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18 Day South Island 'Wanderer' Tour - Departs 6 Apr, 1 Sept, & 28 Nov, from $2995.  Highlights include 17 nights quality accommodation, daily breakfasts, 12 dinners, and lots of sights -  so relax and let us do the driving - this itinerary covers a large amount of the South Island and has time out in key areas to enjoy at your leisure such as Queenstown, Invercargill (for the opportunity to travel to Stewart Island) Dunedin and Christchurch.  We include a cruise on the majestic Milford Sound and other highlights include Hanmer Springs, Fox & Franz Josef Glaciers, Mount Cook and Lake Tekapo.  

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

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:  10+ seats

25 Day South Island Tour – April 22 – May 16, from $4995 This tour is our ‘Signature’ tour, featuring what we have learned to be the best places in New Zealand if not the world to visit.  If you really want to see the South Island in it's entirety, then this is the tour for you. From the Top to the Bottom of the South Island even allowing the opportunity to visit Stewart Island from Invercargill.  This tour includes 24 nights quality accommodation, daily breakfasts, 18 dinners, including a special dinner at Walter Peak Station.  We also include lots of prepaid attractions and sights, including 4 scenic boat cruises! 

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

16 Day Bottom of the South Island Tour – April 25 – May 10, from $2995 The 16 Day Bottom of the South Island Tour starts and finishes in Christchurch and as the name suggests takes in the bottom half of the South Island including the West Coast and the Fiordland National Park, Invercargill and Dunedin. This tour includes 17 nights quality accommodation, daily breakfasts, 11 dinners, including a special dinner at Walter Peak Station.  We also include lots of prepaid attractions and sights, including 2 scenic boat cruises!

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

9 Day Top of the South – May 8 - May 16 , from $1995.  If you want a shorter tour to experience the top of the South Island then this is the tour for you.  From Christchurch to the West Coast then to Nelson.  This tour includes 8 nights quality accommodation, daily breakfasts, and 5 dinners, & sights include: Christchurch City, Akaroa, Punakaiki, Westport, Denniston/Karamea, Nelson, Golden Bays, and cruising Cook Strait from Picton to Wellington.

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

11 Day Train Journeys of the South Island - Sept 17 - 27, from $2595.  Our first train journey is actually in the North Island travelling on the Overlander from Auckland & Hamilton to Wellington.  Our next train journey is the Tranz Coastal from Picton to Christchurch, then the Tranz Alpine from Christchurch to Greymouth, then Shanty Towns own steam train, and our last train journey is the Taieri Gorge Train in Dunedin.  With lots of sightseeing in between train journeys this will be a great experience.

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

6 Day Explore Stewart Island - October 11 - 16, from $1395.00.  Arriving in Invercargill you will be transferred to your Invercargill accommodation.  The next day we cross Foveaux Strait to Stewart Island, to begin our 'Exploration'.  Our tour includes a Village & Bays afternoon tour, Paterson Inlet Cruise, Guided Walk on Ulva Island, A semi-submersible cruise on the Mollymawk enjoying the diverse marine life within Halfmoon Bay, a guided walk to Little River.  There is also the opportunity to go Kiwi Spotting in the evening and to mix and mingle with the locals within the restaurants that we will be dining in during our 3 nights on Stewart Island. On Day 5 we return to Invercargill for another night back on the 'Mainland', then return you to the airport to connect with your outbound flight.  (flight costs are not included in tour price).    

Current Availablity:  10+ seats

INDEPENDANT COACH OR RAIL TOURS - REGULAR DEPARTURES AVAILABLE

8 Day Great Sights of the South Island - Departures Daily, from $1840.  Covering the highlights of the South Island this tour offers you flexibility with departures daily.  You can combine this tour with the 7 Day Great Sights on the North tour to make a 14 day NZ tour.  These tours depart on any date that suits you, with a minimum of 2 working days notice.  

9 Day Train Journeys & Great Sights of the South Island - Departures Fridays, from $2275. CTravelling by the Overlander from Auckland and points in between we arrive in Wellington.  Crossing Cook Strait we then board our second train Journey from Picton to Christchurch on board the TranzCoastal.  The TranzAlpine takes us from the Garden City to the Wild West Coast over the Southern Alps.  We enjoy 3 nights in Queenstown, during which time we travel into Milford Sounds on a day trip.  This  tour offers you flexibility with departures daily, with departures available every Friday during the year.  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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