Name: New Zealand Vista
Brand: AAT Kings
SKU: LAACF25
Price: 4917 USD
Availability: LimitedAvailability
Rating: 4.7 (1843 reviews)

Overview

What's this trip about?

You could spend eons exploring New Zealand’s North and South Islands. But you can also experience a New Zealand tour in two weeks – if you have the right advice. Follow us for Franz Josef/Waiau tours, a ride on one of the world's top trains, Milford Sound/Piopiotahi cruises in the company of fur seals, glowing Waitomo Caves tours… and some down time amid wineries and city restaurants that take home awards.

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights

Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people

Age range65+, 50 - 64, 36 - 49, 18 - 35, 12 - 17, 6 - 11

Flights and transportN/A

Start CityAuckland

End CityChristchurch (Nz)

Travel Themes

Cultural

Activities

Culture

Trip includes

Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver Guide 1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites – Fiordland National Park Comfortable accommodation with easy access to city centres National Park entrance fees

Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Auckland

Auckland never fails to turn on the charm, as you’ll discover while exploring the city before meeting your fellow adventure-seekers. Peruse waterfront precincts filled with yachts or hit up the CBD to discover local designers. Turns out Kiwi creativity is surging. This evening, meet your Travel Director for a Welcome Reception.

Holiday Inn Express Auckland City Centre

Day 2: Auckland - Rotorua

Another day in Auckland… things could be worse. After a morning Auckland tour, set your GPS for the Waikato River to Waitomo Caves. Here, your cruise route is cast in a magical light by thousands of glowworms. It’s a landscape almost as otherworldly as Rotorua, where ...

Day 3: Rotorua Free Time

We’re leaving you up to your own devices today. But have plenty of North Island tour travel tips, depending on your mood. Want a bit of down time? Bliss out at Wai Araki Hot Springs & Spa. Hobbit fans will want to take advantage of the opportunity to tour the sigh...

Day 4: Rotorua - Wellington

A staggering 220,000 litres of water thunder over Huka Falls’ 11-metre high escarpment every second. It creates quite the calamity. From here, the road ahead unfolds in a broad panorama of Lake Taupo, its waters so vivid and blue they resemble an Ice Mint. Traverse th...

Day 5: Wellington - Picton

Forget everything else you have to do today and focus on one thing: getting a cup of Wellington’s amazing coffee. The city is known for its uber-cool cafés, designed to fuel you through a session at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand. (Please note: There is an entry f...

Day 6: Picton - Christchurch

There aren’t many beaches more dramatic than the sands of Kaikoura. Bonus points if you spot a sea lion or sperm whale frolicking offshore, Kaikoura is the marine wildlife centre of New Zealand. Talk to your Travel Director for tips on the essential restaurants to dine in tonight – Christchurch has reinvented itself in more ways than one.

Ibis Hotel Christchurch

Full Breakfast

Day 7: Christchurch - Omarama

From its devastating 2010/11 earthquakes, Christchurch has become one of the most forward-thinking cities in the world when it comes to design. Case in point the mind-bending Transitional Cathedral, made largely of cardboard, and Turanga, the gold-clad central library...

Day 8: Omarama - Dunedin

Oamaru may have supplied other NZ cities with limestone, but it kept some for itself – and the result is glorious leafy streets with grand 1800s buildings that stand proud before you journey further south toward Dunedin. It’s easy to while away the afternoon in ‘littl...

Day 9: Dunedin - Te Anau

Dunedin’s Scottish ancestry is everywhere you look, from the manicured grounds of Otago University to the city’s main George Street. Rolling green hills dotted with doe-eyed sheep are replaced by soaring mountains as you weave your way into Fiordland National Park and...

Day 10: Te Anau - Queenstown

There are some travel days that blaze into your memory. Today is one. Your route through Fiordland National Park is an intoxicating union of beech forests, alluvial flats, meadows and mirror-like lakes. Gin-clear rivers carve the countryside, with all roads leading to...

Day 11: Queenstown Free Time

Queenstown is known as NZ’s adventure capital for good reason. But don’t take our word for it. Feel the wind in your hair on a high-octane jet boat ride, skidding, twirling and zipping along white-water river. Nature lover? Discover some of New Zealand’s feathered fri...

Day 12: Queenstown - Franz Josef/Waiau

As if Queenstown’s Lake Wakatipu wasn’t pretty enough, you have a parade of gleaming waterways to keep you company today. After departing the movie-set-perfect streets of Arrowtown, discover Lake Dunstan, surrounded by orchards where you’ll pause to refuel on flavour ...

Day 13: Franz Josef/Waiau - Christchurch

Swap white at Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere for green at Hokitika: the pounamu (native jade) found here is the stuff jewellery dreams are made of. Just when you thought your adventure couldn’t get any better, you’ll aboard the TranzAlpine train bound ...

Day 14: Farewell from Christchurch

Two islands, two weeks. It’s remarkable what you can see when you have the right people guiding you.

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Accommodation:

Holiday Inn Express Auckland City Centre
Ibis Rotorua Hotel
Travelodge Wellington
Picton Beachcomber Inn
Ibis Hotel Christchurch
Distinction Heritage Gateway Hotel
Scenic Hotel Dunedin City
Distinction Luxmore Hotel
Copthorne Hotel and Resort Queenstown
Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier

Group size:

Standard Group - 25 + people

Maximum number of people in group:

40

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Meals included:

13 Full Breakfast (B)
2 Highlight Dinner (HD)
4 Dinner (D)
1 Farewell Dinner (FD)

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