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From relaxing cruises to an underground boat ride
through Waitomo Cave’s mystical glow-worm grottos,
our 21-day Sublime New Zealand tour has it all!
With Exclusive Experiences available in 5 regions
around New Zealand, you may personalize your own
holiday experience at no extra cost. Go sailing,
visit a thermal reserve, take a leisurely garden
or winery tour or be more daring with a dolphin
encounter, jetboat ride or a 4WD adventure.
Enjoy full a la carte meals throughout your tour in
addition to our unique dining experiences. In Nelson,
you may choose from two fine restaurants located
within your hotel. In Christchurch you have the
choice of three superb restaurants located within
the luxurious Crowne Plaza Hotel and in Queenstown
we give you a selection of fifteen restaurants.
Day 1: Arrive Auckland, Exclusive Experiences
You will be met & transferred to your
hotel. Today you choose the activity and we
will include it! Perhaps to join a Waitakere
Rainforest Wilderness Experience. Adventure
Options are also available.
Accommodation: Auckland, Crowne Plaza
Hotel.
Day 2: Auckland,
Bay of Islands (BD)
Journey north and visit the Matakohe Pioneer
Museum then continue to the Bay of Islands and
on arrival enjoy a guided tour of the Waitangi
Reserve and gardens.
Accommodation: Bay of Islands, Waitangi Resort.
Day 3: Bay of
Islands, Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today you have the opportunity to personalize your
sightseeing and we will include the activity!
Choose to sail aboard a unique schooner before
enjoying a tasty BBQ lunch.
Adventure
Options are also available.
Day 4: Paihia,
Auckland (BD)
This morning our catamaran cruise takes us on
an exciting journey to Cape Brett and the
famous ‘Hole in the Rock’. Stop at a
secluded bay before returning to Paihia where
our coach departs for the journey to Auckland.
18-Day (NBN18) passengers arrive in Auckland
today.
Exclusive Experiences available for 18 day
passengers.
Accommodation: Auckland, Crowne Plaza
Hotel.
Day 5: Auckland, Waitomo, Rotorua Theme Dinner (BD)
Enjoy a tour of the incredible glow-worm
grotto at Waitomo Caves before continuing to
Rotorua. Here we participate in a journey of
Maori culture and mythology, the Realm of Tane.
Tonight enjoy a Maori Hangi (feast).
Accommodation: Two Night Stay: Rotorua,
Millennium Rotorua.
Day 6: Rotorua,
Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today you choose the experience and we will
include it! You may like to partake in
Rotorua’s ‘Must See Three’. Adventure
Options are also available.
Accommodation: Choose to stay in a Country
Homestay tonight!
Day 7: Rotorua, Taupo,
Wellington (BD)
Today journey south and view Wairakei Steam
Valley, Lake Taupo and Huka Falls. Continue to
Wellington.
Accommodation: Wellington, Hotel
Inter-Continental.
Day 8: Wellington,
Nelson Dine About (BD)
Cruise across Cook Strait to the South Island
where we rejoin our coach and continue to
Nelson. Tonight choose from two fine
restaurants located within your hotel, Miyazu,
(Japanese) and Oceano (seafood).
Accommodation: Nelson, The Rutherford
Hotel.
Day 9: Nelson,
Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today you have the opportunity to personalize
your sightseeing and we will include the
activity! Take a half day Arts & Crafts
Tour or enjoy a cruise along the Abel Tasman
coastline. Adventure
Options are also available.
Day 10: Nelson, Franz Josef (BD)
We follow the Heritage Highway to the rugged
West Coast and enter the World Heritage-listed
area of Te Wahipounamu, South West New
Zealand.
Accommodation: Franz Josef, Franz Josef Glacier Hotel.
Day 11: Franz Josef, Wanaka (BD)
View incredible scenery today as we leave this
World Heritage-listed area, traveling through
Haast Pass and over the incredible Southern
Alps. Continue to Wanaka township surrounded
by Mt Aspiring National Park. Enjoy an
overnight stay in this inspiring place of
peace and tranquility.
Accommodation: Wanaka, Edgewater Resort.
Day
12: Wanaka, Queenstown Dine About (BD)
Depart Wanaka this morning and journey to the
delightful village of Arrowtown, an old
goldrush settlement. Continue to the ‘Alpine
Resort’ of Queenstown, situated on the banks
of Lake Wakatipu. Tonight enjoy our Dine About
dinner, where you choose from fifteen diverse
restaurants and we will include it!
Accommodation:Three Night Stay: Queenstown,
Novotel Gardens Hotel.
Day 13:
Queenstown, Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today you may personalize your sightseeing
from a range of activities and we will include
it! Tour through beautiful local gardens or
enjoy a relaxing local winery tour. Adventure
Options are also available.
Day 14:
Queenstown at leisure (BD)
Enjoy today relaxing and enjoying the scenery
that surrounds this beautiful town. Wander
through the mall, stop for a coffee, or for
something more energetic you may join in one
of the many day tours available (own expense).
Day 15: Milford
Sound, Te Anau (BLD)
This morning travel through Fjordland National
Park where lush rainforests meet snow-capped
mountains. On arrival into Milford Sound we
cruise the full length of this beautiful
fiord, traveling below famous mile-high Mitre
Peak and beneath spectacular waterfalls. This
afternoon we have a relaxing drive to the
lakeside settlement of Te Anau.
Accommodation: Te Anau, Te Anau Hotel and
Villas.
Day 16: Te Anau,
Dunedin (BD)
Today we journey via beautiful Lake Manapouri
to the southern-most coast of New Zealand.
Continue to Dunedin, renowned as the
‘Edinburgh of the South’.
Accommodation: Two Night Stay: Dunedin,
Southern Cross Hotel.
Day 17: Dunedin,
Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today you may choose an activity that best
suits you and we will include it! Perhaps
visit beautiful and historical Olveston House
or Speights Brewery.
Day 18: Dunedin,
Mt Cook (BD)
Travel north along the coast to view the
unique and fascinating Moeraki Beach boulders.
Stop at Oamaru, a town renowned for its
distinctive lime-stone architecture. Pass
massive hydro-electric dams and glacier-fed
lakes of incredible color on our journey to Mt
Cook National Park.
Accommodation: Mt Cook, The
Hermitage.
Day 19: Mt Cook,
Christchurch Dine About (BD)
This morning we visit the beautiful
glacier-fed lake of Tekapo and view the tiny
Church of the Good Shepherd. Continue to
Christchurch. Tonight enjoy our Dine About
dinner, where you choose from three superb
restaurants located within your hotel and we
will include it.
Accommodation: Two Night Stay:
Christchurch, Crowne Plaza Hotel.
Day 20:
Christchurch, Exclusive Experiences (BD)
Today, you choose the activity and we will
include it! Perhaps visit Kaikoura or travel
aboard the TranzAlpine Train. Adventure
Options are also available.
Day 21: Depart
Christchurch (B)
Your tour concludes this morning. A departure
transfer to the airport is
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