On arrival in Auckland, you’ll be met and privately transferred to your hotel. (Arrival must be on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday)

Hotel check in time 1400pm. Free at own own leisure.

Auckland is New Zealand's largest city, set between two harbours with gentle sandy shores on the east coast and black sand, wild surf beaches on the west coast. Home to sheltered, sparkling blue waters dotted with beautiful emerald islands, we recommend getting out on the water when you are here.

Optional/Add On Activities: Auckland Sky Tower | Orbit Restaurant Sky Tower | Harbour Dinner Cruise | Weta Workshop Unleashed Tour.

Auckland to Rotorua via Hobbiton Movie Set | Depart daily at 0700am | Arrives Rotorua 1330pm

Today’s coach tour takes you through the rolling green hills to the iconic Hobbiton Movie Set. See where the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies were filmed as your tour guide shares behind-the-scenes tales. You’ll see sights like Hobbit Holes, the Mill, and The Green Dragon Inn, and learn how farmland was transformed into a living, breathing piece of Middle-earth. After exploring Hobbiton, tuck into a delicious lunch in the Party Marquee before continuing to Rotorua. Duration: 6hrs, 30mins.

Optional/Add On Activities: Wai Ariki Hot Spring & Spa | Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Rotorua is surrounded by a fascinating geothermal landscape with its unique steam vents, spouting geysers and bubbling mud pool set alongside freshwater lakes and majestic native forests. It is also a region immersed in fascinating Maori myths and legends.

You will be transported to Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland for a two hour visit (self-explore) today. Wai-O-Tapu is considered to be New Zealand’s most colourful and diverse geothermal sightseeing attraction.

This evening you’ll be transported to Te Puia for an Indigenous Evening Experience including a buffet dinner and cultural performance. The evening culminates with hot chocolate and pudding on the geyser terrace.

Free at own leisure. Hotel check out time 1000H. Hotel to Rotorua airport transfer.

Rotorua to Christchurch domestic flight not included and can be purchase online ( own arrangement ) at air new zealand.

Arrive Christchurch airport, airport shuttle transfer to hotel. Hotel check in time 1400pm. Free at own leisure.

Christchurch is set between the deep blue Pacific Ocean and the mighty snow-capped Southern Alps. This is a vibrant, ever-changing city with inner city parks and gardens delightfully interwoven by the meandering Avon River.

Check out hotel and you will be pick up and transfer to Christchurch railway station.

The TranzAlpine train departing Christchurch at 0815am | Arrive Greymouth 1305pm.

Travelling west crossing the Canterbury Plains, the train slowly ascends through spectacular gorges and river valleys of the Waimakariri River towards the Southern Alps to the alpine village of Arthurs Pass for a short break before descending through the Otira Tunnel to the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, through lush alpine beech rain forests to Greymouth - a great base for visits to Punakaiki and the always popular glaciers at Franz Josef and Fox Glacier.

On arrival in Greymouth, you will be met and transferred to the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and Blowholes for a short self-guided walk to view the fascinating pancake-shaped rock formations before being delivered to your accommodation.

This morning, you’ll be transferred to Shantytown Heritage Park for a sense of what it was like to live in New Zealand during the gold rush before returning to Greymouth for your transfer to Glacier Country. NOTE: Transfer to Fox Glacier/Franz Josef service currently only operates on Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun.

The temperate climate at a low altitude makes Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers among the most convenient to visit in the world.  Steep valleys bear scars from where glaciers have retreated and advanced over millennia and here, the ice age is still underway. 

NOTE: Transfer to Queenstown service currently only operates on Mon, Tue, Thu Sat.

This morning you will be collected from your accommodation for your transfer through wilderness towns, waterfalls and river scenery on the journey to Queenstown.

Magnificent vistas and majestic mountains dominate this compact alpine resort town and with such an expansive natural physical environment it is not surprising that Queenstown has been described as the Adventure Capital of the World.

Optional/Add On Activities: Skyline Gondola Ride

Magnificent vistas and majestic mountains dominate this compact alpine resort town and with such an expansive natural physical environment it is not surprising that Queenstown has been described as the Adventure Capital of the World.

Today is a free day to add some of the endless optional activities on offer.

Optional/Add On Activities: Glenorchy & Paradise Explorer Tour | Arrowtown Wanaka Highlights Tour 

Milford Sound Excursion Day Tour with Cruise and Lunch | Depart daily at 0720am | Returns 1945pm

Today's stunning tour takes you past mirror lakes and waterfalls into Milford Sound, carved by ice age glaciers and famously described as the eighth wonder of the world. On arrival, board your vessel for a cruise of the fiord surrounded by towering mountains and cliffs that plunge into the sea. Feel the refreshing spray of a waterfall as you cruise close to sheer rock faces before returning to shore. After a big day out, reflect on memories of a lifetime on your coach return to Queenstown. Duration: approx. 12 hours. 

Useful info: Milford Road stops including Mirror Lakes, Knobs Flat, Monkey Creek and the Chasm are dependent on weather and road conditions.

Check out hotel and you will be pick up and transfer to back to Christchurch.

Queenstown to Christchurch via Mt Cook & Lake Tekapo | Depart Queenstown daily at 0630am | Arrives Christchurch 1830pm

Experience the beauty and grandeur of the Southern Alps on a sightseeing day tour to Mount Cook. Today’s tour departs Queenstown through the stunning Kawarau Gorge and fruit and wine growing region of Cromwell. The journey follows beautiful Lake Dunstan and meanders through the dramatic Lindis Pass. Travel the vast plains of the Mackenzie district, alongside magnificent turquoise blue lakes, framed by Aoraki Mt Cook and the spectacular Southern Alps to Mt Cook Village where you have some free time. Leaving Mt Cook it’s not hard to see why many Lord of the Rings scenes were filmed nearby. Make a stop close to the popular Church of the Good Shepherd sitting in solitude on the banks of Lake Tekapo before continuing through the amazing countryside to Christchurch.

Regrettably this is departure day. Heading home after so much fun is tough but you can certainly keep coming back again and again.

Hotel check out time 1000am. Your arrangements conclude today with a departure transfer.

Optional/Add On Activities: Antartic Centre