Day01
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Arrive in Auckland
Arrive at Auckland Airport, collect your rental vehicle, and drive to your accommodation. Auckland is New Zealand's largest city, nestled between two harbors with beautiful sandy shores on the east and rugged black-sand surf beaches on the west. Don't miss the opportunity to explore the sparkling blue waters and emerald islands during your stay. Overnight in Auckland.
Overnight stay in Auckland.
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Day02
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Auckland - Waitomo - Hobbiton - Rotorua
Embark on a journey through the rolling green hills of Waitomo, where you'll discover an underground wonderland of caves adorned with glowworms that resemble galaxies. Continue to Matamata for an enchanting tour of Hobbit homes, gardens, and the iconic watering hole seen in the movies. Conclude your visually captivating day in Rotorua, a destination known for its geothermal wonders. Overnight in Rotorua.
Overnight stay in Rotorua.
Includes Breakfast
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Day03
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Rotorua
Rotorua is surrounded by a captivating geothermal landscape featuring steam vents, geysers, bubbling mud pools, freshwater lakes, and native forests steeped in Maori myths and legends. Today you'll visit one of the local geothermal attractions before a sensory evening display in the forest.
Overnight stay in Rotorua.
Includes Breakfast
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Day04
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Rotorua - Christchurch
After Breakfast Depart on your domestic flight to Christchurch. (Airfare is NOT included). Christchurch is set between the deep blue Pacific Ocean and the mighty snow-capped Southern Alps. This is a vibrant, ever-changing city with inner city parks and gardens delightfully interwoven by the meandering Avon River.
Overnight stay in Christchurch.
Includes Breakfast
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Day05
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Christchurch - Glacier Region
After Breakfast Depart across the Canterbury Plains, a fertile patchwork made with every shade of green, through the spectacular scenery of Arthurs Pass National Park and on to the West Coast. New Zealand’s rugged West Coast is a wild and untamed place known for its rivers, rainforests, glaciers, and geological treasures. Here, mighty rivers of solid white ice, relics of the world’s last ice age, tumble down the rocky valleys.
Overnight stay in Glacier Region.
.Includes Breakfast
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Day06
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Glacier Region
A temperate climate at a low altitude makes Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers among the most convenient to visit in the world. Steep valleys bear scars from where glaciers have retreated and advanced over millennia and here, the ice age is still underway. Today is a free day to add your preferred activity. Visit Punakaki's Pancake Rocks or, for an absolute bucket list experience, take to the air on a scenic flight with a glacier landing and a thrilling hike across the icy wonderland.
Overnight stay in Glacier Region.
.Includes Breakfast
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Day07
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Glacier Region - Queenstown
After Breakfast Travel through wilderness towns, waterfalls and river scenery on today’s scenic journey to Queenstown. We recommend stopping for a break, and to stretch the legs, at Makarora’s Blue Pools.
Overnight stay in Queenstown.
Includes Breakfast
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Day08
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Queenstown
Magnificent vistas and majestic mountains dominate this compact alpine resort town and with such an expansive natural physical environment it is not surprising that Queenstown has been described as the Adventure Capital of the World. Today is a free day to add some of the endless optional activities on offer.
Overnight stay in Queenstown.
.Includes Breakfast
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Day09
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Queenstown - Milford Sound - Queenstown
Fiordland is one of the world’s last great wildernesses. Today's stunning journey takes you past mirror lakes, spectacular waterfalls, and water-sculpted rocks. Venture into Milford Sound, a New Zealand treasure carved by ice age glaciers and famously described as the eighth wonder of the world. After a big day out, reflect on memories of a lifetime on your return to Queenstown.
Overnight stay in Queenstown.
.Includes Breakfast
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Day10
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Queenstown - Tekapo/Mt Cook
Today’s journey takes you to a scenic wonderland with golden tussocks, snow-capped mountains, and turquoise lakes. Hug the shores of beautiful Lake Pukaki to a rugged land of ice and rock, home to Aoraki Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain.
Overnight stay in Tekapo/Mt Cook.
.Includes Breakfast
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Day11
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Tekapo/Mt Cook - Christchurch
Be sure to stop for a while at Lake Tekapo where the ‘Church of the Good Shepherd’ takes pride of place against the backdrop of a vivid blue glacier-fed lake. Then continue north east where braided rivers and familiar plains will signal your arrival back into Christchurch.
Overnight stay in Christchurch.
Includes Breakfast
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Day12
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Departure
Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, check out, and transfer to the airport for your flight back to India. Includes Breakfast
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