Duration :-
10 Days
Destinations:-
New Zealand
Day 1: Arrive Auckland
Meet and greet by your driver and transfer to your
hotel. Auckland hotel is for two nights including
daily breakfast.
During your stay at the hotel ride up the Sky Tower
at your own leisure to enjoy the 360 degree views
of Auckland City.
During the evenings you may wish to visit the Casino
or explore around the ‘city of sails’.
Accommodation: Sky City Auckland
Hotel and Casino / New President Auckland Hotel
Day 2: Morning Auckland City
Tour and afternoon free
Your driver will collect you from the hotel. We will
take you along the city waterfront, over the Harbour
Bridge, up to the summit of Mount Eden to enjoy the
panoramic views of Auckland, to the War Memorial Museum
that has some very impressive exhibits and through
the most desirable properties in Auckland. We will
visit Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World & Antarctic
Encounter, which is Auckland’s most popular tourist
attraction with its live penguins, come face to face
with the sharks and much more. Enjoy a free afternoon
as you please.
Day 3:
To Rotorua on Deluxe Tour inc Waitomo Caves, Rainbow
Springs & Farm Show, Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve
& NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute
Full day starting with hotel pick and onto the Auckland
Motorway. Then travel through the horticultural farmland
and into the lush dairy farm area before reaching
Waitomo Township for your guided tour through the
famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves, which have been attracting
visitors for over 100 years. The highlight is a silent
boat trip through the glowworm grotto where you glide
quietly beneath the lights of thousands of glowworms,
which live on the cave ceiling. After your cave experience
continue past Lake Karapiro and picturesque Fitzgerald
Glade to arrive in Rotorua. On arrival at Rotorua
your tour continues with entry to sparking Rainbow
Springs Nature Reserve to see the fresh water springs
which are home to hundreds of trout, the elusive Kiwi
bird and many other wildlife species. Then onto the
highly entertaining Rainbow Farm Show which gives
an animated insight into New Zealand’s farming history.
During the show see a sheep being shorn, cow being
milked and have a chance to feed and touch the animals.
Then onto your guided tour of the Whakarewarewa Thermal
Reserve where you will see many boiling mud pools,
hot springs and geysers. Lastly at the NZ Maori Arts
& Crafts Institute, to see young people learning the
traditional methods of flax weaving and woodcarving
from their tribal elders. Lunch is included today,
it is served on the coach aero-plane style. Your driver
will then deliver you to your hotel for two nights
including daily breakfast.
Accommodation: Royal Lakeside Novotel
Hotel / Lake Plaza Rotorua Hotel
Day 4:
Afternoon Skyline Gondola Ride & Lunch & Lake Rotorua
Jet Boat Ride
This morning enjoy a late breakfast followed by afternoon
tour. Be collected by coach at 1.30pm and transferred
to the Skyline Gondola Base. From here ride the Gondola
487 metres up Mount Ngongotaha to the Skyline Restaurant.
Enjoy their famous buffet lunch while taking in the
spectacular views of Lake Rotorua. The adventurous
may take optional Luge Ride or Sky Swing before riding
back down the Gondola. From here be transferred to
the lake and take the exciting K-Jet ride on Lake
Rotorua for 25 minutes of face paced action as you
speed across the lake in a jet boat powered by twin
700 hp V8 Chev motors. You’ll need to hold on during
the 360° K-Jet spins and as you reach speed of up
to 85 kmh. Return to your hotel at leisure along the
lake esplanade.
Day 5: Rotorua to Queenstown
This morning you will be transferred to the Rotorua
Airport in time for your flight to Queenstown.
** Flight is booked and ticketed by your agent **
Upon arrival at Queenstown Airport a transfer to your
hotel for three nights accommodation including daily
breakfast. The rest of today is free for you to enjoy
Queenstown as you wish.
Accommodation: Gardens Novotel Hotel
/ Kingsgate Queenstown Hotel
Day 6: Day trip to Milford
Sound and Fiordland National Park
Pickup from your hotel for what has been described
as the best one day journey in the world. The day
begins travelling along the edge of Lake Wakatipu
beneath the impressive Remarkable Mountains on the
way through to Te Anau. From here progress through
the Upper Hollyford Valley to the 1.2 kilometre Homer
Tunnel which was drilled through solid rock. On exiting
the tunnel you descend down to Milford Sound. Board
the waiting vessel for a one hour forty minute full
length cruise of Milford Sound out to the Tasman Sea.
An excellent commentary is given during the cruise
and apart from the majestic scenery of towering peaks
jutting out of the Sound itself you should also see
sparkling waterfalls, fur seals lazing on the rocks,
dolphins playing in the ships wake and numerous sea
birds. After your cruise sit back relax and enjoy
the views from the coach on the return journey to
Queenstown.
Day 7: Free Morning in Queenstown,
Afternoon Lifestyle Tour
A free morning today so you can enjoy Queenstown’s
beauty. 1.00pm Be collected from your hotel for the
tour which commences with a visit Queenstown’s Dried
Flowers, the unique Art Gallery, visit a private garden,
view the Kawarau Bungy Bridge, taste wine at Gibbston
Valley Winery and see inside their wine cave and enjoy
Devonshire Tea at local historic café, plus the fantastic
scenery that Queenstown has to offer.
Day 8: Queenstown to Christchurch
This morning you will be picked up from your hotel
for your journey to Christchurch which takes you up
the winding Kawarau Gorge then through the Lindis
Pass to emerge on the vast Mackenzie Basin where you
will have the Southern Alps as your constant companion
until you go through Burkes Pass and out onto the
Canterbury Plains which is the largest flat area of
land in New Zealand. A brief lunch stop is make at
Lake Tekapo famous for its 'Church of the Good Shepherd'
which is nestled on the lake edge. On arrival at Christchurch
you will be delivered to your city hotel for two nights
inc daily breakfast.
Accommodation: Copthorne Christchurch
Central Hotel / Camelot Cathedral Hotel
Day 9: Must See Four Christchurch
City Tour
Be collected from your hotel for your ‘Must See Four’
City Tour which includes entry to the International
Antarctic Centre where you have the opportunity to
experience the awesome and challenging Antarctic environment
with displays show both past and present exploration.
The highlight will be the ‘Snow & Ice’ room where
you play in the snow and experience sub zero Antarctic
weather conditions. Next be delighted at the Willowbank
Wildlife Reserve with its farmyard animals and wide
variety of birds including the Kiwi New Zealand’s
national icon. Take a ride on the historic tram with
its 2.5 kilometres of track through the central city
and then ride up Mt Cavendish on the Gondola where
you can get expansive views over the city, Canterbury
Plains, the Southern Alps and down into the deep water
port of Lyttelton.
Day 10: Depart Christchurch
You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred
to Christchurch International Airport for your flight.
