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APT New Zealand Highlighter - Your Itinerary
17 days
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What's included:
- Scheduled flights included
- All transportation and sightseeing as specified
- Accommodation throughout based on two people sharing
- Meals as outlined below (B = Breakfast, L = Lunch & D = Dinner)
- This itinerary is flexible to allow you to have upgrades, stopovers and further extensions added, please call our specialists on 08456 345 120 to find out more.
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Day 1
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 Day 1
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Depart London Heathrow by Emirates via Dubai to Auckland.
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Day 2
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 Day 2
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In flight.
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Day 3
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 Day 3
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On arrival today, you will be met and transferred to your hotel. Then choose the sightseeing activity that interests you the most from our range of Freedom of Choice Touring options. Options include a city sightseeing tour, a climb up Auckland Harbour Bridge, a cruise aboard the Pride of Auckland on Waitemata Harbour, a visit to Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World and many more.
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Day 6
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 Day 6
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Follow the Thermal Explorer Highway to the heart of the North Island and view Wairakei Steam Valley. Visit Huka Falls and Lake Taupo before travelling south across the vast plateau of Tongariro National Park en route to Wellington.
Meals: B & D
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Day 7
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 Day 7
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Enjoy a brief city tour then visit Te Papa, New Zealand’s National Museum. Later, cruise across Cook Strait to Picton on the South Island. Rejoin the coach and travel to Blenheim where tonight, you’ll enjoy a winery tour and tasting then dinner at the Brancott Estate Winery.
Meals: B & D
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Day 8
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 Day 8
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Journey through the renowned vineyard region of Marlborough. Visit the fishing town of Kaikoura, famous for its whale and dolphin watching, before arriving in Christchurch.
Meals: B & D
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Day 9
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 Day 9
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This morning board the award-winning TranzAlpine train and take in the stunning scenery as you journey through spectacular gorges, river valleys and across the magnificent Southern Alps. Disembark at Arthurs Pass and continue by coach via Hokitika to the glacial West Coast and Franz Josef.
Meals: B & D
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Day 10
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 Day 10
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Enjoy a day of incredible scenery as you travel along the Haast River by safari boat, capturing views of the massive glacier-formed Haast River Valley, its towering peaks, waterfalls and rainforest. Rejoin the coach and continue to Queenstown, where this evening you’ll choose from four different restaurants.
Meals: B & D
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Day 11
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 Day 11
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Today you have the opportunity to choose the activity and we will include it! Perhaps enjoy a garden tour or visit some local wineries. You may join an exhilarating jetboat ride on the Shotover River or choose to join a Double Decker Bus tour through the streets of Queenstown and to the small goldrush settlement of Arrowtown.
Meals: B
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Day 12
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 Day 12
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Journey along the Milford Road. Wind down the Eglinton and Hollyford valleys and through the Homer Tunnel. Board a Red Boat and cruise the full length of beautiful Milford Sound. Following your cruise, drive to the tranquil lakeside settlement of Te Anau.
Meals: B & D
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Day 13
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 Day 13
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Journey through rolling Southland countryside to the city of Dunedin. This afternoon you choose an activity and we will include it. Perhaps jump aboard the Taieri Gorge Railway Excursion, or view the magnificent Royal Albatross or Yellow-eyed Penguin colonies on the Otago Peninsula. Perhaps visit Speight’s Brewery, a place where some of New Zealand’s best-known beers are made.
Meals: B & D
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Day 14
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 Day 14
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Today journey north along the coast and stop to view the unique Moeraki Boulders on Koekohe Beach. Continue past Pukaki, Aviemore and Benmore lakes to World Heritage-listed Mt Cook National Park, where you’ll join your selected touring activity. Options include a visit to the Sir Edmund Hillary Alpine Centre and a guided nature walk through the national park.
Meals: B & D
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Day 15
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 Day 15
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Travel via Lake Tekapo and the Church of the Good Shepherd, through Burkes Pass to Christchurch.
Meals: B & D
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Day 16
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Day 16
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Choose from our range of touring activities in Christchurch. Perhaps take a Garden Tour, go punting on the Avon, take a Bike Tour around the city or visit Christchurch’s Must See Four. After your activity, the tour ends. Transfer to the airport in the afternoon for your flight with Emirates to Dubai.
Meals: B
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Day 17
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 Day 17
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On arrival in Dubai connect with your onward flight to London Heathrow.
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