28 Day New Zealand Adventure

Included - essentials:

• All accommodation
• All transport
• 2 x domestic flights
• 24 x breakfasts
• 3 x dinners
• 2 x tour leaders

Included - activities:

• Visit the historic goldmine township of ‘Thames’
• Carve your own Pounamu greenstone workshop
• Walk the Abel Tasman coastal track
• Exclusive sailing trip around Abel Tasman
• Visit and walk to the incredible Whangarei Falls
• Swim at a stunning east coast beach – Langs Beach
• Day trip to Golden Bay & Wharariki Beach
• Try local brewed beers at Mcleod’s Brewery
• Exclusive yacht sailing charter around the Bay of Islands
• Beach Day and short walk opportunity at Matauri Bay
• Visit New Zealand’s most famous fish and chip
• Sunset session at 90-mile Beach with your crew!
• Group Surf lessons at Ahipara with qualified instructors
• Experience a ferry across the Hokianga Harbour
• Guided Maori cultural experience: ‘Footprints of Kupe’
• Visit NZ’s largest Kauri Tree: Tāne Mahuta, the God of the forest
• Beach day and short walk at Hahei Beach
• Experience the famous ‘Cathedral Cove’
• Dig a mini-Jacuzzi at Hot Water Beach
• Experience the amazing ‘Blue Springs’
• Visit the stunning ‘Okere Falls’
• Be guided through a historic, Māori and geothermal settlement
• Visit our first school to combine Māori culture with academic studies
• Visit the breath-taking ‘Huka Falls’
• Exclusive sunset sailing charter around Lake Taupo
• Transport to and from Tongariro National Park
• Optional day trip to Ohakune
• Relax in River Valley’s Spa and Sauna
• Wander through the National Army Museum
• Epic night out in our Capital city ‘Wellington’
• Experience the stunning ‘Rakaia Gorge’
• Visit the ‘The Church of the Good Shepherd’
• Indulge in the milky blue ‘Lake Tekapo’
• Experience NZ’s second largest lake – Lake Pukaki
• Visit NZ’s highest mountain Mt Cook
• Learn about NZ history at the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre
• Enjoy a short walk to the Tasman Glacier Walk
• Get your photo at #ThatWanakaTree
• Explore Arrowtown – the Kiwi style ‘Wild West’
• Visit our famous ‘Remarkable Sweet shop’
• 3 nights in Queenstown – all free time!
• Free day in Te Anau – opportunity to explore Milford Sound

Itinerary

Day 1 - Auckland - Waipu - Paihia

Day 2 - Paihia 

Day 3 - Paihia - Matauri Bay - Ahipara 

Day 4 - Ahipara - Waipoua Forest - Auckland

Day 5 - Auckland - Coromandel

Day 6 - Coromandel - Matamata - Rotorua

Day 7 - Rotorua

Day 8 - Rotorua

Day 9 - Rotorua - Taupo

Day 10 - Taupo / Tongariro Crossing

Day 11 - Taupo - River Valley

Day 12 - River Valley - Wellington

Day 13 - Wellington

Day 14 - Wellington - Christchurch

Day 15 - Christchurch - Rakaia Gorge - Lake Tekapo

Day 16 - Lake Tekapo - Mt Cook - Wanaka

Day 17 - Wanaka - Arrowtown - Te Anau

Day 18 - Te Anau - Queenstown

Day 19 - Queenstown

Day 20 - Queenstown

Day 21 - Queenstown - Haast - Franz Josef

Day 22 - Franz Josef

Day 23 - Franz Josef - Hokitika - Christchurch

Day 24 - Christchurch - Nelson

Day 25 - Nelson - Kaiteriteri - Marahau

Day 26 - Abel Tasman National Park

Day 27 - Te Waikoropupu Springs - Takaka - Wharariki Beach

Day 28 - Riuwaka Resurgance - Mapua Wharf - Nelson

Please note - Flights to Auckland and travel insurance are not included.

This tour starts on day 1 at 9am in Auckland at Haka Lodge.

This finishes on day 10 at 3pm in Nelson at Bridge Backpackers.