New Zealand Tour

Duration: 10 Days / 9 Nights
Destinations:New Zealand

Day 1: Arrive Auckland
Meet and greet by your driver and transfer to your hotel. Auckland hotel is for two nights including daily breakfast. During your stay at the hotel ride up the Sky Tower at your own leisure to enjoy the 360 degree views of Auckland City. During the evenings you may wish to visit the Casino or explore around the 'city of sails'. Accommodation: Sky City Auckland Hotel and Casino / New President Auckland Hotel

Day 2: Morning Auckland City Tour and afternoon free
Your driver will collect you from the hotel. We will take you along the city waterfront, over the Harbour Bridge, up to the summit of Mount Eden to enjoy the panoramic views of Auckland, to the War Memorial Museum that has some very impressive exhibits and through the most desirable properties in Auckland. We will visit Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World & Antarctic Encounter, which is Auckland's most popular tourist attraction with its live penguins, come face to face with the sharks and much more. Enjoy a free afternoon as you please.

Day 3
To Rotorua on Deluxe Tour inc Waitomo Caves, Rainbow Springs & Farm Show, Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve & NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute Full day starting with hotel pick and onto the Auckland Motorway. Then travel through the horticultural farmland and into the lush dairy farm area before reaching Waitomo Township for your guided tour through the famous Waitomo Glowworm Caves, which have been attracting visitors for over 100 years. The highlight is a silent boat trip through the glowworm grotto where you glide quietly beneath the lights of thousands of glowworms, which live on the cave ceiling. After your cave experience continue past Lake Karapiro and picturesque Fitzgerald Glade to arrive in Rotorua. On arrival at Rotorua your tour continues with entry to sparking Rainbow Springs Nature Reserve to see the fresh water springs which are home to hundreds of trout, the elusive Kiwi bird and many other wildlife species. Then onto the highly entertaining Rainbow Farm Show which gives an animated insight into New Zealand's farming history. During the show see a sheep being shorn, cow being milked and have a chance to feed and touch the animals. Then onto your guided tour of the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve where you will see many boiling mud pools, hot springs and geysers. Lastly at the NZ Maori Arts & Crafts Institute, to see young people learning the traditional methods of flax weaving and woodcarving from their tribal elders. Lunch is included today, it is served on the coach aero-plane style. Your driver will then deliver you to your hotel for two nights including daily breakfast. Accommodation: Royal Lakeside Novotel Hotel / Lake Plaza Rotorua Hotel

Day 4
Afternoon Skyline Gondola Ride & Lunch & Lake Rotorua Jet Boat Ride This morning enjoy a late breakfast followed by afternoon tour. Be collected by coach at 1.30pm and transferred to the Skyline Gondola Base. From here ride the Gondola 487 metres up Mount Ngongotaha to the Skyline Restaurant. Enjoy their famous buffet lunch while taking in the spectacular views of Lake Rotorua. The adventurous may take optional Luge Ride or Sky Swing before riding back down the Gondola. From here be transferred to the lake and take the exciting K-Jet ride on Lake Rotorua for 25 minutes of face paced action as you speed across the lake in a jet boat powered by twin 700 hp V8 Chev motors. You'll need to hold on during the 360° K-Jet spins and as you reach speed of up to 85 kmh. Return to your hotel at leisure along the lake esplanade.

Day 5: Rotorua to Queenstown
This morning you will be transferred to the Rotorua Airport in time for your flight to Queenstown. ** Flight is booked and ticketed by your agent ** Upon arrival at Queenstown Airport a transfer to your hotel for three nights accommodation including daily breakfast. The rest of today is free for you to enjoy Queenstown as you wish. Accommodation: Gardens Novotel Hotel / Kingsgate Queenstown Hotel

Day 6:Fiordland National Park
Pickup from your hotel for what has been described as the best one day journey in the world. The day begins travelling along the edge of Lake Wakatipu beneath the impressive Remarkable Mountains on the way through to Te Anau. From here progress through the Upper Hollyford Valley to the 1.2 kilometre Homer Tunnel which was drilled through solid rock. On exiting the tunnel you descend down to Milford Sound. Board the waiting vessel for a one hour forty minute full length cruise of Milford Sound out to the Tasman Sea. An excellent commentary is given during the cruise and apart from the majestic scenery of towering peaks jutting out of the Sound itself you should also see sparkling waterfalls, fur seals lazing on the rocks, dolphins playing in the ships wake and numerous sea birds. After your cruise sit back relax and enjoy the views from the coach on the return journey to Queenstown.

Day 7:Queenstown
A free morning today so you can enjoy Queenstown's beauty. 1.00pm Be collected from your hotel for the tour which commences with a visit Queenstown's Dried Flowers, the unique Art Gallery, visit a private garden, view the Kawarau Bungy Bridge, taste wine at Gibbston Valley Winery and see inside their wine cave and enjoy Devonshire Tea at local historic café, plus the fantastic scenery that Queenstown has to offer.

Day 8: Queenstown to Christchurch
This morning you will be picked up from your hotel for your journey to Christchurch which takes you up the winding Kawarau Gorge then through the Lindis Pass to emerge on the vast Mackenzie Basin where you will have the Southern Alps as your constant companion until you go through Burkes Pass and out onto the Canterbury Plains which is the largest flat area of land in New Zealand. A brief lunch stop is make at Lake Tekapo famous for its 'Church of the Good Shepherd' which is nestled on the lake edge. On arrival at Christchurch you will be delivered to your city hotel for two nights inc daily breakfast. Accommodation: Copthorne Christchurch Central Hotel / Camelot Cathedral Hotel

Day 9: Must See Four Christchurch City Tour
Be collected from your hotel for your 'Must See Four' City Tour which includes entry to the International Antarctic Centre where you have the opportunity to experience the awesome and challenging Antarctic environment with displays show both past and present exploration. The highlight will be the 'Snow & Ice' room where you play in the snow and experience sub zero Antarctic weather conditions. Next be delighted at the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve with its farmyard animals and wide variety of birds including the Kiwi New Zealand's national icon. Take a ride on the historic tram with its 2.5 kilometres of track through the central city and then ride up Mt Cavendish on the Gondola where you can get expansive views over the city, Canterbury Plains, the Southern Alps and down into the deep water port of Lyttelton.

Day 10: Depart Christchurch
You will be picked up from your hotel and transferred to Christchurch International Airport for your flight.