Tour Type: Premium Escorted Tour
Duration: 15 Days
Tour Starts In: Christchurch
Tour Finishes In: Auckland
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from NZ $5555 pp
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15 Day New Zealand Panorama Touring Route:
Tour Inclusions:
- Professional Tour Director
- Professional Luxury Coach Driver
- Admissions Outlined in the Itinerary
- Full Buffet Breakfasts (14) (B)
- 'You are invited' Lunch (1) (L)
- Exciting Highlight Dinner (3) (HD)
- Hotel Dinners (8) (D)
- Welcome Drink
- Travel Wallet and Map
- Airport Transfers (Day 1 from Christchurch Airport – flights to arrive prior to 4.00pm; Day 15 to Auckland Airport – flights anytime)
- Hotel Porterage Included
Included Tour Highlights:
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Day
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Arrive Christchurch
Airport to hotel transfer, on arrival the afternoon is free for you to explore the 'Garden City' of Christchurch. This evening enjoy a welcome drink with your Tour Director. Stay: Novotel, Christchurch. (D) |
Day
2 |
TranzAlpine – Punakaiki
Today enjoy a spectacular journey over the Southern Alps aboard the TranzAlpine Train. View the Pancake Rocks and Blowholes on arrival in Punakaiki, where we’ll spend the night at our hotel right on the waterfront. Stay: Punakaiki Resort, Punakaiki (B/D) |
Day
3 |
Punakaiki – Franz Josef
Travel via Greymouth, the largest town on the West Coast, to Hokitika to visit a New Zealand native jade factory for a jewellery demonstration. Continue to Franz Josef Glacier. You can see it from the air on an optional scenic flight (weather permitting) or take a glacier hike. Stay: Te Waonui Forest Retreat (B/D) |
Day
4 |
Franz Josef - Queenstown
Our experience list is spectacular today.
Get your camera ready as we take in Haast Pass, Thunder Creek falls, a small
rainforest bush walk, Lake Wanaka,
Lake Hawea and Lake Dunstan. We’ll
enjoy the tastes of sumptuous stone
fruit at Cromwell - the stone fruit capital.
Next up, we visit historic gold mining Arrowtown on the Arrow River, previously
one of the world’s richest rivers. A
Queenstown orientation tour and group
photo finishes our day. Tonight you have
the option (own expense) to dine at Skyline Restaurant
at Bob’s Peak via the Southern
Hemisphere’s steepest Gondola! And
the Kiwi Haka Maori Show will top off a
great night out – if you so choose. Stay: Millennium Hotel, Queenstown (2 nights) (B) |
Day
5 |
Queenstown
Explore Queenstown at your leisure today. You could take an exhilarating jet boat ride or go white water rafting. For the less adventurous there are wine
and garden tours. Tonight board the historic steamship TSS Earnslaw for a cruise across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station where you experience an entertaining sheep shearing demonstration, some friendly Kiwi hospitality and a sumptuous carvery dinner. (B)(HD) |
Day
6 |
Milford Sound
Today is a feast for the senses. Be wowed
and awestruck by the beauty of the World
Heritage Fiordland National Park. Keep
your camera close by as we see Mirror
Lakes, Pop’s Lookout, Cleddau Valley, The
Chasm, the hand-made Homer Tunnel,
Mitre Peak, Bowen Falls and stunningly
photogenic Milford Sound. The Devils Stair
Case and Lake Wakatipu pass us by. We take a magical cruise on Milford Sound seeing Mitre Peak and Bowen Falls. Overnight in pretty Te Anau. Tonight you have the option to see the Te Anau Glowworm Caves. Stay: Distinction Hotel, Te Anau (B/D) |
Day
7 |
Te Anau – Dunedin
Today we travel through rich fertile South Otago and enjoy time at leisure to explore charming Dunedin, founded by Scottish settlers. Take a Wildlife Cruise
to see Penguins and the Royal Albatross,
visit the Cadbury Factory or ride the
historic Taieri Gorge Railway – you’re free
to discover Dunedin however you like. Stay: Southern Cross Hotel, Dunedin (B/D) |
Day
8 |
Dunedin
A guided tour of Larnach Castle and its
stunning gardens, New Zealand's only authentic castle starts the day. Enjoy
some free time in town, before we set
off to the white limestone buildings of
Oamaru and on to the Waitaki Hydro
Power Scheme and Benmore Dam. Stay: MacKenzie Country Inn - Deluxe Rooms, Twizel (B/D) |
Day
9 |
Mt Cook – Christchurch
Be wowed today with the sensational alpine landscape of Mt Cook National Park. A total scenic highlight, you may wish to see Mt Cook from above by taking an optional scenic flight. Visit Morelea Farm, a typical working sheep farm to discover an authentic taste of New Zealand Country life. You are welcomed into the home of your hosts Angie and Stan to enjoy a delicious BBQ lunch on their 300 hectare garden and gain an insight into the day to day operation of farm life. Later in the day we’ll continue on to Christchurch. Along the way we’ll see Lake Pukaki, Lake Tekapo, the Church of the Good Shepherd and travel over the patchwork countryside of the Canterbury Plains. On arrival in Christchurch we’ll have a city tour, ride the Christchurch Tram, then you get to discover more of Christchurch for yourself, your way – enjoy. Stay: Novotel, Christchurch (B) |
Day
10 |
Kaikoura - Blenheim
Between the mountains and the Pacific,
we travel the rugged East Coast to the
whale watching haven of Kaikoura.
Explore it as you wish. Take an optional
Scenic Whale Watching flight. On the way
to Blenheim, we’ll see New Zealand Fur
Seals up close at Ohau Point. On arrival
we’ll have an orientation tour. Tonight we’ll enjoy a tour, dinner and tasting at Georges Michel Wine Estate, a family owned and run winery in the heart of the Marlborough region. Stay: Chateau Marlborough, Blenheim (B)(HD) |
Day
11 |
Wellington
We join an Interislander Cruise through Queen Charlotte Sound and across Cook Strait, then explore Wellington on a sightseeing tour featuring views from Mount Victoria and free time at Te Papa, New Zealand's National Museum. Te Papa allows you to experience the warmth and vibrancy of Maori culture. Stay: Novotel Capital, Wellington (B/D) |
Day
12 |
Wellington - Rotorua
We travel along the Kapiti Coast, past the
dairy farms of Manawatu to Tongariro
National Park. Here we’ll catch sights
of spectacular Mt Ruapehu. En route to
Taupo and Rotorua, we’ll see Lake Taupo
and the Huka Falls. A Rotorua orientation
tour takes in views of Lake Rotorua. The Realm of Tane, Hangi and Concert
is our cultural highlight this evening. Stay: Millennium Hotel, Rotorua, (2 nights) (B)(HD) |
Day
13 |
Rotorua Sightseeing
A ride on the Skyline Gondola and breakfast with stunning views over Lake Rotorua starts our day followed by an entertaining look at farm life at the Agrodome’s Sheep Show. Visit Te Puia and be accompanied by a local Maori guide for a tour of the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve. This afternoon there is free time for you to relax, explore or join an optional tour. (B) |
Day
14 |
Rotorua - Auckland
We tour the Glow Worm Grotto and
limestone caves at Waitomo Caves. Then trace the gorgeous Waikato River
into Auckland for a tour of Mt Eden,
Bastian Point, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland
Harbour Bridge and more. Stay: Stamford Plaza, Auckland (B/D) |
Day
15 |
Depart Auckland
You will be transferred to Auckland Airport for your onward flight. (B) |
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Tour Prices
All tour prices are per person, twin share. |
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EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL OFFER*
2012 Season Sale! Save up to $260 per person off the brochure price for this tour. Exclusive to Relaxing Journeys. Deposit this month to qualify!
Valid for bookings made with Relaxing Journeys between 1 February 2012 and 29 February 2012
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Tour Discounts & Supplements:
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