Tour Type: Low Cost Escorted Tour
Duration: 14 Days
Tour Starts In: Christchurch
Tour Finishes In: Auckland
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from NZ $2760 pp
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14 Day New Zealand Experience Touring Route:
Tour Inclusions:
- Professional Tour Director
- Professional Luxury Coach Driver
- Admissions Outlined in the Itinerary
- Full Buffet Breakfasts (13) (B)
- Exciting Highlight Dinner (1) (HD)
- Hotel Dinners (9) (D)
- Welcome Drink
- Airport Transfers
- Hotel Porterage & Service Charges
Tour Highlights:
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Day
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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. Stay: Hotel Ibis Christchurch (D) |
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Fox Glacier
Depart Christchurch for the scenic drive through the Southern Alps to Punakaiki on the West Coast. 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). Stay: Heartland Hotel Fox Glacier, Fox Glacier (B/D) |
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TranzAlpine Train Option
Experience one of the world’s top 6
train trips aboard the TranzAlpine to the West Coast. Additional cost $NZ 162 per person from Christchurch to Greymouth (option is only applicable for departures after September 2010) or $NZ 118 per person from Arthur’s Pass to Greymouth. (option available on all departures) |
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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. Stay: Mercure Queenstown Resort, Queenstown (2 nights) (B/D) |
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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. (B) |
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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. Stay: Kingsgate Hotel, Te Anau (B/D)
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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. Stay: Kingsgate Hotel, Dunedin (B/D) |
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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. Stay: Heritage Gateway Hotel, Omarama (B/D) |
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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. Stay: Hotel Ibis Christchurch (B) |
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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. Stay: Beachcomber Inn, Picton (B/D) |
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TranzCoastal Train Option
For a scenic feast journey on the TranzCoastal train between Christchurch & Picton, with the Kaikoura
Mountain Range on one side and the
rugged Pacific Ocean on the other. This option is only applicable for departures after September 2010. Additional cost $NZ 119 per person (B/D) |
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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. Stay: Mercure Willis Street, Wellington (B/D) |
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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. Stay: Hotel Ibis Rotorua (2 nights) (B)(HD) |
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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. (B) |
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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. Stay: Mercure Hotel, Auckland (B/D) |
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Depart Auckland
Explore Auckland at your
leisure before you will be transferred to Auckland Airport for your onward flight. (B) |
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The trip was amazing in all aspects. The scenery and landscape of New Zealand was breathtaking and the excursions added another dimension to the trip. Our entire group was great and we all got along well and really enjoyed each other's company. I am sure this is partly due to the expertise and personality of our wonderful Tour Director, Robin, who worked diligently to make our trip comfortable and memorable.
Becky Love (United States)
Tour Date 01/03/2010 |
Hi everybody at Relaxing Journeys. Special greetings to Georgina Walpole who helped us get all the necessary information about this tour. Sorry for posting this feedback with some delay due to some circumstances; me and my wife Maria Grazia would like to congratulate with all of you for the perfect organization of this tour. It has really been a fantastic one in all its aspects and we have been very happy to visit NZ. Thank you, again.
Aldo Carniel & Maria Rondina (Italy)
Tour Date 18/01/2010 |
Having just returned from New Zealand I just want to let you know what a wonderful Tour Director we had in Julie Hodgson and our driver Paul. Nothing seemed too much trouble for them and Julie's passion and knowledge along the way surpassed anything I have encountered previously on other coach tours. As Relaxing Journey's was recommended to me, I will highly recommend your organisation to anyone who asks. My entire New Zealand experience was wonderful, enhanced not only by the group of wonderful people on the tour, but especially with the safety and professionalism of our driver Paul and I can't speak highly enough of Julie's expertise in all areas of her position. Congratulations to all involved and thanks.
Lynne Bailey (Australia)
Tour Date 21/12/2009 |
Sorry for the late reply, we have been meaning to do it for sometime now. First, we would like to thank you for all your help. Next, well, WOW! Our trip was awesome! The 14 Day coach tour of the North & South Islands was absolutely great. Even though we did not have the best of weather on the tour it was still very good, and it is true, you do need to have a variety of clothing while in NZ. We probably had the BEST tour director ever, Julie was outstanding, very knowledgeable, she loves NZ, and is a true ambassador. She was truly superb. We had an all girl team (director & driver). Again we were blessed to have the "Best Team" to take us around NZ. Boy, you don't realize it until you drive through NZ on their roads and how very grateful we were to have an excellent and very professional driver as Megan to escort us around. They both helped the tour to be a great success. Being our first time to NZ the coach tour was a great way to see the North & South Islands. The only thing better would be is to take at least six months to take it all in, as there is so much to see and do. New Zealand is a beautiful and a wonderful place to see. The people are great and the scenery spectacular. Thank you for a wonderful NZ Experience!!
Greg & Brenda Goodkey (Canada)
Tour Date 23/11/2009 |
We would like to say how much we enjoyed the tour around New Zealand. It far exceeded our expectations and would recommend it to anyone who wanted to visit NZ. We do have one regret, and that was that we didn't include the Bay of Islands in our tour. Everything went well during the 16 days we were there, the company of people on the coach were fine, and everyone got on well with each other. The Tour Director Cally Burke, and the driver Clark (don’t know his surname) were excellent company, very informative, and very friendly. If we were ever able to come to NZ again to complete the parts that we missed this time we would certainly use the same company. Thank you for all your help before travelling, all the questions that we asked, and your assurance about the tour.
Jeff & Moira Jones (United Kingdom)
Tour Date 31/03/2008 |
Tour Prices
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