New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats
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new zealand luxury lodge retreats
- Accommodation and rental car
- America's Cup city Auckland
- Lake Taupo and Tongariro Park
- Wairarapa Wine country
- Abel Tasman National Park
- Helicopter and cruise Milford Sound
- Dart River Safaris, Queenstown
- Otago Peninsula Day Wildlife tour
- Note, this example can be amended to your needs
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Day 1
- Arrive Auckland Airport and transfer to your accommodation.
- Depending on when your flight arrives, you may want to stroll around the area of Ponsonby close to the hotel with it's great selection of cafes and boutiques or take a drive around the Auckland waterfront, visit the Viaduct Basin and Mission Bay.
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Hampton Beach House / Silver: Stafford Villa (Suite) / Gold: Mollies
Day 2
- After breakfast, catch a ferry to Waiheke Island and visit some of the excellent vineyards on the island and take a swim from one of the sheltered and quiet beaches.
- On returning to Auckland, visit Parnell for dinner or some shopping.
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 3
- You can drive to Taupo in your own rental car or with a personal driver. Total Driving time Auckland to Taupo is 4 hours. Alternatively, fly to Taupo this afternoon with Air New Zealand, a 45 minute flight.
- Relax in the surrounding bush gardens of the lodge and enjoy the peace, privacy and luxury the lodge provides
- Take a jet boat (optional) ride on the Huka River
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: The Springs Lodge / Silver: Chalet Eiger / Gold: Treetops Lodge
Day 4
- Join Chris Jolly (optional) for a private guided fishing trip on the lake or rivers. Taupo has some of the best trout fishing in the world.
- Explore the geothermal area around Taupo and Rotorua with a local guide
- Take a boat trip on the lake to see Maori carvings in the rock walls at the edge of the lake
- Go hot air ballooning over the Huka River
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 5
- Leaving Taupo today, drive south to Palliser Bay via Turangi, Taihape, Woodville and Masterton
- Stay for the next 2 nights in the Wairarapa wine region
- Total Driving Time today: allow 6 hours
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Peppers Martinborough (Room) / Silver: Peppers Martinborough (Suite)/ Gold: Wharekauhau
Day 6
- Your stay may include activities such as jetboating on Lake Onoke to the Ruamahunga River, horse riding along the beach and surrounding farmland, claybird shooting, a farm tour or a tour of the vineyards in the Martinboough region
- Enjoy spa treatment at the lodge including a massage and skin therapy
- All meals are provided by the lodge are of an exceptional standard featuring fresh local produce and an extensive wine list
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 7
- Leaving Wairarapa late morning, drive to Wellington (allow 2 hours)
- Include some time to visit Te Papa, New Zealands National Museum on the Wellington waterfront
- After exploring the central Wellington area, drive to Wellington airport, leave your rental car there and fly to Nelson, a 35 minute flight across to the South Island.
- Transfer to your accommodation for the next 2 nights
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Cottage / Silver: The Resurgence / Gold: Eden House
Day 8
- Paratiho is perfectly located for exploring the Tasman Bay region including the Abel Tasman National Park
- Join Abel Tasman Wilsons Experience (B) for a sea kayaking tour of the National park coastline
- Take a guided wine and art tour of the Nelson region
- A Visit to the World of Wearable Arts and the Classic Car Museum is highly recommended
- Relax at the Lodge and make the most of the facilities there including tennis courts, gymnasium, heated swimming pool, library and health spa treatments
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 9
- Fly from Nelson to Queenstown, via Christchurch. On arrival in Queenstown, transfer to your accommodation for the next 3 nights
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Browns Boutique Hotel / Silver: Evergreen Lodge / Gold: Blanket Bay Lodge
Day 10
- Fly to Milford Sound (S and G) by and cruise on the Sound before returning to the lodge for lunch
- Options for the afternoon include a guided walk in the local valleys, horse trekking or a jet boat trip on the Dart River (S)
- Blanket Bay dining is an experience to be relished - enjoy another excellent evening with an array of the best food and wine New Zealand has to offer
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 11
- Visit Queenstown and Arrowtown today and include a ride up the Gondola for views over the lake, a walk through the lakeside botanic gardens and a trip on the Earnslaw (optional) across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station
- If you love your wines join Appellation Central Wine Tours (optional) for a guided winery tour of the region enjoying excellent scenery along the way
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 12
- Leaving Queenstown late this morning, drive via Cromwell, Alexandra and the Maniototo to Dunedin where you stay for the next 2 nights
- Worthwhile stops and diversions along the way include the historic mining town of St Bathans, where you can swim in the Blue Lake, and Naseby
- Driving Time today : 4.5 hours
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Fantail Cottages / Silver: Fletcher Lodge / Gold: Corstophine House
Day 13
- This morning, join Monarch Wildlife Tours (S) for a cruise on the harbour to see the Royal Albatross Colony
- Optionally take a train trip on the Taeri Gorge Railway (optional) this afternoon
- Explore and shop in the top designer boutiques in Dunedin city
- Corstorphine House offers Spa Treatments (G)
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Same.
Day 14
- Drive Dunedin to Christchurch and stay
- Make your first stop the Moeraki Boulders and also have a lunch or coffee break at Fleurs Place in Moeraki, a really special restaurant
- Oamaru is also worth stopping at to view the historic area and the coastline which is home to a well established penguin colony
- Driving time today: allow 5 hours
- New Zealand Luxury Lodge Retreats: Bronze: Elizas B&B (Room) / Silver: George Hotel / Gold: Otahuna
Day 15
- If time allows explore the central area of Christchurch including the Botanic gardens, Arts Centre, Mona Vale and the Avon River - take a Tram ride through the city
- Depart from Christchurch Airport
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Kia ora Michael ... Loved the trip you put together. Especially for the hosts at Wanaka, Stewart Island, and Brenton Lodge. Your choice of the Old Schoolhouse in the winery was brilliant giving us excellant surroundings to relax in before we ventured forth again to the North Island. We will certainly use your name whenever the subject of travel comes up involving Down Under. Again thanks for the time you put into meeting ours wishes.
Stuart and Judy Landau, USA, 2 November 2004
