Tour Highlights

Day 01 - Jan 06, 2025: Mon – ARRIVE AUCKLAND / FLIGHT TO NAPIER, NZ
Mid-day flight from Auckland into Napier, New Zealand. Transfer to a hotel with the balance of the afternoon free until “Welcome Dinner” this evening hosted by Select Holidays. [D]
**International airfare into Auckland is NOT included in the price below. Call for pricing details.

Day 02 - Jan 07, 2025: Tue – NAPIER, NZ
A morning tour of the Napier and Hawke's Bay regions. Lunch will be at a local winery, with the balance of the day and evening free.    [B/L]

Day 03 - Jan 08, 2025:  Wed –NAPIER ~ ROTORUA, NZ
Making your way across New Zealand and to the Lake Taupo region.  Lake Taupo is in the caldera of the Taupo Volcano and is the largest lake by surface area in New Zealand. Later you arrive Rotorua on the North Island and check into hotel for a 2 night stay.  This evening enjoy a Maori Hangi Feast and Concert at your hotel.     [B/D]

Day 04 - Jan 09, 2025: Thu – ROTORUA, NZ
A morning visit to an authentic Maori Village for a guided tour with one of the elders.  See first hand how the local native Maori people use the natural hot water and steam from deep in the earth to cook their food and heat their homes.  Then it is off to the “Agrodome”, for a show of sheep and sheep dog demonstration and farm wagon tour to see kiwi fruit on the vine.  Rest of the day at leisure. [B]

Day 05 - Jan 10, 2025: Fri – ROTORUA ~ AUCKLAND, NZ
This morning visit “Waitomo Glow Worm Caves”.  Visit a rural town and have lunch before continuing into Auckland, known as the “City of Sails” and New Zealand’s largest city, for a two night stay.    [B/L]

Day 06 - Jan 11, 2025: Sat – AUCKLAND, NZ
A morning visit to the “Kelly Tarlton Underwater World” with its live penguin and killer sharks display. Drive to Davenport, across the bay from the city of Auckland, for lunch and time on your own. Take a ferry back to the city center and make your own way back to the hotel. Balance of the afternoon and evening is free to explore on your own. [B]

Day 07 - Jan 12, 2025:  Sun – AUCKLAND ~ QUEENSTOWN, NZ
Mid-morning flight from Auckland to Queenstown located on the South Island. Upon arrival, transfer to hotel for a two night stay. This evening, enjoy a relaxing cruise on the historic coal-fired steamer, the “SS Earnslaw”, crossing to the “Walter Peak Sheep Station” for dinner and a sheep dog demonstration. Overnight in Queenstown for 2-nights.  [B/D]

Day 08 - Jan 13, 2025:  Mon – QUEENSTOWN, NZ
Drive through the wine region & visit a fruit stand in Cromwell.  A stop will be made at the home of the original Bungee Jumping site. Visit Arrowtown, made famous by the ‘gold rush’ in this region. Balance of afternoon and evening is free in Queenstown. [B]

Day 09 - Jan 14, 2025: Tue - QUEENSTOWN ~ TE ANAU, NZ
The journey today will follow along the shoreline of Lake Wakatipu and past sheep and deer farms on the way to Te Anau. From there, enter Fjordland's National Park, crossing over mountain passes and through scenic valleys enroute to Milford Sound.  Enjoy a luncheon cruise in this breath-taking fjord, watch for numerous fur seals sunning themselves on the rocks and also view numerous waterfalls.  Return to Te Anau for an overnight stay.     [B/L/D]

Day 10 - Jan 15, 2025: Wed - TE ANAU ~ DUNEDIN, NZ
Traveling towards the Gore area, you visit a local dairy located in the rolling countryside and have lunch before continuing unto the Scottish city of Dunedin for an overnight stay.  Known as the Edinburgh of New Zealand, Dunedin wears the country's Scottish heritage with pride. A visit to “Baldwin Street”, the world's steepest residential street with an opportunity to climb up the street if you so wish.  Dinner at the hotel this evening. [B/L/D]

Day 11 - Jan 16, 2025:  Thu – DUNEDIN ~ MT COOK REGION, NZ
This morning you will visit the "Moeraki Boulders", mysteriously spherical stones scattered across a beach, and each weighing several tonnes and some up to two metres high.  A microbrewery lunch and tasting before and visit to a local farm.  This afternoon we travel up the Waitaki River valley past the hydro lakes and irrigation schemes that have transformed the lower country from dryland to dairying. Flanked by the dry hills which are home to tens of thousands of sheep, this valley has also become a popular route for the many visitors cycling the Alps to Ocean cycle track (Mount Cook to Oamaru). We’ll make a short stop at a salmon farm in the hydro canal before arriving at hotel for the night. [B/L/D]

Day 12 - Jan 17, 2025:  Fri - MT COOK REGION ~ ASHBURTON, NZ
Visit the stunning aqua blue hydro lakes of Pukaki and Tekapo, the source of the majority of New Zealand’s electricity. Continue on to the Geraldine area, a beautiful, sub alpine village on the Canterbury Plains. Visit the “Tin Shed" with probably New Zealand's most extensive range of quality New Zealand-made merino woolen products for sale.  No trip would be complete without a visit to a local machinery dealership , before arriving at our hotel in Ashburton, for a two night stay. The Canterbury Plains, a major area utilizing irrigation farming and the bread bowl region of New Zealand.  [B/D]

Day 13 - Jan 18, 2025: Sat - ASHBURTON/CANTERBURY PLAINS, NZ
Visit a farm on the Canterbury Plains, the largest area of flat land in New Zealand, with approximately 500,000ha of irrigated land. Irrigation makes varied land-use possible - arable and vegetable cropping is found on the best soils, and many large-scale dairy farms are present on the lighter soils. Also visit a potato, seed and cereal producer and learn how this region regularly produces world-record wheat yields. Depending on conditions, perhaps a chance to see arable crops being harvested.   [B/D]

Day 14 - Jan 19, 2025: Sun - CHRISTCHURCH, NZ
Travel to Christchurch with a tour of this beautiful city and a stroll through the Botanic Gardens. Balance of afternoon and evening are free for you to explore this amazing city on your own. Overnight in Christchurch. [B]

Day 15 - Jan 20, 2025: Mon - CHRISTCHURCH, NZ - END OF TOUR**
Today your tour comes to an end. [B]

PRICE PER PERSON, DOUBLE - FROM $9,488.00 LAND PRICE ONLY*

Plus Air/Gov't Taxes of $674.00 CAD per person
Single Occupancy - add $2,478.00
INITIAL DEPOSIT - $1,500.00 per person at time of booking
Second Payment of $1,500.00 is DUE before June 30, 2024
FINAL PAYMENT per person is due before October 04, 2024

**Airfare to/from New Zealand is not included in the price. 
Ask about special International airfares for this tour.