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Premium Escorted South Island Coach Tour

 7 Day - Southern Wanderer
 
 Tour Price: from NZ$2110
 Departs: Christchurch
 Finishes: Queenstown
 Tour code: ZSQ
 
Deals and Discounts!

5% Early Payment Discount
When you book and pay in full 6 months before your tour departs.

Group Discounts
5-15 people.  Everyone saves 5% off their tour price
16 people. One traveller in the group goes FREE

Triple Discount

Save up to $115 per person off the tour price when 3 people book together and share the same room.

Concession Card Holders
Great discounts for Australian and New Zealand pensioners and Australian "Seniors Card" holders.  Please refer to the price panels.

Terms and conditions apply - please ask for details.
 

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Included Highlights:   Premium Holiday Inclusions:
 
  • The Christchurch Tram
  • Larnach Castle Dunedin
  • Church of the Good Shepherd
  • View mighty Mt. Cook
  • Cruise on Milford Sound
  • Bowen Falls and Mitre Peak
  • Cruise on the TSS Earnslaw
  • Dine in the Colonel's Homestead
  • OPTIONAL Maori Cultural Experience
  • 'You are invited' experience

 

 

Transportation
Tour by luxury air-conditioned coach with 2-door access, restroom, seatbelts, reclining seats, panoramic windows 

Professionally Guided
Tour with an experienced, professional Tour Director and Tour Driver 

Dining Inclusions
Full Buffet Breakfasts (6) B
You are Invited
Lunch (1) L
Exciting Highlight Dinner (1) HD
Hotel Dinners (3) D 

Accommodation
Twin share rooms with private facilities in centrally located hotels 

Plus
Welcome drink
Travel wallet and map
Airport Transfers (Day 1 from Christchurch Airport - flights to arrive prior to 4.00pm; Day 7 to Queenstown Airport - flights anytime)
Hotel porterage included

     
     
Day by Day Itinerary:    
 Day 1 Arrive Christchurch    Day 5  Milford Sound

We'll transfer you from the airport to your hotel. Check in, then explore Christchurch for yourself. An evening welcome drink offers the chance to meet your Tour Director and travel companions.

Hotel: Terrace Downs Resort, Darfield.

 

Be wowed and awe-struck by the beauty of the World Heritage Fiordland National Park. Keep your camera close by as we see Mirror Lakes, Pop's Lookout, Claudu Valley, The Chasm, the hand-made Homer Tunnel, Mitre Peak, Bowen Falls and stunningly photogenic Milford Sound, where you will cruise the waters of this natural wonder. The Devil's Staircase and Lake Wakatipu pass us by. We arrive at Queenstown for an orientation tour. The dinner option tonight is the Skyline Restaurant on Bob's Peak - sensational views over Queenstown and a bonus Kiwi Haka Maori Show, plus you'll ride the steepest Gondola in the Southern Hemisphere - just to get there! 
Hotel: Millennium Hotel, Queenstown, 2 nights. B

 Day 2  Mount Cook    Day 6 Queenstown 'Free Time'

Your day begins with a ride on the Christchurch Tram. You are Invited - enjoy a taste of country life with a barbecue lunch on a working farm. En route today we'll see Lake Tekapo, Lake Pukaki, visit the Church of the Good Shepherd and soak up the spectacular alpine scenery of Mt. Cook National Park. You can also take an optional scenic flight over Mt. Cook (weather permitting). 
Hotel: MacKenzie Country Inn, Deluxe Rooms, Twizel. B L D

 

Explore Queenstown your way. Go wild with jet boat rides or white water rafting. For the less adventurous there are wine and garden tours. For dinner we'll travel across Lake Wakatipu and back on the TSS Earnslaw, New Zealand's oldest steam ship, to Walter Peak Sheep Station for a carvery meal and sheep shearing demonstration. B HD

 Day 3  Dunedin    Day 7 Depart Queenstown

On our way to Dunedin we see the Waitaki Hydro Power Scheme, Benmore Dam and the famous white limestone buildings of Oamaru. At Dunedin we tour the city, then you've got the afternoon to yourself - take a Wildlife Cruise, visit the Cadbury Chocolate Factory or ride the historic Taieri Gorge Railway. 
Hotel: Scenic Hotel Southern Cross, Dunedin. B D

 

We will transfer you to Queenstown Airport for your onward flight. B

 Day 4  Te Anau    

A guided tour of New Zealand's only castle - Larnach castle and its gardens starts the day. Then we head to Te Anau across fertile farming land to the shores of Lake Te Anau, the largest lake in the South Island. Tonight, if you choose to, you can see the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves. 
Hotel: Distinction Hotel, Te Anau. B D

   
(B) Breakfast (L) Lunch (D) Dinner (HD) Highlight Dinner
 
Start
Christchurch
Finish
Queenstown
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Departure
2011
NZ $2289 per person, share twin (Single Supplement Add NZ $630)
2012
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2012
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Discounts (Oct 11 - Jan 13)
Triple Discount Save NZ$115
Young Traveller Discount (6-15 years) Save NZ$460
Concession Card Holders Save NZ$30
     
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