Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Christchurch

   • Meet and greet your driver-guide at the airport. Transfer to your accommodation, check in and spend some free time.

    transfer to Accommodation. 2 night stay

2. Day 2: Christchurch to Kaikoura

   • After breakfast, your driver-guide will take you Kaikoura(2hr 30min drive) home of Whale Watching- if you would like to see whales it is guaranteed all year round OR a portion of the ticket will be reimbursed. Fully refundable if cancelled due to weather conditions. PRE BOOKING IS A MUST!
   • visit the NZ Fur Seal Colony
   • Return to Christchurch in late afternoon and transfer to accommodation

3. Christchurch to Hokitika

   • After breakfast, your driver-guide will take you to Arthur's Pass
   • short walk to visit Bealey Chasm and if time permits the Devil's Punchbowl waterfall (a short sharp hike)
   • Visit Punakaiki the Pancake Rocks and Truman Track for some spectacular photos!
   • Continue to Hokitika and transfer to accommodation

4. Day 4: Hokitika to Wanaka

   • Leave Hokitika and head towards Franz Josef Glacier
   • arrival into Franz Josef and possible to do a Heli Hike or just a helicopter flight over the 3 main glaciers of this region( reservations MUST be done well in advance to avoid disappointment and fully refundable if no flying due to weather conditions)
   • continue to Wanaka via Haast Pass with scenic stops
   • arrival and transfer to accommodation

5. Day 5: Wanaka to Queenstown

   • Morning at Leisure
   • visit the Lonely Tree-world's most photographed tree!
   • visit the Lavender Farm and try some lavender chocolates(at own cost) or buy lavender products
   • Continue through the Crown Range with photo stops
   • Arrive into Arrowtown an old gold mining town with an original Chinese shanty town  
   • arrive into Queenstown with orienteering
   • Transfer to accommodation
   • evening the TSS Earnslaw with BBQ dinner experience included

6. Day 6: Queenstown Free Day

   • day of leisure however your driver guide can assist with making reservations for extra activities if you wish such as:

   Gondola and Luge Ride, Shotover jet boat ride, Dart River Safari

7. Day 7: Queenstown to Milford Sounds

   • Early start to travel towards Milford via Te Anau the gateway to Fiordland National Park
   • Photo stops along the way to Milford
   • 2 hr cruise included today
   • after cruise transfer to accommodation in Te Anau

8. Day 8: Te Anau to Dunedin

   • Morning activity is the Glow Worm Caves - largest in NZ and most of it still unexplored!(do not worry you are fully guided in the explored areas )
   • after continue to Dunedin the Edinburgh of the south!
   • visit highlights of the Scottish city
   • transfer to accommodation

9. Day 9: Dunedin to Lake Tekapo and Pukaki

   • travel inland scenic route via Omarama and reach Tekapo with its turquoise lake.
   • stop at Pukaki for a photo opportunity
   • visit Church of Good Shepard and the Collie Dog Statue dedicated to this animal with which the district owes its discovery
   • (possibility to do the International Dark Sky but must be prebooked) 
   • transfer to accommodation 2 night stay

10. Day 10: Tekapo to Mount Cook National Park

    •  Today visit Aoraki/Mt Cook National park with a 3 hr casual walk in this area
    • photographic stops
    • possibility to do a Tasman Glacier experience on a zodiac and photo opportunities of icebergs on the terminal lake (MUST be pre booked)
    • transfer back to Tekapo accommodation 

11. Day 11: Tekapo to Christchurch

    • travel back to Christchurch via Geraldine and stop for some Merino-Possum clothing and accessories!
    • arrive in Christchurch and do a photo stop at the lookout point of  Sign of the Takahe
    • Transfer to accommodation

12. Day 12: Christchurch airport

    • depending on departure time, transfer to airport for your return flight home. End of tour