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SOUTHERN SPECTACULAR

WITH STEWART ISLAND

19 Day Fully Hosted Small Group Tour.

Discover this journey to New Zealand’s third and southernmost island – Stewart Island. Each day will bring something new – drive over the rugged Kaikoura Ranges, see the White Stone City in Oamaru and the gigantic Moeraki Boulders, enjoy wildlife encounters, a guided tour through the Whitestone Cheese Factory and much more.

Following your voyage from Bluff, you’ll explore Stewart Island’s eastern shoreline, including the renowned wildlife sanctuary of Ulva Island. Enjoy relaxing amidst the sensations, scenes and moods as we travel back to the mainland to continue our journey with an excursion through lush rainforest in the Fiordland National Park to Milford Sound. Pass through Kingston at the southern tip of Lake Wakatipu to the lakeside resort town of Queenstown.

We enjoy the panoramic views of Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, traveling through the rugged Southern Alps, up the West Coast to Franz Josef Glacier. We take a scenic rail journey on the Tranz Alpine Train through the heart of the Southern Alps to Christchurch, before we head home to the Kapiti Coast stopping in the sunny Nelson region along the way.

Departs 27 February 2021

from $8,750 per person twin share (single supplement available)

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS

•   Whale Watching in Kaikoura
•   Church of the Good Shepherd - Tekapo
•   The heritage of Oamaru & Steampunk HQ
•   Whitestone Cheese Factory
•   Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony
•   Moeraki Boulders
•   The Catlin's Forest Park
•   E Hayes Motorworks Collection including

the Legendary Burt Munroe’s “Indian”
• Queens Park – A New Zealand Garden of

National Significance
• Iconic Bluff Signpost
• Stewart Island Tour including Ulva Island

Explorer Tour Cruising Through Paterson

Inlet
• Stewart Island Wild Kiwi Encounter (optional

sightseeing)
• Fiordland National Park (a Unesco

Southwest NZ World Heritage Area)
• Scenic Cruise on Milford Sound
• Glenorchy with scenic jetboat ride up the

Braided Channels of the Dart River
• Paradise Valley to view “Lord of the Rings”

Movie Trilogy locations
• Sightseeing tour of Queenstown,

Arrowtown & Gibbston Valley Wineries &

Cave
• Scenic Aerial Gondola
• Dinner at Skyline’s Stratosfare Restaurant &

Bar
• Franz Josef Glacier Valley
• Leisurely quad bike tour through Franz Josef

Glacial pathways and West Coast forest
• Scenic helicopter flight to the Franz Josef or

Fox Glacier (optional at an additional cost)
•   Lake Matheson – the Mirror Lake
•   The West Coast Treetop Walk
•   Tranz Alpine train from Arthurs Pass to

Christchurch
• Explore Christchurch City & enjoy dinner on

the famous Tramway Restaurant
• Hanmer Springs
• Brightwater (birthplace of Lord Rutherford,

the kiwi science pioneer who split the atom)
•   Founders Heritage Park
•   Abel Tasman Cruise Private Charter
•   Mapua’s Quaint Seaside Village