Name: New Zealand Uncovered
Brand: AAT Kings
SKU: ZAACF25
Price: 6872 USD
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Rating: 4.7 (1843 reviews)

Overview

What's this trip about?

From north to south, east to west, New Zealand is a country of contrasts. And that’s why we love it. One minute you’re drifting through World Heritage-listed gorges on a Milford Sound/Piopiotahi tour, then next you’re scaling ice on a Franz Josef/Waiau tour. Sometimes there’s a Maori-inspired feast on the menu; at others there’s award-winning wine. Spanning 17 days, two islands and countless attractions – both city and country – this trip to New Zealand is one for the record books.

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 Centrally located premium hotels National Park entrance fees Arrival and departure private airport transfers

Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Auckland

Auckland is the kind of place you could lose yourself in for a couple of weeks. Arrive at your leisure and explore hip new waterfront precincts, or just ready yourself to meet your fellow travel companions at dinner tonight at The Grill. And so your NZ tour begins.

Horizon by SkyCity Auckland

Dinner with Wine

Day 2: Auckland Sightseeing & Free Time

A little bit of leisure, a little bit of culture – today is one of those days. Peek behind the scenes of maritime racing history on the New Zealand Maritime Museum’s America’s Cup Tour, highlighting Auckland’s heritage of boat-building, and offering a glimpse of one o...

Day 3: Auckland - Rotorua

Leave Auckland behind and journey into the countryside for an exclusive family-style Be My Guest lunch in the Red Barn on a working dairy farm. Prior to your farm to table lunch prepared by the onsite chef, get a feel for country life as you're invited to roll up your...

Day 4: Rotorua Free Time

Today, choose your own adventure. We have plenty of ideas for the paths you might follow. Optional Rotorua tour sightseeing experiences include relieving NZ holiday-weary limbs in the thermal waters of Wai Araki Hot Springs & Spa. Or perhaps you’d prefer to zip ac...

Day 5: Rotorua - Wellington

Say goodbye to Rotorua and hello to the raging rapids of Huka Falls, where 220,000 litres of water barrel over this massive waterfall every second. Your outlook then unfolds into the dreamy landscape of Lake Taupo, the largest of its kind in the country and with a twi...

Day 6: Wellington Sightseeing & Free Time

Your day in Wellington should – must – begin with a coffee. The city is known for its ubercool cafés and with coffee in hand you will head out on city sights tour to take in highlights such as its iconic cable car, parliament, and Mt. Victoria. Your tour ends at Te Pa...

Day 7: Wellington - Kaikoura

This morning cruise the Cook Strait into tranquil Queen Charlotte Sound from the North Island to the South, through a maze of arms and inlets into the sleepy seaside village of Picton. Continue to Kaikoura, where Sperm Whales, dolphins and fur seals can often be seen ...

Day 8: Kaikoura - Christchurch

Enjoy a relaxed start this morning or sign up for one of several local wildlife experiences available. Choose from an optional scenic flight over dramatic beaches framed by turquoise ocean where whales are regularly spotted, or perhaps you’d prefer a cruise to site po...

Day 9: Christchurch - Twizel

From its eye-popping, cardboard-crafted Cathedral to its gold-clad central library, Christchurch has well and truly rebuilt itself since the 2010/11 earthquakes, setting the bar high for architecture and design across the country. On your Christchurch tour you’ll disc...

Day 10: Twizel - Dunedin

Oamaru has a rich history and proud heritage, enriched by passionate and perhaps quirky locals. Explore the shops, galleries and traditional crafts within some of the Southern Hemispheres most complete Victorian streetscapes, before landing in Dunedin. The afternoon i...

Day 11: Dunedin - Te Anau

From sheep farms to rugged mountains, today is one of diversity. Venture to the South Island's largest lake and the pretty lakeside town of Te Anau. You'll experience the thrill of jet boating on Lake Manapouri, home to Pomona Island where native birds are under threa...

Day 12: Te Anau - Queenstown

There aren’t many places in the world that remind you how precious the planet is. Fiordland National Park is one. Your journey towards Milford Sound/Piopiotahi traverses native rainforest, alluvial flats and meadows, with mirrored lakes, thundering waterfalls, dramati...

Day 13: Queenstown Free Time

The roll-call of Queenstown optional activities you could sign-up for today is near endless. Perhaps Or maybe your Queenstown tour is dedicated to the gorges of Skippers Canyon. If you’re a gourmand at heart, sign up for a Central Otago wine tour, where your day invo...

Day 14: Queenstown - Franz Josef

From Arrowtown’s tree-lined avenues (where you've been visiting a bygone time) to Central Otago’s gleaming lakes, nature rules today. Alpine scenery tiers into rainforest along the West Coast of New Zealand, where Thunder Creek Falls and the glacier-studded Mt. Hooker...

Day 15: Franz Josef Glacier - Punakaiki

Sleep in or take the morning to explore the small but lively Franz Josef/Waiau village - perhaps visiting the West Coast Wildlife Centre - before venturing to Hokitika, home of the native jade greenstone. From natural jewellery to natural surroundings, you’re off to P...

Day 16: Punakaiki - Christchurch

Venture into the Ponaumu Pathway. Delve into the history and culture of the local Maori (Poutini Ngai Tahu) and the Mawhera Pa settlement. Embark on a unique self-guided journey, as you make your way through this extraordinary storytelling experience born from a colla...

Day 17: Farewell from Christchurch

How many travel highs can you pack into a holiday? This itinerary has certainly pushed the boundaries. Now all you have to do is go home and sort through all those photos.

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Accommodation:

Horizon by SkyCity Auckland
Millennium Hotel Rotorua
Rydges Wellington
Sudima Kaikoura
Distinction Christchurch Hotel
Distinction Mackenzie Country Hotel Twizel
Scenic Hotel Southern Cross
Distinction Te Anau Hotel and Villas
Millennium Hotel, Queenstown
Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier
Scenic Hotel Punakaiki

Group size:

Standard Group - 25 + people

Maximum number of people in group:

40

Trip Excludes:

Meals included:

7 Dinner with Wine (DW)
16 Full Breakfast (B)
1 Be My Guest Lunch (BGL)
3 Highlight Dinner (HD)
1 Be My Guest Afternoon Tea (BGT)
1 Lunch (L)
1 Farewell Dinner (FD)

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