Day 1 - Auckland - Arrive

After clearing customs and immigration, you are transferred from Auckland Airport to your Auckland central city accommodation.

The rest of the day is free to explore Auckland - the city of sails.

Click for further information, prices and book your Airport to City transfer.

Click for further information, rates and book your Auckland city accommodation.

Day 2 - Auckland

A free day to relax and explore Auckland and the surrounding region. 

You might be interested in the following optional sightseeing attractions and/or half and full day sightseeing tours -

Click for further information, price and book your Auckland City Highlights Morning Tour - Duration 3 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Auckland Hop-on Hop-off Tour - Duration Full Day.

Click for further information, prices and book your Sailing Coffee Cruise on Auckland Harbour - Duration 1.5 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Sailing Lunch Cruise on Auckland Harbour - Duration 1.5 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Sailing Dinner Cruise on Auckland Harbour - Duration 2.5 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your America's Cup Sailing on Auckland Harbour - Duration 3 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Waiheke Island Wine Tasting Tour - Duration 4.5 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Great Barrier Island Tour - Duration 5 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Bay of Islands Tour - Cape Brett 'Hole in the Rock' - Duration 7 Hours.

Day 3 - Auckland to Waitomo Caves and Rotorua

This morning you are picked up from your accommodation by luxury scenic coach for a scenic journey from Auckland and to the magical Waitomo Caves. Here you will have a guided tour of the caves, before taking a short boat ride along the river to the grotto. Be enchanted by the thousands of glow worms emitting tiny lights that twinkle in the darkness. Later, you travel onto Rotorua, passing through the Fitzgerald Glade, a section of highway where native bush forms a canopy overhead. In the evening you might like to experience a Maori hangi (a traditional barbecue) and concert (at own expense).

Click for further information, price and book your Traditional Maori Hangi Dinner and Performance - Duration 3.5 Hours.

Day 4 - Rotorua

This morning explore Rotorua's geothermal wonderland and discover the unique culture of New Zealand's Maori people. Enjoy a guided tour of Te Puia, see Rainbow Springs and watch the Agrodome Sheep Show. The rest of the afternoon is at leisure.

You might be interested in this afternoon sightseeing tour -

Click for further information, price and book your 'Lord of the Rings' Hobbiton Movie Set Tour - Duration 4.5 Hours.

Day 5 - Rotorua to Wellington

There is more stunning scenery on offer today as you travel by coach to Wellington, passing Lake Taupo, descending up to the North Island's central plateau passing the the mighty volcanoes of Mt Ruapheu, Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe, desending to the Manawatu Plains to  Palmerston North and the Kapiti Coast to Wellington - the harbour capital.

Day 6 - Wellington to Picton and Kaikoura

This morning, travel by Inter Islander Ferry, via Cook Strait to Picton. Then it’s all aboard the Coastal Pacific train to Kaikoura. This is a spectacular scenic train journey that passing through stunning coastal scenery and rugged mountain ranges.

Day 7 - Kaikoura to Christchurch

The highlight this morning is a whale watching tour by boat or light aircraft. See the gentle giants of the sea and be thrilled as the giant sperm whales breach, and watch the dolphins and seals at play. Later in the afternoon you will travel to Christchurch for over night stay in Christchurch - the Garden city.

Click for further information, prices and book your Auckland to Christchurch 5 Day travel package.

Click for further information, rates and book your Christchurch city accommodation

Day 8 - Christchurch to Mt Cook/Aoraki and Queenstown

This morning you board your luxury scenic coach (optional accommodation pickup is available) for a fascinating one-way day trip from Christchurch to Queenstown via Mt Cook/Aoraki, traveling through the fertile farmland of the Canterbury Plains ascending up Burkes Pass to the desert alpine landscape of the MacKenzie basin to the shores of the stunning, glacier-fed Lake Tekapo, where you can view the solitary Church of the Good Shepherd, the glacier lake of Lake Pukaki,  New Zealand's tallest mountain Aoraki (Mt Cook), situated in a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site for a lunch stop. Optional lunch can be prebooked.

After lunch travel from Mt Cook/Aoraki, descending down through the Lindis Pass and through the rugged Karweu Gorge to Queenstown.

Click for further information, prices and book your Christchurch to Mt Cook and Queenstown Day Tour.

Click for further information, rates and book your Queenstown accommodation.

Day 9 - Queenstown to Milford Sound to Queenstown Day Excursion

This morning you are picked by your luxury scenic coach from your accommodation Your journey from Queenstown takes you along the edge of Lake Wakatipu beneath the rugged Remarkables to Te Anau for a morning tea break (own expense). You'll then enter the Fiordland National Park, pausing at the Mirror Lakes before passing through the Hollyford Valley. The road then climbs to enter the Homer Tunnel, emerging above the CleddauValley before descending to Milford Sound for your scenic cruise.

Carved by a massive glacier in the last ice age, Milford Sound is one of the most treasured regions of the World Heritage Fiordland National Park. The best way to check out the heart-stopping, pristine scenery, towering peaks, waterfalls and marine and bird life is aboard this Milford Sound cruise. During your cruise, you'll enjoy a full commentary about the rich history and environment of Milford Sound.

Click on the link for further information, prices and book your Queenstown/Milford Sound/Queenstown Day Excursion.

Day 10 - Queenstown

A free day to relax and explore Queenstown and the surrounding region. 

You might be interested in the following optional sightseeing attractions and/or half and full day sightseeing tours -

Click for further information, price and book your Shotover River Jet Boat Ride - Duration 1 Hour.

Click for further information, prices and book your Skippers Canyon Half Day 4WD Tour - Duration 4 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Glenorchy Lord of the Rings Locations Tour - Durations 4 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Walter Peak High Country Farm and Cruise - Duration 4 Hours.

Click for further information, prices and book your Gourmet Central Otago Wine Tour - Duration 7 Hours.

Day 11 - Queenstown - Leave

It is time to say goodbye as you are transferred  from your accommodation to Queenstown airport.

Click for further information, prices and book your Accommodation to Airport transfer.

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