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Chatham Islands Departures in January, February, March & April, from $3150.   Enjoy spectacular scenery in the ruggedness of this "Land Apart", dine on delicious food and relax with the friendly locals. This will be an adventure holiday full of fun packed days where you can go searching for 1000 year old fossils, go on a fishing trip where you can expect to come home with a great haul of blue cod and groper on your rope line and go Wood Pigeon spotting in the Tuku Reserve.  

Current Availablity:  2 seats

5 Day Hawkes Bay Stay & Visit Tour - March 24-28, from $795.  Highlights include: 4 nights quality accommodation, luxury coach travel, Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Napier City Tour highlighting the Art Deco Capital of the World, Hawkes Bay Museum, visit & tastings at a local winery, Gannet Safaris Overland tour to Cape Kidnappers, Gentle Annie trip to Taihape, includes daily breakfasts and 3 dinners.   

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

4 Day Scenic East Cape & Mahia Penninsula April 30 - May 3, from only $595.  Highlights include: 3 nights accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel, Urewera National Park, Lake Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Mahia Penninsula, Opoutama Beach, Morere Hot Pools, Gisborne, Whangara (set of Whale Watcher), Tologa Bay, Waipiro Bay (Dame Kiri once lived here), Tokomaru Bay, Hicks Bay, Ohiwa Bay, Opotiki, Whakatane.... a truely scenic journey to a part of the North Island rarely visited by New Zealanders.

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

 6 Day Bay of Islands 'Winter Escape' July 6 - 11, from only $995.  Highlights include: 5 nights quality accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel, Parry Kauri Park, Matakohe Kauri Museum, Cape Brett Cruise to the Hole in the Rock, Guided Tour of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, Cape Reinga & 90 Mile Beach, Historical Russell Tour including admission to Pompellier Mission House.

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

Wellington & Wearable Arts September 23-28, from $820.  Highlights include: 3 nights quality accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel, Tour of Parliament, Ticket to Wearable Arts, Fell Musuem, Hawke's Bay Museum. “Step into a world where art and the human form combine. Where dance, music, and lighting tell a story of the body as a canvas; where the lines of fashion and art blur and merge as one”. Our tour also includes a tour of Parliament, the Fell Steam Museum & the Hawke’s Bay Museum. Our Wellington accommodation allows for easy access to the evening show & is a great base during our free time, with it's close proximity to the Wellington CBD, shops, cafes and museums & galleries. Travelling home via Napier gives us the chance to break our return journey up making the itinerary more relaxed. 

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

4 Day Taranaki 'Rhodo' Festival & Gardens - Oct 29 - Nov 1, from $695.  Highlights include: 3 nights quality accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel.  Taranaki is famous for its magnificent gardens and we will visit well known gardens such as Pukekura Park and the world renown Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust - this tour is timed to view the Rhododendrons at their best.  We also take time to visit other places of interest in the region such as the Tawhiti Museum, and the famous Fun Ho! Toy Museum .  

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

 3 Day Weekend on Great Barrier Island Nov 5 - 7, from $895.  Highlights include: Return flights ex Auckland, 2 nights quality accommodation at Great Barrier Lodge, including daily breakfasts, Lunches and dinners, touring around Great Barrier Island with a local driver/guide including: Tryphena Harbour, and wharf, the pottery shop, the outpost craft shop, Medlands, Milk Honey and Grain Museum, Claris, Art Gallery, East coast to Awana, for a short walk to the beach, Harataonga beach (castaway television show site) for a packed picnic lunch, then continue up through state forest, to Windy Canyon for an optional bushwalk, enjoy views of Rakitu Island, down through Okiwi to Port Fitzroy Harbour.  We enjoy afternoon tea (tea and scones) at Glenfern Sanctuary (Fitzroy House) where the owner, will give us a talk explaining what they’re doing at the sanctuary regarding pest control and native plant and bird reintroduction.  

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

5 Day Christmas at the Chateau Tour - Dec 24 -28, from $1195.  Highlights include: 4 nights quality accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel.  Staying at the Wairakei Resort Hotel in Taupo on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day we tour to Whakapapa Village staying overnight at the Grand Chateau enjoying a sumptuous Christmas Meal together.  We tour onto Wanganui staying overnight, taking in the sights and a few of the local attractions and then our last night together in New Plymouth before returning to Hamilton & Auckland, or join this tour with our New Years stay put and enjoy more time away in the Taranaki area.

Current Availablity:  10+ seats    

8 Day New Years Taranaki 'Stay Put' Tour - Dec 27 - Jan 03, from $1495.  Highlights include: 7 nights quality accommodation, including daily breakfasts and dinners, luxury coach travel.  The title Stay Put relates to staying put at one hotel for the 7 nights and each day we enjoy leisurely day tours exploring the region, including: Hawera, the award winning Tawhiti Museum, Pukekura Park, Puke Ariki, Stratfords Glockenspeil, the favourite Fun Ho Toy Museum, New Years celebrations at the TSB Festival of lights, Wanganui Tour including a cruise on the MV Waimarie, a ride on the recently reinstated Waitara Railway Branch, and more....   

Current Availablity:  10+ seats        

INDEPENDANT COACH TOURS - REGULAR DEPARTURES AVAILABLE

7 Day Great Sights of the North Island - Departures daily, from $1695.  Covering the highlights of the North Island this tour offers you flexibility with departures daily.  You can combine this tour with our 8 Day Great Sights of the South Island to make a 14 day NZ tour.  This tour can depart on any date that suits you, with a minimum of 2 working days notice.

14 Day Great Sights of the New Zealand - Departures daily, from $3535.  Covering the highlights of the North & South Islands this tour offers you flexibility with departures daily, therefore this tour can depart on any date that suits you, with a minimum of 2 working days notice. Ideal for independant travellers wanting a coach tour with flexible departure dates.

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