Best bits

 

  • Interislander ferry across the Cook Strait
  • Artistic town of Nelson & Abel Tasman National Park
  • Punakaiki’s rock stacks
  • Travel down the west coast
  • Hike on Fox Glacier
  • Queenstown , New Zealand ’s adventure capital
  • Cruise on Milford Sound
  • Stay by the shores of Lake Oahu  



Description

 

Travel from New Zealand’s capital Wellington across the Cook Strait to get to know the incomparable South Island. After making the scenic crossing on the Interislander Ferry you’ll stay in the arty town of Nelson, gateway to AbelTasmanNational Park. Next journey to Punakaiki to see its ‘pancake’ rock stacks then travel down the incomparable west coast. Hike through temperate rainforest to Fox Glacier, strapping on crampons to search out its ice caves and icefalls, before stopping in Queenstown, New Zealand’s undisputed adventure capital, overlooked by the Southern Alps. Take a boat cruise on LakeWakatipu then cross FiordlandNational Park to arrive at Milford Sound, heading out onto the water to look for marine life like penguins, dolphins and seals. Before ending your New Zealand tour in the city of Christchurch you’ll stay by the shores of LakeOahu in sight of magnificent Mount Cook, the country’s highest peak.

 

What’s included

 

  • 6 nights hotels, 3 nights lodges
  • 9 breakfasts, 6 dinners
  • All land transport & ferries within tour
  • Professional tour leader/driver throughout
  • Lake Wakatipu cruise & dinner show
  • Milford Sound cruise
  • Fox Glacier hike


Tour Fact File

Group size Maximum 14
Age Minimum 12
Single Room Option £460 
Arrival airport Wellington (WLG)
Departure airport Christchurch (CHC)
Please note Any child between 12-18 has to be accompanied by someone over 18.

 

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