown 'Free Time' Today is free for you to enjoy the many scenic delights of Queenstown. Your Tour Director will happily advise you on the optional activities available. Perhaps take an optional jet boat ride or go white water rafting. This evening you have the opportunity to ride the Skyline Gondola to Bob's Peak, with stunning views of Queenstown, for a delicious buffet dinner. Then later you may choose to experience the Kiwi Haka. |
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| 5 (B) (D) | Milford Sound Travel along the Devil’s Staircase and the shores of Lake Wakatipu to Te Anau You’ll be awe-struck by great sights from Fiordland National Park – New Zealand’s largest – to Milford Sound, one of the world’s most amazing places, where you will cruise on the waters of this natural wonder. En route we’ll drive through the hand made Homer Tunnel to the abundant photo opportunities afforded by the Mirror Lakes, Pop’s Lookout, Cleddau Valley, The Chasm, Mitre Peak and Bowen Falls. Then we return to Te Anau. Tonight you have the option to see the Glow Worm caves. |
ACCOMMODATION: Kingsgate Hotel |
| 6 (B) (D) | Dunedin We’ll cross sheep-filled farming land to Dunedin for a city tour. ‘Free Time’ this afternoon – take a wildlife cruise to see the Penguins and Royal Albatross, visit the Cadbury Factory or ride the Taieri Gorge Railway. |
 ACCOMMODATION: Kingsgate Hotel |
| 7 (B) (D) | Mt Cook Free Time’ this morning. Opportunity to visit Larnach Castle, New Zealand's only authentic castle. Travel through Oamaru which is famous for its white stone buildings made of limestone. Follow the Waitaki River, passing hydro-electric dams at Waitaki and Aviemore to Omarama. |
ACCOMMODATION: Heritage Gateway Hotel |
| 8 (B) | Christchurch Travel past Mt Cook National Park, home to New Zealand's highest mountain. You may wish to take an optional scenic flight (weather permitting). This afternoon stop at Lake Tekapo and view the Church of the Good Shepherd, then continue over the colourful Canterbury Plains to Christchurch. |
 ACCOMMODATION: Hotel Ibis Christchurch |
| 9 (B) (D) | Picton Continue along the rugged coast and stop to view New Zealand fur seals. At Kaikoura you will have the opportunity to enjoy an optional whale watching flight. We’ll get up close and personal with some New Zealand’s Fur Seals at Ohau Point. Pass the Grassmere Salt Work then travel to the pretty seaside fishing village of Picton for an orientation tour. |
ACCOMMODATION: Beachcomber Inn |
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TranzCoastal Train Option For a scenic feast journey on the TranzCoastal train between Picton & Christchurch, with the Kaikoura Mountain Range on one side and the rugged Pacific Ocean on the other. Additional cost $136 per person. |
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| 10 (B) (D) | Wellington This morning join the inter-island cruise through Queen Charlotte Sound and across Cook Strait to Wellington. Enjoy a sightseeing tour around Wellington. Free time this afternoon in Wellington to visit Te Papa, New Zealand's National Museum. Tonight experience the local cuisine for yourself. |
 ACCOMMODATION: Mercure Willis Street |
| 11 (B) (HD) | Rotorua Travel through the rich dairy farming lands to the vast volcanic plateau of Tongariro National Park. Follow the eastern shoreline of Lake Taupo to the township of Taupo. Stop to view mighty, then head north to Rotorua this afternoon. Tonight enjoy a night of authentic, traditional culture and entertainment and share in a Hangi - a selection of foods cooked in the traditional way. |
ACCOMMODATION: Hotel Ibis Rotorua (2 nights) |
| 12 (B) | Rotorua This morning we visit the Agrodome Sheep Show for a sample of farm life. See the art of sheep shearing, sheepdog demonstrations, cow milking, bottle feeding lambs and an exciting sheep auction. Then enjoy an afternoon of ‘Free Time’ – visit Paradise valley Springs, abundant with Rainbow Trout and New Zealand farm animals or perhaps visit Te Puia, where a local Maori will guide you through the Geothermal valley with its mud pools and geysers. |
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| 13 (B) (D) | Waitomo Caves This morning travel through lush waikato farmland to Waitomo Caves. We’ll see the amazing underground Glow Worm Grotto by boat and walk the limestone caves. Later we follow the waikato river, New Zealand’s longest river, into Auckland. Enjoy views from Mt. Eden before continuing to your hotel. |
ACCOMMODATION: Mercure Hotel |
| 14 (B) | Depart Auckland Explore Auckland at your leisure before you will be transferred to Auckland Airport for your onward flight. |
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| This tour in reverse is New Zealand Splendour - HAAC. |
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