New Zealand Wonderland

Cross Auckland’s busy Harbour Bridge and travel along the Hibiscus Coast to Matakohe’s Kauri Museum. Continue to the Bay of Islands, stopping en-route to visit the Waitangi Treaty House, Maori Meeting House and War Canoe.

Explore the Bay of Islands on a cruise to Cape Brett and the Hole in the Rock. Returning to Paihia, your coach will then take you to back to Auckland where tonight enjoy a special dinner at your hotel.

Today choose the activity that interests you from our Freedom of Choice options. Indulge in a relaxing spa treatment in the mud from the geothermal region surrounding Rotorua or experience the icons of Rotorua at Te Puia Thermal Reserve. A Country Home stay option is also available tonight.

Today choose from our selection of Freedom of Choice activities. Perhaps choose from a Wellington highlights tour or a ‘Lord of the Rings’ tour. Dinner tonight is at your leisure to try some of the local restaurants.

Board the TranzAlpine train for New Zealand’s greatest rail adventure. Journey through gorges, rivers, valleys and across the magnificent Southern Alps. Disembark at Arthurs Pass and then continue to Franz Josef.

Today in Queenstown, you have a selection of activities to choose from. Experience the thrills of the Shotover Jet boat ride deep into river canyons, or indulge in some of Central Otago’s finest wines on a winery sightseeing experience. Tonight, dinner has been left at your leisure to check out some of Queenstown’s superb restaurants.

Leaving the Fiordland region, travel through the rolling Southland countryside, via Lumsden and Gore to the east coast and Dunedin. This afternoon, choose your Freedom of Choice Touring activity. You could opt to visit New Zealand’s only castle or journey into the rugged countryside on Taieri Gorge Railway.

Leave the snow-capped mountains of Mt Cook National Park behind, and head to picturesque Lake Tekapo. Here, you’ll pay a visit to the tiny Church of the Good Shepherd, built of locally gathered stone and oak and erected as tribute to the early pioneers of the region. Continue into the Canterbury region.