'Hip Holiday' - Family Fun
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Itinerary Summary:
| Day 1 | Arrive > Christchurch |
| Day 2 | Christchurch > Kaikoura > Christchurch |
| Day 3 | Christchurch > Queenstown |
| Day 4 | Queenstown |
| Day 5 | Queenstown > Milford > Queenstown |
| Day 6 | Queenstown > Rotorua |
| Day 7 | Rotorua |
| Day 8 | Rotorua > Coromandel |
| Day 9 | Coromandel > Auckland |
| Day 10 | Auckland > Depart |
> NZ$3,449.00 per person (quad share)
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Included in this Package are:
- Accommodation as listed (quad share, 4 people in one apartment):
- George Hotel, Christchurch (2 nights)
- Millbrook Resort, Queenstown (3 nights, incl. breakfast)
- Koura Lodge, Rotorua (2 nights, incl. breakfast)
- Puke Park Resort, Coromandels (2 nights, incl. breakfast)
- Citylife Hotel, Auckland (1 night)
- Rental car for 10 rental days, Ford Territory stationwagon, unlimited kms, standard insurance with NZ$1688 insurance excess
- Domestic flight Queenstown to Rotorua
- Taxi transfer after train arrival in Christchurch to accommodation)
Tours as listed: - Black Cat Dolphin Swim, Akaroa
- Air Safaris, Lake Tekapo/ Mt. Cook
- Milford Sound Flight and Cruise ex Queenstown
- Dart River Safaris, Queenstown
- Volcanic Air Safaris, Floatplane Fight Mt. Tarawera, Rotorua
- Maori Hangi concert and meal, Rotorua
- Cathedral Cove Sea-Kayaking, Coromandels
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Itinerary Details:
Day 1
- Arrive Christchurch, pick up your rental car and transfer to your accommodation at The George Hotel
- The hotel is opposite Hagley Park and the perfect place for exploring Christchurch on foot
- Hire kayaks from the Antigua Boat Shed and paddle the Avon River through The Botanical gardens
- Visit the Arts centre, Art Gallery, central city and river side cafes
Day 2
- Choose between a day trip to Kaikoura with Whalewatching and Swim with the Dolphins options or take a trip to Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula with a Harbour Cruise and Dolphin Swim option
Day 3
- Drive to Queenstown today, via the Southern lakes and Mt Cook
- Take a scenic flight around Mt Cook and the Glaciers with Air Safaris
- Join Glacier Explorers for a trip across the water to the Tasman Glacier face where you can touch and taste melting glacier water
- Stay at Millbrook Resort on the outskirts of Queenstown - facilities include heated swimming pool, spas, tennis and golf surrounded by mountains and great scenery
- Total Driving Time today: allow 6 hours
Day 4
- Take a trip into Milford Sound by air - you can go by plane or helicopter - cruise on the Sound and return to Queenstown airport by lunchtime
- Plenty to keep you busy in Queenstown this afternoon- try the Luge Ride and Gondola, or a trip across the lake to a high country station on the Earnslaw
- Explore Arrowtown and drive down the Kawarau Gorge to watch the jumpers at AJ Hackett Bungy
Day 5
- Join Dart River Safaris for a jetboat ride and Funyak kayak trip down the Dart River
- Go Horse Trekking at Glenorchy
- Drive to Wanaka, take a walk around the lake edge, try your hand at fishing and visit the Landsborough Puzzle World
- Return to Millbrook via the Crown Range Road and have a meal at the historic Cardrona Hotel. This return trip is just over 2 hours driving
Day 6
- Fly from Queenstown to Rotorua this morning with Air New Zealand arriving early afternoon. Pick up your rental car at Rotorua Airport
- Your accommodation for the next 2 nights is at Koura Lodge on the edge of the lake and a few minutes from the town centre
- Visit the Whakarewarewa Thermal Village and the Agrodome Adventure Centre where you can handfeed farm animals in a real farm environment including sheep, cows, deer, emus, alpaca, llamas, pigs and ostrich
Day 7
- Volcanic Air Safaris can take you for a flight over the Volcanic valleys of the Rotorua lakes area and to White island Volcano. You can choose to make this trip by helicopter and include a guided tour of the active volcano - an amazing lesson in geography for all the family
- Returning to Koura Lodge, you can join a fishing charter trip for the afternoon on the lake, go kayaking or take a scenic jetboat trip around the lake, landing on Mokoia Island
- This evening you will be picked up at Koura Lodge and taken to Tamaki Village for an authentic Maori welcome, hangi dinner and cultural show
Day 8
- Drive from Rotorua to the Coromandel Peninsula, staying at Puka Park Resort, a beach resort at Pauanui
- Drive via the beach at Mt Manganui and Papamoa Beach for great swimming and surf
- Other beaches to stop at are Waihi and Whangamata
- Total Driving time today: 2.5 hours
Day 9
- Drive to Hotwater beach this morning, just up the coast from Pauanui. Hotwater Springs rise to the surface here below the sand and at low tide, you can dig a spa pool in the sand. Around the corner at Hahei is great swimming and walking and you can join a sea kayaking trip with Cathedral Cove Kayaking
- The next good beach stop is Cooks Beach and then onto Whitianga
- Return over the hill through rainforest and bush lined roads to Thames and then onto Auckland via the Miranda Coast
- Stay in Auckland tonight at the Sebel Suites right on the waterfront in downtown Auckland
- Driving time today: 3 hours
Day 10
- If time allows before your departure, you may want to take a short ferry ride across the harbour to Devonport or do some shopping in Parnell or downtown Auckland city
- Depart from Auckland airport, dropping your rental car at the airport. Allow 1 hour to get from downtown Auckland to the airport
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