Depart your home city in Canada or the USA to either Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco or Houston Texas to connect to your on-ward flight to Auckland New Zealand.

Travel Day due to time zones.

After clearing customs and immigration formalities, you will be met by a driver who will be holding a sign with your name at the arrival hall and will transfer you to your accommodation.

Welcome to New Zealand! Your New Zealand Travel Agent specialist will be giving you a welcome call shortly.

Please be ready & waiting in the hotel lobby where you will meet your driver for your half day small group Auckland highlights tour.

Your half day Auckland Highlights tour includes many of the “must do” experiences while visiting the city. Discover the sparkling Waitemata Harbour and see why Auckland is dubbed the “City of Sails”. Learn about the fascinating history as you explore historical sites, seaside villages and the crater of an ancient volcano.

This evening tie up at a sheltered anchorage within the largest yacht marina in the southern hemisphere where you will be invited to your table below decks and served dinner.

Today please make your way to the Rental Car office your car has been reserved for you until drop off at Rotorua Airport.

Please commence your drive to your farmstay property. Where you will enjoy an evening with a local family.

Today make your way to Rotorua, a journey of approximately 2 hours (133 kms).

Your Rotorua Diamond Pass (self drive) includes entry to five attractions in Rotorua – Te Puia, Skyline Skyrides, Agrodome, Polynesian Spa and choice of entry to Paradise Valley Springs or Rainbow Springs. It is easy to visit all attractions in one day, although this can be extended over more than one day, if a more leisurely time is desired.

This evening you will be collected from your hotel. Your tour to Tamaki Maori Village takes you on a cultural journey to the marae (Maori village), the life force of New Zealand’s indigenous people. Imagination takes over as your guide instructs you on the protocol for visiting the marae. A chief is selected, a song is learnt and the eerie cry of the welcome is heard before you enter the world of the proud warriors of the ancient Maori.

Please contact the airline today and re-confirm your flight for tomorrow to Blenheim. If there have been any schedule changes then please contact your New Zealand Travel Agent Expert for assistance.

This morning, make your way to the Rotorua Airport, return your Rental Car and check-in for your flight to Blenheim.

Upon arrival make your way to the Rental Car desk located inside the airport terminal. A car has been reserved for you until drop off at Dunedin Airport.

Enjoy the Icons of Marlborough in one day with a tour through the famous Marlborough wine region & Marlborough Sounds. Your guide will show you though the Marlborough Wine Region stopping to enjoy two winery visits.  Then depart the wine region through to the small seaport town of Havelock. Here you will enjoy lunch right on the waterfront (this is at your own expense). After lunch, you will depart Havelock on the Marlborough Travel launch for the Greenshell Mussel Cruise through the Marlborough Sounds. Visit a Greeenshell Mussel Farm and learn why this delicacy grows so well in the Marlborough Sounds. Taste a local favourite – freshly steamed mussels matched perfectly to a complimentary glass of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.

Today make your way to Kaikoura, a journey of approximately one hour & forty five minutes (129 kms).

This morning join your dolphin tour in Kaikoura New Zealand. It is a truly unique experience! The tours have two options, watching (viewing) or swimming, both these options occur on the same boats. The dusky dolphins inhabit the coastal waters off Kaikoura all year round, making Kaikoura a unique place in the world where wild dolphins can be encountered every day, weather permitting.

Today make your way to Arthurs Pass, a journey of approximately four hours (305 kms).

Today make your way to Franz Josef, a journey of approximately three hours & ten minutes (234 kms).

Today make your way to Queenstown, a journey of approximately five hours (354 kms).

This morning check-in for your Walter Peak Farm & BBQ Lunch Excursion.

Day at your leisure.

Today, make your way to Te Anau, a journey of approximately two and a half hours (172 kms).

This morning, you will be collected from your accommodation for your overnight cruise on Doubtful Sound.

After enjoying a hearty breakfast the next morning there will be more time to explore before returning to Deep Cove. Return to Te Anau by coach and you will be dropped back to your accommodation.

Tonight, make you way to the Visitor Centre to check-in for your Glowworm tour.

Today make your way to Dunedin, a journey of approximately four hours (291 kms).

Your Wildlife tour today features a boat cruise aboard the ‘Monarch’, and the royal Albatross nesting area tour.

Day at your leisure.

Please contact your airline and re-confirm your flight back to Canada or the USA tomorrow. If any changes then please contact your New Zealand Travel Agent specialist so we may assist you.

This morning, make your way to the Dunedin Airport, return your Rental Car and check-in for your flight to Auckland and then on-wards to Canada or the USA.

If you have an on ward flight connection when arriving in Canada or the USA.. i.e Calgary, New York, Chicago, Miami, Boston, Ottawa, Winnipeg then please make sure you ask the airline to check your bags right through. Upon arrival into Canada or the USA you need to clear immigration and customs and then put your checked luggage back onto the transfer belt or trolley before finding your next flight.

We hope you have enjoyed your customized vacation to New Zealand designed especially for you by your New Zealand Travel Agent.