| 21/18 Day - Great New Zealand Experience |
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Departure Dates: |
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10% discount available now on all these departure dates 2009/2010.
Blue dates = guaranteed departures.
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21 Day Tour (NAA21)
2009 / 2010 High Season Dates:
Dec. 7, 14
Jan 4, 11, 14, 18, 25,
Feb. 1, 4, 8, 10, 15, 17, 19, 22, 24
Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22
2010 Low Season Dates:
Apr 3, 9, 17, 23; May 14; Jun 11; July 23
Aug 27; Sept 10, 15
2010 High Season Dates:
Sept 25
Oct 5, 17, 20, 29
Nov 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 26, 30
Dec 10, 18, 22
18 Day Tour (NAA18)
2009/2010 High Season Dates:
Dec 2, 9, 16
Jan 6, 13, 16, 20, 27
Feb 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26
Mar 3, 10, 17, 24
2010 Low Season Dates:
Apr 5, 11, 19, 25; May 16; Jun 13; July 25; Aug 29; Sept 12
2010 High Season Dates:
Sept 17, 27
Oct 7, 19, 22, 31
Nov 8, 11, 16, 19, 22, 28
Dec 2, 12, 20, 24
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| Day by Day Itinerary: |
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| Day 1 Arrive Auckland |
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Day 12 Wanaka, Queenstown (B, FD) |
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You will be met and transferred to your hotel.
Two Night Stay: Auckland, Crowne Plaza Hotel.
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Depart Wanaka this morning and journey to the alpine resort of Queenstown. Tonight enjoy our Dine Around Dinner, where you may choose from 14 different restaurants.
Two Night Stay: Queenstown, Hotel Sofitel
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| Day 2 Auckland (BD) |
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Day 13 Queenstown (BD) |
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| Today personalise your sightseeing and we will include the activity. |
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Personalise your sightseeing. Choose to take a jetboat ride on the Shotover River, or a‘Safari of the Scenes’ tour, a scenic charter that gives you a spectacular look at the diversity of the scenery in
this area, immortalised in the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, or a Double Decker bus tour |
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| Day 3 Auckland, Bay of Islands (BD) |
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Day 14 Milford Sound, Te Anau (BD) |
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This morning visit the Matakohe Pioneer Museum and Waipoua Kauri Forest Reserve. Travel to the Bay of Islands, and visit the Waitangi Treaty House, the Maori Meeting House and see the War Canoe.
18 Day (NAA18) guests join tour today.
Two Night Stay: Bay of Islands, Waitangi Resort
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Travel to Milford in the heart of the Fiordland National Park and cruise the full length of this beautiful fiord, travelling below the famous mile-high Mitre Peak.
This afternoon continue to the lakeside township of Te Anau.
Stay: Te Anau, Distinction Te Anau Hotel and Villas |
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| Day 4 Bay of Islands (BD) |
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Day 15 Dunedin (BD) |
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Freedom of Choice Touring.
The Bay of Islands is the birthplace of the nation and home to 144 islands to create an aquatic playground.
Choose the sightseeing activity that most interests you and we will include it.
Overnight cruise option available tonight on the brand new Great Sights 46 metre catamaran. This new small ship will provide a truly impressive cruise experience of the Bay of Islands. (available from October 2009)
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Journey through beautiful Southland to Dunedin, settled by the Scottish and renowned as the Edinburgh of the South.
This afternoon, you choose the activity and we will include it.
Stay: Dunedin, Southern Cross Hotel |
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| Day 5 Bay of Islands, Auckland (BD) |
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Day 16 Dunedin, Mt Cook (BD) |
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This morning our Bay of Islands cruise takes us to Cape Brett and the Hole in the Rock. Return this afternoon to Auckland.
Stay: Auckland, Crowne Plaza Hotel |
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Travel north along the coast to view the Moeraki Beach boulders. Stop at Oamaru, a town renowned for its limestone buildings, then journey to Aoraki Mount cook National Park where you join your selected Freedom of Choice Touring activity.
This evening stay at The Hermitage with Mt Cook views.
Stay: Mt Cook, The Hermitage |
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| Day 6 Auckland, Waitomo, Rotorua (B, FD) |
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Day 17 Mt Cook, Christchurch (BD) |
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Leaving the City of Sails we travel south through the rich dairy land of the Waikato Province. At Waitomo Caves experience a guided tour of the limestone caverns and glow worm grotto. Tonight, in Rotorua, enjoy a Maori Hangi (feast) and cultural performance of song and dance at the Mitai Maori Village.
Two Night Stay: Rotorua, Millennium Hotel
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We travel through Burkes Pass to the plains of Canterbury. On the way to Christchurch, you may choose to take the scenic TranzAlpine Train from Arthurs Pass. Alternatively continue with the coach through the Rakaia Gorge to Christchurch. This evening choose from three restaurants at your hotel.
Stay: Christchurch, Crowne Plaza Hotel |
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| Day 7 Rotorua (BD) |
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Day 18 Christchurch, Wellington (BD) |
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You choose the activity and we will include it. You may like to soak in a thermal mineral pool at the Polynesian Spa, perhaps see the ‘Must See Three’ activities of Rotorua – view New Zealand’s native and endangered kiwi bird at Rainbow Springs and at the Agrodome enjoy a sheep show and shearing display.
Country Homestay option available tonight.
New! Huka Lodge Upgrade Option
Upgrade to the luxurious Huka Lodge for an overnight stay in truly spsecial accommodation.
Add NZ$400 per person, share twin or NZ$800 single. |
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Today, choose your Freedom of Choice activity this morning before we take a scenic drive to the seaside town of Picton. Here we board the InterIsiander ferry for a cruise through the scenic Marlborough Sounds to the busy cosmopolitan port of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand.
Stay: Wellington, Hotel InterContinental |
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| Day 8 Rotorua, Taupo, Wellington (BD) |
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Day 19 Wellington, Taupo (BD) |
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Journey south and view Wairakei Steam Valley, a unique geothermal power project. View Lake Taupo, New Zealand’s largest lake and Huka Falls. Cross the vast volcanic plateau of Tongariro National Park to Wellington, the nation’s capital city and home to New Zealand’s parliament.
Stay: Wellington, Hotel InterContinental |
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Travel through farming districts to the coastal town of Napier. Time to explore this unique Art Deco city before continuing on to the lakeside town of Taupo.
Stay: Taupo, Wairakei Resort |
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| Day 9 Wellington, Nelson (BD) |
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Day 20 Taupo, Auckland (BD) |
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Cruise across beautiful Cook Strait through Marlborough Sound to the South Island. Rejoin our coach and continue to Nelson. Tonight you choose from two fine restaurants located within your hotel.
Stay: Nelson, Rutherford Hotel |
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Near Taupo visit Wai-O-Tapu Wonderland, a geothermal area well knowns for its beautiful colours and mystical quality. Then visit Kiwfruit Country before travelling to the beach resort of Mount Maunganui and on to Tauranga. Continue on to Auckland.
(18 Day NAA18 guests depart)
Stay: Auckland, Crowne Plaza Hotel |
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| Day 10 Nelson, Franz Josef (B, FD) |
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Day 21 Depart Auckland (B) |
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Today we follow the Heritage Highway through to the wild and rugged West Coast. View the Pancake rock formations at Punakaiki. Continue along the West Coast and enter World Heritage-listed Westland National Park. This evening enjoy famous West Coast Hospitality as you dine on regional specialities.
Stay: Franz Josef Glacier Hotel |
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Your tour concludes this morning. A transfer to the airport is included. |
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| Day 11 Franz Josef, Wanaka (BD) |
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View incredible scenery today as we travel through Haast Pass and over the Southern Alps. Continue to Wanaka township, originally settled during the gold rush era of last century and surrounded by Mt Aspiring National Park.
Stay: Wanaka, Edgewater Resort |
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