Day 3 ~ Rotorua Personalized Touring

Today you choose the activity and we’ll include it. Visit Te Puia thermal reserve, the Agrodome Sheep Shows; enjoy a spa treatment and soak in a thermal mineral pool; take an ecothermal tour or a trip to the Rotorua Museum - the choice is yours.

Country Homestay option available tonight

Day 4 ~ Rotorua / Wellington

Travel to the heart of the North Island and see the spectacular Huka Falls, mouth of the Waikato River and Lake Taupo. Journey through Tongariro National Park en route to Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city. At the top of Mt Victoria, enjoy stunning city and harbor views.

Stay: Wellington, James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor

Day 5 ~ Wellington / Blenheim

After a Welington city tour visit Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand. Cruise to the South Island across Cook Strait, through the Marlborough Sounds to Picton. Travel by coach to Blenheim. Tonight, enjoy dinner at a winery.

Stay: Blenheim, Blenheim Country Hotel

Day 6 ~ Blenheim / Kaikoura / Christchurch

Travel through the Marlborough region to Kaikoura en route to the garden city of Christchurch. After a city sightseeing tour, enjoy time at leisure.

Stay: Christchurch, Copthorne Central Hotel

Day 7 ~ TranzAlpine Train / Franz Josef

Board the TranzAlpine Train and travel through spectacular gorges and across the Southern Alps. Disembark at Arthur’s Pass and continue to Hokitika. Travel along the West Coast to view the magnifi cent Franz Josef Glacier. Enjoy a scenic flight over this incredible region (own expense).

Stay: Franz Josef Glacier Hotel

Day 8 ~ Franz Josef, Queenstown Dining

Travel along the West Coast through mountains and glaciers, tranquil lakes and raging rivers. A river safari captures stunning views of the Haast River Valley. Follow the shores of lakes Wanaka and Hawea to Queenstown. Tonight enjoy our Dining Options: where you choose from one of four restaurants and we’ll include it! Cruise to Walter Peak for a candlelight dinner at the Colonel’s Homestead or ride the gondola to Skyline Restaurant for dinner and spectacular views.

Stay: Queenstown, Novotel Lakeside Hotel for 3 nights

Day 9 ~ Queenstown Personalized Touring

Today you choose the activity and we’ll include it! Try a “Double Decker Explorer” tour, an “Original Wine Tour” of award-winning wineries, a jetboat ride on the Shotover river, a garden or “Safari of the Scenes” tour, a 4WD adventure into Skippers Canyon or a stroll around Lake Wakatipu.

Day 10 ~ Milford Sound / Queenstown

Your independent touring to Milford Sound begins today. Follow the Remarkables Mountain Range to Fiordland National Park. Witness Mitre Peak rising from the glassy waters of Milford Sound. Enjoy a Red Boat cruise of this beautiful fiord before your return trip to Queenstown.

Day 11 ~ Queenstown / Christchurch

Depart Queenstown and travel through the rugged landscape of Otago. Cross the Lindis Pass into the Mackenzie Country to Mt Cook Village. Take a scenic helicopter or skiplane flight with a snow landing (own expense). Stop at the Church of the Good Shepherd on the shores of Lake Tekapo en route to Christchurch.

Stay: Christchurch, Copthorne Central Hotel