Lakes & Glaciers New Zealand 8 nights / 9 days

Welcome to New Zealand!! On arrival at Christchurch Airport you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Check-in at the hotel and rest of the day is at leisure to explore the city on your own.

Overnight in Christchurch.

Post breakfast, check-out and and travel beside the Waimakariri River, over the Southern Alps and onto the alpine village of Arthur’s Pass before arriving in Greymouth. Travel south along the rugged West Coast to arrive at the glacier region of Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers.

Overnight in Glaciers. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, day is free at leisure to explore this magnificent glacier region on your own. Optional activities include a scenic flight or guided walk on one of the glaciers. Optional activities not included in the tour price.

Overnight in Glaciers. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, Travel down the West Coast past spectacular mountain ranges, native forests and lakes to the Haast Pass, gateway to the World Heritage Westland National Park. Continue around the shores of Lake Hawea to arrive in Wanaka early afternoon. Check in to your hotel.

Overnight in Wanaka. (Breakfast)

This morning a visit to Puzzling World is included before you depart Wanaka. Continue to Queenstown. Arrive and check in to your hotel.

Overnight in Queenstown. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, Day is free at leisure to explore the endless optional attractions available on your own, Queenstown offers bungy jumping, jetboating, white water rafting, gondola rides and much more, Optional activities not included in the tour price.

Overnight in Queenstown. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, Travel south through Central Otago to Twizel before travelling around Lake Pukaki and into Mt Cook National Park. Optional activities at Mt Cook include scenic flights, a glacier boat ride and the Sir Edmund Hillary Centre. (Optional activities not included).

Overnight in Mt Cook. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, depart Mt Cook and stop on the shores of Lake Tekapo to visit the ‘Church of the Good Shepherd’. Continue across the fertile Canterbury Plains to arrive in Christchurch.

Overnight in Christchurch. (Breakfast)

Post breakfast, check-out and you will be transferred to Christchurch Airport for your flight back home or your onwards journey. (Breakfast)