Pure Luxury ( 8 Nights Tour )
$6100
/ per person
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Minimum of 2 Travellers
Truly luxurious travel provides experiences tailored to your personalized preferences, including what you desire, how you like it, where and when you want it.
Included in the package:
- Car,Driver/Personal Guide
- 8 nights accommodation ( 3 or 4 star hotel)
- All Breakfast
- 2 Dinner
- Return airport transfer (from Christchurch Airport to Accommodation)
- Transfer from your accommodation to Christchurch train station
- Franz Josef Glacier heli-hike
- LARNACH CASTLE AND GARDEN ENTRY
- Tranzalpine Train from Christchurch to Greymouth
- Doubtful Sound Wilderness Cruise
- TSS Earnslaw cruise and dinner at Walter Peak high country farm
- Glacier Explorer Tours
- Tekapo hot pool entry
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Departure
Cathedral Junction -
Departure Time
Approximately 8.30AM -
Return Time
Approximately 7.30PM -
Dress Code
Casual, comfortable and light -
Included
4 Star Accommodation5 Star AccommodationAirport TransferBreakfastPersonal Guide -
Not Included
3 Star AccommodationDinnerGallery TicketLunch
Tour Plan
1
Day 1 - Arrive Christchurch airport transfer to your accommodation
Spend the first day of your journey exploring the fast-changing and funky city of Christchurch, South Island's largest city.
Old English gardens contrast with pop-up bars and innovative precincts in this enduring centre.
Favourite activities include punting down the Avon River, biking in the Port Hills, visiting Sumner Beach, or taking a day trip out to the French colonial settlement of Akaroa.
For a truly magical experience try hot air ballooning over the patchwork Canterbury Plains.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 2
Day 2 - From Christchurch to Greymouth via Tranzalpine Train
Get on board to Tranzalpine train from Christchurch to Greymouth
Experience one of the world's greatest train journeys aboard, brings you stunning views of New Zealand.
Collect your rental car and drive to Franz Josef glacier.
Is one of the most unique in the world thanks to its location, gradient and faster moving flow so no visit to Franz Josef is complete without a glacier experience.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 3
Day 3 - Franz Josef Glacier Heli-hike
A guided heli-hike glacier experience you will never forget!
Franz Josef Glacier Guides and The Helicopter Line are proud to show you the very best of New Zealand's West Coast glaciers.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 4
Day 4 - From Franz Josef to Queenstown
Explore Queenstown and head to the pier to get on board to TSS Earnslaw cruise to Walter Peak Station and enjoy a quintessential Kiwi experience – a delicious gourmet BBQ buffet meal and a farm demonstration in a stunning lakeside setting.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast and dinner 5
Day 5 - Doubtful Sound Wilderness Cruise full day tour
Board the luxury glass-roofed coach in Queenstown
Experience the spectacular, remote wilderness of Doubtful Sound on our guided day trip. Journey across Lake Manapouri, over the breathtaking Wilmot Pass and into the heart of Fiordland National Park.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 6
Day 6 - Drive from Queenstown to Dunedin
Get to Larnach Castle with its exciting, sometimes scandalous and tragic history, magnificent carved ceilings, New Zealand antiques and breathtaking views, Larnach Castle offers you a vision of the past and present. Today, the Castle is the home of the Barker family, who have spent forty-five years lovingly restoring the building and recreating the beauty of the 14 hectares of gardens and grounds.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 7
Day 7 - From Dunedin, Moeraki Boulders, Mt. Cook
Drive from Dunedin to Waitaki to see the Moeraki Boulders are a group of large spherical “stones” on Koekohe Beach near Moeraki on New Zealand’s Otago coast. These boulders are actually concretions that have been exposed through shoreline erosion from coastal cliffs. The boulders are one of the most fascinating and popular attractions on the South Island.
Head to Mt.Cook explore the unforgettable Glacier Explorer
GLACIER EXPLORERS AVAILABLE FROM 01ST SEPTEMBER
Imagine a boat tour like none other. Surrounded by snow capped alps, you will be expertly guided through the ice age as you view the gigantic Tasman Glacier Ice wall, icebergs and the chance to embrace mother nature's legacy.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast and dinner 8
Day 8 - From Mt. Cook drive to Lake Tekapo and back to Christchurch
Head to Tekapo hot springs experience the total relaxation of soaking in hot water in an alpine environment 720 metres above sea level.
Drive back to Christchurch and relax.
Accommodation: 1 night, 3 or 4 star hotel
Meal : Breakfast 9
Day 9 - Depart Christchurch