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Discover the best of New Zealand’s iconic regions and attractions in a small group
19 Day Ultimate Discovery
NO HIDDEN EXTRAS
PREPAID ATTRACTIONS ULTIMATE SMALL GROUP TOURING
• Kauri Museum • Personalised Meet and Greet on arrival
• Waitangi Treaty Grounds* • Return airport transfers in New Zealand
• Hole in the Rock Cruise including Island • Ultimate Small Group Tour Coach with 20 luxury
Stopover leather reclining seats on a full-size vehicle,
• Sky Tower 2 door access and panoramic windows
• Professional Coach Captain
• Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tour and Lunch
• 18 nights 4.5 star accommodation
• Skyline Rotorua Gondola and Luge Ride
• 4 two night stays
• Agrodome
• Hotel porterage
• Thermal mud pools and geysers*
• 1 rail journey
• Te Puia traditional Mãori Hãngi and Concert
• 4 cruises
• Hawke’s Bay Express Napier • All sightseeing and prepaid attractions
• Te Papa, NZ’s National Museum • Comprehensive documentation pack
• Cruise on the Interislander Ferry • Souvenir group photo
• Cloudy Bay Estate Wine Tasting
2020 GUARANTEED DEPARTURES • TranzAlpine Rail Journey
MEALS
Sep 11, 26 • Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw
• 18 cooked breakfasts including a specialty
Oct 26 breakfast: Stratosfare Restaurant, Rotorua
• Lakes District Museum
Nov 16, 26 • 15 sumptuous dinners including 3 specialty
• Milford Sound Nature Cruise and Lunch
dinners: Mãori Hãngi and Concert, Rotorua; Walter
2021 GUARANTEED DEPARTURES • Larnach Castle*
Peak Homestead, Queenstown; Farewell Dinner,
Jan 14 • City sights tour of Auckland, Wellington,
selected beverages, Christchurch
Feb 4 Christchurch and Dunedin • 2 lunches including a Shire’s buffet lunch:
Mar 1, 31 *Guided tour. Hobbiton
Apr 17, 22 • 1 Ultimate High Tea: Larnach Castle
May 7 Dinner on Day 1 not included for anyone arriving later than 8pm.
SEASONAL OFFER
Receive a discount on highlighted dates. ITINERARY
ALL INCLUSIVE (B) Breakfast. (L) Lunch. (D) Dinner. (SD) Specialty Dinner. DAY 4: Bay of Islands - Auckland (B,D)
Tour includes transfers in NZ, Ultimate This morning you will explore the scenic beauty
DAY 1: Arrive Auckland (D)
20 seat coach travel, 4.5 star accommodation, of the Bay of Islands aboard a luxury catamaran.
On arrival into Auckland you will be met by a
most meals, sightseeing and attractions. Spend some time at Otehei Bay on Urapukapuka
representative who will transfer you to your
Island before you cruise to Cape Brett and the
hotel. This evening, meet your travelling
famous Hole in the Rock. On return to Paihia
companions over a complimentary
travel south via Whangarei to Auckland.
pre-dinner drink.
Hotel Crowne Plaza Auckland
Hotel Crowne Plaza Auckland
DAY 5: Auckland - Rotorua (B,L,D)
DAY 2: Auckland - Bay of Islands (B,D)
This morning enjoy a city sights tour including
Board the luxurious Ultimate Coach, depart
a visit to Sky Tower, one of New Zealand’s most
Auckland and travel to the Parry Kauri Park to
spectacular attractions. Continue through the
see a magnificent example of a Kauri Tree. Enjoy
picturesque countryside to Hobbiton for a buffet
a visit and informative talk at the Kauri Museum
lunch. This is followed by a guided tour of the
in Matakohe, then travel via Whangarei to Paihia,
Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings and The
situated in the heart of the beautiful Bay of
Hobbit trilogies. Your guide will recount details
Islands. Enjoy a guided tour of the Waitangi Treaty
of how this beautiful piece of farmland was
Grounds, the location of the signing of the treaty
transformed into The Shire from Middle-earth.
between the Mãori tribes and the British.
Hotel Regent of Rotorua or similar (2 nights)
Hotel Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands (2 nights)
DAY 6: Rotorua (B,SD)
DAY 3: Bay of Islands (Free Day) (B)
Today begins with a gondola ride at the Skyline
Today is a free day. Choose from the many
Rotorua for breakfast, spectacular views and time
optional activities available, including the Cape
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for a thrilling luge ride! Next stop is Agrodome for
BEST PRICES AND SERVICES spectacular scenic flight. This evening is also at
an action-packed hour of farming entertainment
and education that’s unlike anything you’ve seen
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The magnificent Fox Glacier at just US
over 13 kilometres in leisure, you may like to enjoy a relaxing dinner
before. Enjoy some free time this afternoon before
length. cruise (optional).
travelling to Te Puia to see the boiling mud pools
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and awesome geysers that Rotorua is famous for.
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Hãngi and Concert.
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Experience the magic of Hobbiton on a guided tour of the Movie Set.
DAY 7: Rotorua - Napier (B,D) DAY 11: Christchurch - Arthur’s Pass DAY 15: Te Anau - Milford Sound
Depart Rotorua and travel along the Thermal - Fox Glacier (B,D) - Te Anau (B,L,D)
Explorer Highway to Huka Falls and Lake This morning board the TranzAlpine, renowned Depart Te Anau for a fascinating drive to Milford
Taupo. Continue to Napier known as ‘The Art as one of the great train journeys of the world. Sound where you board your launch for a cruise
Deco Capital’, where the most comprehensive Travel over massive viaducts, river valleys and on this magnificent fiord. See the spectacular
collection of art deco buildings in the world can be spectacular gorges as you ascend to Arthur’s Bowen Falls and towering Mitre Peak as you enjoy
found. Board the Hawke’s Bay Express and hear Pass located in the centre of the Southern Alps. a picnic lunch onboard. This afternoon return to
informative commentary on the city’s fascinating Board your Ultimate Coach and travel to Hokitika, Te Anau where some free time is available. You
history. Enjoy some free time this afternoon to famous for its Greenstone before continuing via might like to cap off your Fiordland experience
explore the city, you might choose to do a guided Franz Josef to the township of Fox Glacier by watching the breathtaking film, Ata Whenua
walk (optional). where time is available to experience a scenic - Shadowland, which screens at the Fiordland
Hotel Scenic Hotel Te Pania flight (optional, weather permitting) over the Cinema (optional).
spectacular glaciers.
DAY 8: Napier - Wellington (B,D) Hotel Distinction Fox Glacier or similar DAY 16: Te Anau - Dunedin (B,D)
Travel south this morning into Wellington for a Travel via Gore and Balclutha to Dunedin known
city tour of the nation’s capital which will highlight DAY 12: Fox Glacier - Queenstown (B) as the ‘Edinburgh of the South’. Enjoy a city tour
the history and culture on show here. At Te Papa, See the snow-capped peaks of the Southern Alps followed by some free time at leisure.
New Zealand’s National Museum, there is time to as you travel south along the West Coast. Continue Hotel Distinction Dunedin Hotel
explore Gallipoli: A Scale of War exhibition. Cutting via the Haast Pass, an area of stunning beauty
edge technology brings these stories to life before arriving into picturesque Queenstown, a DAY 17: Dunedin - Mt Cook (B,D)
through the eyes of New Zealanders who found year-round resort situated on the shores of Travel along the Otago Peninsula to Larnach
themselves in extraordinary circumstances. magical Lake Wakatipu. This evening is at leisure, Castle, hear the tragic and scandalous stories
Hotel InterContinental Wellington (Deluxe Room) you may choose to dine out at one of the many on a guided tour with time to wander around
fine restaurants. this Garden of International Significance. This is
DAY 9: Wellington - Picton - Blenheim Hotel Heritage Queenstown (2 nights) followed by an Ultimate High Tea served in the
(B,D) Grand Ballroom. Farewell Dunedin and travel
This morning board the Interislander Ferry DAY 13: Queenstown (Free Day) (B,SD) to Oamaru famous for its limestone. Follow the
and enjoy the scenery as you travel through Today is a free day and there are plenty of Waitaki River and see Lake Benmore as you travel
the Marlborough Sounds to Picton. Board your optional activities available. You may wish to to Mt Cook.
Ultimate Coach for the short journey to Blenheim. enjoy the thrill of a jet boat ride, a heritage tour of Hotel The Hermitage Hotel (Aoraki Wing)
This afternoon you will be treated to a unique scenic Skippers Canyon or get up close to a Kiwi
wine and cheese tasting experience, set amongst bird. This evening board the vintage steamship DAY 18: Mt Cook - Christchurch (B,SD)
the wine barrels at Cloudy Bay Estate, one of the TSS Earnslaw and cruise across Lake Wakatipu This morning marvel at Mt Cook, New Zealand’s
original wine makers in the Marlborough region. to Walter Peak Station. Sit back, relax and enjoy highest peak. The opportunity is available to enjoy
Hotel Marlborough Vintners Hotel a delicious gourmet barbecue dinner featuring a a scenic flight (optional, weather permitting) over
menu of seasonal, fresh and locally sourced food the Southern Alps. Continue to Lake Tekapo and
DAY 10: Blenheim - Kaikoura at the Colonel’s Homestead. After dinner enjoy a view the brilliant turquoise water, the Church of
- Christchurch (B) short farm tour then reboard the TSS Earnslaw the Good Shepherd and the Sheep Dog Statue
Tour through Marlborough Country, famous for a sing along by the piano as you cruise back before arriving into Christchurch. This evening
for its food and wine. At the seaside village of to Queenstown. enjoy a farewell dinner including selected
Kaikoura, where the mountains meet the sea, beverages with your new found friends.
Sperm Whales and other marine mammals are DAY 14: Queenstown - Te Anau (B,D) Hotel The George
often seen. Continue onto the garden city of Enjoy a leisurely start this morning before
Christchurch. travelling to Arrowtown, an old gold mining village DAY 19: Depart Christchurch (B)
Hotel The George or similar where you visit the Lakes District Museum. Time to say goodbye. You will be transferred to
Continue to Te Anau, the gateway to Fiordland. the airport for your flight home after a memorable
Today you may like to visit the Te Anau Glowworm New Zealand holiday.
Caves (optional).
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