Tour Type: Low Cost Escorted Tour
Duration: 10 Days
Tour Starts In: Christchurch
Tour Finishes In: Christchurch
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from NZ $2924 pp
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10 Day South Island Tour Touring Route:
Attractions Included:
Touring Included:
- Luxury coach travel with 2 door access, restroom, reclining seats and panoramic windows
- Professional Coach Captain
- Personalised Meet & Greet on arrival
- Return airport transfers in New Zealand
- 9 nights 3.5 - 4 star accommodation
- Two 2 night stays
- Hotel Porterage
- 2 Scenic Cruises
- All sightseeing and pre paid attractions
Bon Appétit!
- 9 cooked breakfasts
- 8 sumptuous dinners including 3 specialty dinners: Haggis Ceremony - Dunedin, Walter Peak Homestead - Queenstown, Farewell Dinner - Christchurch
- 1 picnic lunch
- 1 delicious morning tea
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Arrive Christchurch
Fly from your homeport to Chritchurch where you will be met by a tour representative and transferred to your hotel (flight not included). Stay: Copthorne Durham Street (D) |
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Christchurch - Twizel
Travel through the southern Canterbury Plains to Lake Tekapo. See the brilliant turquoise water, visit the Church of the Good Shepherd and view the Sheep Dog Statue. Marvel at the spectacular mountain ranges including Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak. The opportunity is available (time and weather permitting) to enjoy a scenic flight (optional) over the Southern Alps. Stay: MacKenzie Country Inn (B/D) |
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Twizel - Dunedin
Depart Omarama and see Lake Benmore, before following the Waitaki River to Oamaru, famous for its limestone. Continue south to Dunedin, a well preserved Victorian city. Enjoy an informative city tour including a visit to Olveston House, a prestigious historic home. Tonight a Scottish evening will be presented comprising of bagpipes, great food, special Haggis Ceremony and gift. Stay: Mercure Leisure Lodge (B/SD) |
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Dunedin - Te Anau
Travel along the Otago Peninsula to Larnach Castle where you will hear of the tragic and scandalous history on a guided tour. Visit Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens and view the superb collection of flowers, followed by a delightful morning tea. Farewell Dunedin and travel through Balclutha and Gore to Te Anau, your overnight stay. Tonight you may like to visit the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves (optional). Stay: Distinction Luxmore Hotel (Deluxe Rooms) (2 nights) (B/D) |
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Te Anau - Milford Sound - Te Anau
Depart Te Anau for a fascinating drive to Milford Sound where you board your launch for a cruise on this magnificent fiord. See the spectacular Bowen Falls and towering Mitre Peak as you enjoy a picnic lunch. This afternoon return to Te Anau where some free time is available. (B/L/D) |
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Te Anau - Queenstown
Travel to Arrowtown, an old gold mining village and visit the Lakes District Museum. Continue to Queenstown, a year round resort situated on the shores of magical Lake Wakatipu. This evening board the vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw and cruise across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station. On arrival sit back and relax, as you are treated to the best of New Zealand’s high country cuisine in the Colonel’s Homestead. After dinner enjoy a short farm tour then reboard the TSS Earnslaw for a sing along by the piano as you cruise back to Queenstown. Stay: Mercure Resort (Lakeview Rooms) (2 nights) (B/SD) |
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Queenstown at leisure
Today is a free day. Surrounded by majestic mountains, Queenstown boasts adventure activities in all forms, from extreme to relaxed exploration. Here you can take a thrilling jet boat ride, pan for gold, 4WD tours into NZ back country, take a wine trail, fish for trout or take a leisurely stroll through Queenstown's excellent shopping area and alongside the Lake Wakatipu. Your Coach Captain is available to assist in any bookings or advice. The evening is also free. You may choose to dine out at one of the many fine restaurants. (B) |
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Queenstown - Fox Glacier - Franz Josef
Depart Queenstown and travel via the Haast Pass to the West Coast, an area of stunning beauty. See the snow capped peaks of the Southern Alps as you travel north to Fox Glacier. Time is available (weather permitting) to experience a scenic flight (optional) over the spectacular glaciers before continuing to Franz Josef. Stay: Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier (B/D) |
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Franz Josef - Arthur’s Pass - Christchurch
Travel to Hokitika and visit the Greenstone Factory. Continue to Arthur’s Pass and board The TranzAlpine, one of the great train journeys of the world. View rivers and valleys as you travel through the Waimakariri Basin and across the Canterbury Plains to Christchurch. This evening you will be treated to a special farewell dinner including entertainment with your new friends. Stay: Copthorne Durham Street or Heartland Hotel Cotswold (B/SD) |
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Depart Christchurch
Time to say goodbye. You will be transferred to the airport for your flight home after a memorable New Zealand holiday. (B) |
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from NZ $2,924
10 Day South Island Tour
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10 Day South Island Tour Reviews
Tour reviews from past clients of Relaxing Journeys for the 10 Day South Island Tour. |
A thoroughly enjoyable experience. This was our first coach tour and we were very impressed by the efficient organisation from the moment we were met at the airport and throughout the whole ten days. The coach captain, Mike, was very knowledgeable, humorous and friendly - a real asset to the tour company. Most of the hotels were well appointed and provided excellent meals. The only real exception to this was the Heartland Hotel Cotswold where the food and service was much below the standard of the rest. We can only have great praise for the arrangements for the tour at quite short notice. All of our e-mail contacts were answered promptly and the pre-tour information was very helpful. Thank you to everyone involved.
James & Diane Gamble (United Kingdom)
Tour Date 26/03/2009 |
Tour Prices
All tour prices are per person, twin share. |
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| 18 Feb 2012 |
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*Tour Status: 'G' Tours are guaranteed to depart.
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Tour Discounts & Supplements:
Optional extras & optional single traveller supplement |
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NZ $800 |
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