Itinerary

1. Day 1: Christchurch

   • Meet and greet at airport 
   • Short city tour of the Garden City: Hagley Park, Riverside Markets, Bridge of Remembrance

   Overnight stay in Christchurch

2. Christchurch-Arthur's Pass National Park-Franz Josef Glacier

   • Pick up from the hotel and travel towards West Coast
   • Visit Arthur's Pass National Park.
   • Walk to the Bealy Chasm and visit Devil's Punchbowl Falls (if time permits).
   • Stop in Hokitika to observe some traditional Pounamu Carvings. If time permits try the Tree Top Walk!(own cost)
   • Continue to Franz Josef Glacier.

   Overnight stay at the accommodation in Franz Josef.

3. Day 2: Wanaka-Mount Aspiring National Park-

   • Pick up from the hotel and do the short walk to the base of the Glacier
   • Try a Heli Hike or a walk on the glacier with expert guides (own cost)
   • travel to Wanaka, a resort town on New Zealand's South Island.
   • Short visit to Mount Aspiring National Park, a wilderness of beech forests and alpine lakes and visit the Blue Pools 
   • continue to Wanaka passing the Haast Pass with photo stops

   Overnight stay at the accommodation in Wanaka.

4. Queenstown

   • From  Wanaka continue to Queenstown the adrenalin capitol
   • drive through the crown range with photo stops at different areas
   • visit Arrowtown a quaint gold mining town- remnant of a bygone era.
   • arrive into Queenstown with orienteering

   2 night stay in Queenstown

5. Queenstown

   Free day to do activities. Driver guide at your disposal. Choose to do activities such as: Dart River Experience, Shotover jet boat, TSS Earnslaw and Walter Peak Farm with Collie dog demonstration and BBQ dinner-(all at own cost however driver guide can help with the reservations) 

6. Day 4: Queenstown-Te Anau-Milford Sounds

   • Pick up from the hotel and travel to Milford Sounds, a fiord in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island, known for towering Mitre Peak, rainforests and waterfalls like Stirling and Bowen falls, which plummet down its sheer sides.
   • Continue to drive through Fiordland National Park and photo stops at Mirror Lakes and Eglington Valley.
   • Visit the Milford Discovery Centre and Underwater Observatory which offers views of rare black coral and other marine life (activity at your own cost) or choose your cruise(activity at own cost) both MUST be prebooked.

   Overnight stay at the accommodation in Te Anau. 

7. Day 5: Te Anau-Queenstown

   • Pick up from the hotel and return to Queenstown to enjoy more of this enchanting town
   • Drop off at your accommodation or at airport

   End of the tour.