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Travel Agent & Group Travel Specialist
New Zealand
21 Days Departing Mount Gambier 19 November 2018
Exclusive Group
Departure Fully Escorted
from Mount Gambier by
Max & Sue
New Zealand
Tour Price Includes: Day 1 – Monday 19 November 2018 famous Hole in the Rock. Keep an eye
Return Coach Transfers from Mount Gambier Mt Gambier to Melbourne D out for bottlenose and common
Pre Night in Melbourne Transfer by coach from Mt Gambier to dolphins before returning to Paihia.
All International Airfares with Taxes Melbourne for your overnight stay. Travel south via Whangarei to Auckland.
All Airport and Hotel Transfers Stay: Best Western Travel Inn, Carlton This afternoon includes a visit to Sky
Coach Travel in New Zealand Day 2 – Tuesday 20 November 2018 Tower at your leisure, one of New
All Accommodation Melbourne - Auckland BD Zealand’s most spectacular attractions.
This morning you will be transferred to Stay: Skycity Hotel Auckland
4 Two Night Stays / Hotel Porterage
Melbourne Airport for your flight to Day 6 – Saturday 24 November 2018
Meals (40) as listed in itinerary -
Auckland. On arrival into Auckland you Auckland - Rotorua BLD
*20 Cooked Breakfasts, 2 Lunches & 18 Dinners,
will be transferred to your hotel. Today enjoy a city sights tour of
including 4 specialty dinners:
Stay: Skycity Hotel Auckland Auckland. Continue through the
All Sightseeing & Pre Paid Attractions Include:
Day 3 – Wed 21 November 2018 picturesque countryside to Hobbiton for
*Kauri Museum# / Larnach Castle#
Auckland - Bay of Islands BD a buffet lunch. This is followed by a
*Waitangi Treaty Grounds#
Depart Auckland and travel to the Parry guided tour of the Movie Set from The
*Dolphin/Hole in the Rock Cruise
Kauri Park to see a magnificent example Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
*Hobbiton Movie Set Tour & Lunch
of a Kauri Tree. Enjoy a visit and trilogies. Your guide will recount details
*Skyline Rotorua Gondola & Luge Ride
informative talk at the Kauri Museum in of how this beautiful piece of farmland
*Thermal Mud Pools & Geysers#
Matakohe, then travel via Whangarei to was transformed into The Shire from
*Te Puia Traditional Maori Hangi & Concert
Paihia, situated in the heart of the Middle Earth.
*Te Papa, NZ’s National Museum
beautiful Bay of Islands. Enjoy a guided Stay: Sudima Hotel Lake Rotorua 2n
*Cruise on the Interislander Ferry
tour of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Day 7 – Sunday 25 November 2018
*TranzAlpine Rail Journey / Sky Tower
the location of the signing of the treaty Rotorua BD
*Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw
between the Maori tribes and the Today begins with a gondola ride and
*Lakes District Museum / Agrodome
British. breakfast at Skyline Rotorua. There is
*Milford Sound Cruise & Lunch
Stay: Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands 2n also time for a luge ride! Next stop is
*Haggis Ceremony & Gift
Day 4 - Thursday 22 November 2018 the Agrodome for an action packed
*City Sights Tour of Auckland, Napier,
Bay of Islands B hour of farming entertainment and
Wellington, Dunedin & Christchurch
#Guided tour is included with 1 guide per 24 travellers Today is a free day. Choose from the education that’s unlike anything you’ve
many optional activities available. This seen before. Enjoy some free time this
2018 Dates and Prices (A$) evening is also free and you may like to afternoon before travelling to Te Puia to
21 Days - New Zealand enjoy a relaxing dinner cruise (optional). see the boiling mud pools and awesome
Departing 19 November 2018 Day 5 – Friday 23 November 2018 geysers that Rotorua is famous for. This
Bay of Islands - Auckland BD evening experience an entertaining
Non Refundable Deposit -
This morning travel aboard a luxury Maori Hangi and Concert.
$1000 per person
catamaran to Cape Brett and the
Day 8 – Monday 26 November 2018 stone before continuing to Franz Josef your Fiordland experience by watching
Rotorua - Napier - Masterton BD where time is available to experience a the breathtaking film, Ata Whenua -
Depart Rotorua and travel along the scenic flight (optional, weather Shadowland, which screens at the
Thermal Explorer Highway to Huka Falls permitting) over the spectacular glaciers. Fiordland Cinema (optional).
and Lake Taupo. Continue to Napier Stay: Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier Day 17 - Wednesday 5 December 2018
known as ‘The Art Deco Capital’, where a Day 13 - Saturday 1 December 2018 Te Anau - Dunedin BD
city tour will showcase an impressive Franz Josef - Queenstown B Travel via Gore and Balclutha to Dunedin
collection of art deco buildings. Enjoy See the snow capped peaks of the known as the ‘Edinburgh of the South’
some free time to explore the fascinating Southern Alps as you travel south along and enjoy an informative city tour. Travel
architecture before travelling through the West Coast to Fox Glacier. Continue along the Otago Peninsula to Larnach
the Wairarapa, an emerging cool-climate via the Haast Pass, an area of stunning Castle where you will hear of the tragic
wine region. beauty before arriving into picturesque and scandalous history on a guided tour.
Stay: Copthorne Hotel and Resort Queenstown, a year round resort Tonight a Scottish evening will be pre-
Day 9 - Tuesday 27 November 2018 situated on the shores of magical Lake sented comprising of bagpipes, great
Masterton - Greytown - Wellington BD Wakatipu. This evening is free and you food, special Haggis Ceremony and gift.
Enjoy a leisurely start to the day before may choose to dine out at one of the Stay: Scenic Hotel Dunedin City
travelling to Greytown where you see many fine restaurants. Day 18 - Thursday 6 December 2018
the most complete example of original Stay: Mecure Queenstown Resort 2n Dunedin - Mt Cook - Twizel BD
Victorian wooden architecture. Drive Day 14 - Sunday 2 December 2018 Farewell Dunedin and travel to Oamaru
through the scenic Rimutaka Mountain Queenstown BD famous for its limestone. Follow the
Range into Wellington, where you will Today is a free day. There are plenty of Waitaki River and see Lake Benmore as
enjoy a city tour of the nation’s capital sightseeing options (own expense) and you continue to marvel at Mt Cook, New
which will highlight the history and your Coach Captain is available to assist. Zealand’s highest peak. The opportunity
culture on show here. You may wish to enjoy the thrill of a jet is available to enjoy a scenic flight
Stay: James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor boat ride, a heritage tour of the scenic (optional, weather permitting) over the
Day 10 - Wed 28 November 2018 Skippers Canyon or get up close to a Kiwi Southern Alps. Travel to Twizel for your
Wellington - Picton - Blenheim BD bird. This evening board the vintage overnight stay.
A highlight this morning will be time to steamship TSS Earnslaw and cruise Stay: MacKenzie Country Hotel
explore Te Papa, New Zealand’s National across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Day 19 - Friday 7 December 2018
Museum with exhibits that embrace Station. Sit back, relax and enjoy a Twizel - Christchurch BD
both Maori and European views. This gourmet barbecue dinner which the chef Continue to Lake Tekapo and view the
afternoon board the Interislander Ferry, will prepare in front of you at the brilliant turquoise water, visit the Church
cross Cook Strait and travel through the Colonel’s Homestead. After dinner enjoy of the Good Shepherd and see the Sheep
Marlborough Sounds to Picton where a short farm tour then reboard the TSS
Dog Statue before arriving into
you board your coach for the short Earnslaw for a sing along by the piano as
Christchurch for an informative city tour.
you cruise back to Queenstown.
journey to Blenheim. Stay: Distinction Christchurch 2n
Day 15 - Monday 3 December 2018
Stay: Scenic Hotel Marlborough Day 20 - Saturday 8 December 2018
Queenstown - Te Anau BD
Day 11 - Thursday 29 November 2018 Christchurch BD
Enjoy a leisurely start this morning
Blenheim - Kaikoura - Christchurch BD Today is a free day to explore
before travelling to Arrowtown, an old
Tour through Marlborough Country, Christchurch. This evening enjoy a
gold mining village where you visit the
famous for its food and wine, then travel farewell dinner at the hotel.
Lakes District Museum. Continue to
to the seaside village of Kaikoura. Day 21 - Sunday 9 December 2018
Te Anau, the gateway to Fiordland. This
Continue onto the garden city of Christchurch - Melbourne-Mt Gambier B
afternoon you may like to visit the
Christchurch. Time to say goodbye. You will be
Te Anau Glow Worm Caves (optional).
Stay: Distinction Christchurch transferred to the airport for your flight
Stay: Distinction Luxmore Hotel 2n
Day 12 - Friday 30 November 2018 to Melbourne after a memorable New
Day 16 - Tuesday 4 December 2018
Christchurch - Arthurs Pass - Franz Josef BD Zealand holiday. On arrival you will be
Te Anau - Milford Sound - Te Anau BLD
This morning board the TranzAlpine, transferred to Mount Gambier.
Depart Te Anau for a fascinating drive to
renowned as one of the great train
Milford Sound where you board your
journeys of the world. Travel over
launch for a cruise on this magnificent
massive viaducts, river valleys and
fiord. See the spectacular Bowen Falls
spectacular gorges as you ascend to
and towering Mitre Peak as you enjoy a
Arthurs Pass located in the centre of the
picnic lunch onboard. This afternoon
Southern Alps. Board your coach and
return to Te Anau where some free time
travel to Hokitika, famous for its Green-
is available. You might like to cap off
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