Best of New Zealand Tour

Day 1: Auckland

On arrival, seat in coach guests will be met and privately transferred to hotel. Self drive
guests will collect a rental car and drive to the hotel. Overnight in Auckland.

Day 2: Auckland

After breakfast, enjoy a morning sightseeing tour of Auckland city (seat in coach guests
only). Visit Kelly Tarlton’s Sealife Aquarium and Antarctic Encounter (both seat in coach and self drive
guests). The remainder of the day is free. Overnight in Auckland.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 3: Auckland - Waitomo - Rotorua

After breakfast, travel south through the fertile Waikato region to arrive at Waitomo. Enjoy a guided tour of the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. On completion continue over the Mamaku Ranges to reach the ‘Thermal City’ of Rotorua. Overnight in Rotorua.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 4: Rotorua

After breakfast, visit Te Puia Thermal Reserve to see boiling mudpools and roaring geysers. Following this, visit Agrodome for a farm show and Rainbow Springs to see trout, birds and wildlife. The afternoon is at leisure. This evening enjoy an authentic Maori Hangi (feast) and Concert. Overnight in Rotorua.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner

Day 5: Rotorua - Wellington

After breakfast, travel south to reach the popular lake resort of Taupo before continuing on the Desert Road, dominated in the background by the three peaks of Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro. Continue south through farmland before arriving in the ‘Capital City’ of
Wellington. Overnight in Wellington.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 6: Wellington

After breakfast, enjoy a morning sightseeing tour of Wellington (seat in coach guests only) . Visit Te Papa, ‘Museum of New Zealand’ for a short guided tour (both seat in coach and self drive guests) before enjoying a free afternoon to explore. Overnight in Wellington.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 7: Wellington - Picton - Kaikoura

After breakfast, journey across Cook Strait and into the
Marlborough Sounds before arriving in Picton. Travel south through the town of Blenheim, before reaching Kaikoura – here you might like to take an optional whalewatch cruise or scenic flight (optional activities not included in the tour price). Overnight in Kaikoura.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 8: Kaikoura - Chirstchurch

After breakfast, leave Kaikoura behind as you turn inland and travel to the ‘Garden City’ of Christchurch. Overnight in Christchurch.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 9: Christchurch - Mt. Cook - Queenstown

After breakfast, travel across the fertile Canterbury
Plains to Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd before continuing on to New Zealand’s 1/3 highest mountain – Mt Cook. Follow the shores of Lake Pukaki south through the historic Central Otago region to the ‘Alpine Resort’ of Queenstown. Overnight in Queenstown.

Meals : Breakfast

Day 10: Milford Sound

After breakfast, follow the southern arm of Lake Wakatipu to Lumsden, and onward to Lake Te Anau. Enter the Eglinton Valley and travel through the Homer Tunnel to reach Milford Sound. Enjoy a cruise on this world famous fiord. Return to Queenstown. Overnight in Queenstown.

Meals : Breakfast, Lunch