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Daily departures - Self drive and coach options

 

Duration 3 Days
Tour code TW52R

Itinerary

   Day 1: Christchurch - Dunedin
optional sightseeing 
  • the patchwork farmland of the Canterbury Plains
  • Timaru on the shores of Caroline Bay
  • the Waitaki River - supplier of water for numerous hydro electric dams.
  • Oamaru, famous for its locally quarried white stone & blue penguins
  • follow the coastline past the Moeraki Boulders, 60 million years old
  • remainder of afternoon at leisure

 

   Day 2: Dunedin - Wildlife Cruise
optional sightseeing 
  • this morning is at leisure
  • afternoon Monarch Wildlife Cruise of Otago Harbour
  • see royal albatross, penguins (yellow-eyed and blue), seals, shags and wading birds
  • return to port late afternoon

 

   Day 3: Dunedin - Taieri Gorge - Queenstown
optional sightseeing 
  • morning at leisure in Dunedin or drive leisurely to Queenstown
  • early evening, arrive Queenstown
  • cross Taieri Plain, pass Lake Waihola
  • through rugged Kawarau Gorge to Queenstown
 
Extra days available on request. Can be travelled in reverse.
     

Fares and Pricing:

Tour Code: TW52R  
Hotel
Motel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Self Drive - Small
Share Twin
$543
$461
 
 
Single
$948
$783
 
Self Drive - Medium
Share Twin
$562
$479
 
 
Single
$985
$819
 
Self Drive - Large
Share Twin
$595
$512
 
 
Single
$1051
$885
 
(10% discount for travel completed between 01 May - 30 Sept )
Prices valid to 30 September 2010 and are priced per person

 

Includes:

  • rental car travel as per itinerary
  • rental car option - 3 days' hire, unlimited kms & insurance
  • 2 nights' accommodation as selected
  • Monarch Wildlife Cruise

 

Accommodation Directory

  Location - Dunedin  
  Hotel City Hotel or similar    
  Motel Cable Court Motel/Moray 97 or similar    
       

If you'd like to book this tour or send us a query, click here.

 

Duration 3 Days
Tour code TW54R

Itinerary

   Day 1: Christchurch - Greymouth - Fox Glacier
optional sightseeing 

 

  • the patchwork farmland of the Canterbury Plains
  • Arthur's Pass National Park with snow capped peaks
  • travel by rail over great viaducts, through tunnels and spectacular gorges
  • arrive Greymouth on the West Coast
  • south to Franz Josef in the Westland National Park

 

   Day 2: Fox Glacier Walk
optional sightseeing 
  • morning guided walk on to the Fox Glacier
  • a close up experience of the spectacular features on this huge river of ice
  • duration 3.5 - 4 hours
  • a heli-hike option is also available - details on request
  • afternoon at leisure for further sightseeing

Suggested Sightseeing:

  • a helicopter flight over the glaciers and mountain peaks
  • local native bush walks
  • beautiful Lake Matheson

 

   Day 3: Fox Glacier - Queenstown
optional sightseeing 
  • remote beaches and high mountain peaks
  • spectacular views of the Tasman sea from Knights Point
  • cross Haast Pass to the township of Haast
  • Mount Aspiring National Park
  • Lake Hawea, man made hydro lake
  • picturesque Lake Wanaka
  • Queenstown via Kawarau Gorge with gold rush relics from 1860's
 
Extra days available on request. Can be travelled in reverse. 
     

Fares and Pricing:

Tour Code: TW54R  
Hotel
Motel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Self Drive - Small
Share Twin
$449
$501
 
 
Single
$788
$892
 
Self Drive - Medium
Share Twin
$467
$519
 
 
Single
$824
$929
 
Self Drive - Large
Share Twin
$500
$552
 
 
Single
$890
$995
 
(10% discount for travel completed between 01 May - 30 Sept)
Prices valid  to 30 September 2010 and are priced per person

 

Includes:

  • rental car travel as per itinerary
  • rental car - 3 days' hire, unlimited kms & insurance
  • 2 nights' accommodation as selected
  • Fox Glacier guided walk

Optional add-ons: Self drive option

  • TranzAlpine™ train supplement: $150 per person

Accommodation Directory

  Location - Fox Glacier  
  Hotel Fox Glacier Hotel or similar    
  Motel The Westhaven or similar    
       

If you'd like to book this tour or send us a query, click here.