7-Day South Island Private Tour with Milford Sound and Franz Josef

• Meet and greet at the airport.
• Enjoy a short city tour of the Garden City, including Hagley Park, Riverside Markets, and the Bridge of Remembrance.

Overnight stay in Christchurch.

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

Overnight stay at the accommodation in Franz Josef.

• 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 at your own cost.
• Travel to Wanaka, a resort town on New Zealand's South Island.
• Make a short visit to Mount Aspiring National Park, a wilderness of beech forests and alpine lakes, and visit the Blue Pools.
• Continue to Wanaka via Haast Pass with photo stops.

Overnight stay at the accommodation in Wanaka.

• From Wanaka, continue to Queenstown, the adrenaline capital.
• Drive through the Crown Range with photo stops at different areas.
• Visit Arrowtown, a quaint gold mining town and remnant of a bygone era.
• Arrive in Queenstown with orientation.

2-night stay in Queenstown.

Enjoy a free day to do activities, with your driver-guide at your disposal. Choose from experiences such as the Dart River Experience, Shotover jet boat, TSS Earnslaw and Walter Peak Farm with Collie dog demonstration and BBQ dinner - all at your own cost. Your driver-guide can help with reservations.

• Pick up from the hotel and travel to Milford Sound, a fiord in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island, known for towering Mitre Peak, rainforests, and waterfalls such as Stirling Falls and Bowen Falls, which plummet down its sheer sides.
• Continue driving through Fiordland National Park with photo stops at Mirror Lakes and Eglinton Valley.
• Visit the Milford Discovery Centre and Underwater Observatory, which offers views of rare black coral and other marine life, at your own cost, or choose your cruise at your own cost. Both must be prebooked.

Overnight stay at the accommodation in Te Anau.

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

End of the tour.