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14 days
Decidedly Different Islands
Start Auckland - finish Christchurch
Tour Price:
$NZ3,860.00 pp share twin
Single supp. $633.00
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(TC 61)
2002
May 5-18, 16-29
June 2-15
July 21-3 Aug
August 18-31
September 8-21
October 3-16, 13-26
November 3-16,12-25, 29-12 Dec
December 8-21
2003
January 5-18, 22-4 Feb
February 9-22, 27-12 Mar
March 7-20 |
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Sightsee by helicopter over Lake Wanaka.
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7 days
Decidedly Southern
Start and finish Christchurch
Tour Price:
$NZ2,065.00 pp share twin
Single supp. $512.00
(TC 61)
2002
May 12-18, 23-29
June 9-15
July 28-3 Aug
August 25-31
September 15-21
October 10-16, 20-26
November 10-16, 19-25
December 6-12, 15-21
2003
January 12-18, 29-4 Feb
February 16-22
March 6-12, 14-20 |
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Steam and morning mist at Orakei Korako.
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Decidedly Different Islands (TC 61)
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Experience a colourful kaleidoscope of New
Zealand life.
Discover breathtaking backroad places, country hospitality, stunning gardens and delectable vineyards.
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A close encounter of the
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- Dine out in the country at gracious Waitomo Hotel.
- Slip into the glow worm spectacular of Waitomo Caves.
- Enjoy the thermal exuberance of Orakei Korako.
- Experience a Maori concert, their culture and legends.
- Taste the fine wine of premier vineyards in Hawkes Bay, Martinborough, Marlborough, Canterbury * and Central Otago. *
- City sightsee in Auckland, Napier, Wellington and Christchurch.*
- Visit magnificent gardens in Wairarapa, Canterbury* and Otago.*
- Whiz out from Picton by launch to our water's edge retreat.
- Step into nature and unwind for two nights.
- Breakfast with bubbles at celebrated Cellier Le Brun.
- Enjoy country hospitality and lunch in a lovely Canterbury farm homestead set in beautiful gardens.*
- Stay on a high country sheep station in dream scenery, spectacular gardens and views to Mt Cook.*
- Dine on top of the world at Waiorau Snow Farm Lodge. *
- Walk in the great outdoors in Westland World Heritage Parks, Mt Aspiring and Arthur's Pass National Parks.*
* Highlights included on Decidedly Southern tour.
- Optional extra nights' accommodation immediately before and after your tours can be arranged.
- Check your accommodation and regional links at the bottom of this page.
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| Day 1: Auckland - Rotorua (D) Relax as we tour Auckland city's sights. Then stop for coffee in a woodland garden. Rolling Waikato farmland leads to Waitomo. Lush bush, breathtaking glow worm caves. Celebrate our first night at Waitomo Hotel. |
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| Day 2: Waitomo - Rotorua (B, D) By pine forests and lakes to Orakei Korako where we cross the lake to a thermal wonderland of silica terraces and bubbling mud pools. Later we arrive in Rotorua to take in the sights. In the evening we enjoy the warmth of a Maori concert and a traditional hangi dinner. |
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| Day 3: Rotorua - Napier (B) Huka Falls, Lake Taupo and over the ranges to Napier. Art Deco lives! So many options: gannet-watch at Cape Kidnappers, visit the artists' colony at Te Awanga or walk the Art Deco trail. The wine is fine too. |
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| Day 4: Napier - Martinborough (B) More great vineyards, beautiful farmlands and gardens. A renowned bird sanctuary. Taste the pinot noir that put picturesque Martinborough on the map. Tonight we stay in bed & breakfast country guesthouses. |
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| Day 5: Martinborough - Queen Charlotte Sound (B) Over the ranges to Wellington, the capital - stunning harbour and controversial Te Papa, the national museum. Ferry across Cook Strait and cruise up beautiful Queen Charlotte Sound to Picton. Our Sounds retreat is just a charter launch ride away. |
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| Day 6: Queen Charlotte Sound (B, L, D) Lie back in a hammock, take a spa, walk the tracks around the lodge. Explore the sound by charter launch if you wish. Ecotour to Motuara Island or idyllic Ship Cove, Captain Cook's favourite, and walk along the famous Queen Charlotte track. Dine in at the lodge. |
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| Day 7: Queen Charlotte Sound - Kaikoura (B) Bound for Picton and a bubbling breakfast among the vines at Cellier Le Brun in the heart of Marlborough wine country. Blenheim vineyards, gardens and galleries lead to the coast. And powerful seascapes. Famed for whale watching. Kaikoura offers close encounters of the marine kind. Enjoy The Old Convent's friendly ambience tonight. |
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| * Decidedly Southern passengers' tour starts in central Christchurch at 11am on Day 8. |
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| Day 8: Kaikoura - Lake Pukaki (B, L) Down to Christchurch where we welcome Decidedly Southern MoaTrekkers. Further south get to know each other over a special lunch in a heritage farm homestead set in beautiful gardens. Country hospitality is fantastic. And there's more. Beyond Lake Tekapo we head into the landscape to stay on a high country sheep station. |
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| Day 9: Lake Pukaki - Clyde (B) Time to stroll to the stunning gardens. Sweeping vistas and lakes of milky turquoise. The tawny tussock hills of Lindis Pass lead to Lake Dunstan and Clyde, a funky gem. CafŽ crawl this old goldmining town tonight. Dunstan House. |
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| Day 10: Clyde - Queenstown (B) Explore Central Otago's craggy moonscape. Travel Bannockburn's gold and wine trails. Wind through the Kawarau Gorge and skirt Lake Hayes to leafy, old world Arrowtown. But you can't fight the lure of Queenstown. Stroll out from our hotel to the restaurants and lake. |
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| Day 11: Queenstown (B) Sightsee at your leisure - so many possibilities. Take optional excursions to Milford Sound, cruise Lake Wakatipu or ride a jet boat. Bungy jump where it all started. Or wander the shops and breathe in the view. |
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| Day 12: Queenstown - Waiorau (B, D) Head over Crown Range and into the hills to colourful Cardrona Hotel. It's all about attitude and altitude as our midicoach climbs high up the mountainside to Snow Farm Lodge where an entrepreneurial couple have the international motor industry and cross-country skiers hot-footing it to their door. Dine on top of the world tonight in a stark and beautiful landscape. |
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| Day 13: Waiorau - Franz Josef (B) Next stop Lake Wanaka and Wanaka's air museum. It's famous. Mountain beeches, waterfalls and rivers of Haast Pass give way to lush West Coast rainforest. Walk to picture postcard Lake Matheson at Fox. Overnight in pretty Franz Josef - Punga Lodge. |
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| Day 14: Franz Josef - Christchurch (B) Heaps of options. An early flight or hike on the Franz Josef Glacier; see kotuku, the rare white heron, at Okarito. Catch the West Coasters' spirit at Pukekura Bushman's Centre and greenstone in Hokitika. Otira's dramatic highway leads to Arthur's Pass alpine village. Cross the plains to Christchurch where your tour ends. |
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"I shall remember the last two weeks for the rest of my life, it has been uplifitng, memorable and enormous fun. I have seen sights I will treasure for many years - early in a postcard home I wrote the scenery is wonderful I'm told it will get better. How true, it got better day by day. I loved Queenstown and Wanaka and very much hope I will come back one day."
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