Ultimate New Zealand | Northbound | Oct 2025 - May 2026

20 nights from $3850

20 nights

Ultimate New Zealand | Northbound | Oct 2025 - May 2026

Journey from Christchurch to Auckland discovering South and North Island icons, with scenic drives, an included Milford Sound cruise and cultural experiences along the way.

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$3850 pp excluding flights $193 per night
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Journey from Christchurch to Auckland discovering South and North Island icons, with scenic drives, an included Milford Sound cruise and cultural experiences along the way.
  • Discover Maori astronomy at Lake Tekapo’s Dark Sky experience.
  • Cruise Milford Sound’s fiords beneath soaring peaks and waterfalls.
  • Carve pounamu with a Maori mastercraftsman in Franz Josef.
  • Visit a seal colony on the Kaikoura coast.
  • Witness Huka Falls’ thundering torrent near Lake Taupo.
  • Experience a Maori cultural performance and hangi feast in Rotorua.
  • Tour the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and museum in the Bay of Islands.
  • Sail through Marlborough Sounds on the Interislander ferry.
Stay at a varied selection of properties throughout New Zealand, including Lake Ohau Lodge, The Village Inn Hotel, Lylo (Queenstown and Auckland), Rainforest Retreat, Drifter Christchurch, Sudima Kaikoura and Sudima Lake Rotorua, Mercure Wellington Abel Tasman, Kings Ohakune, Lakeland Resort Taupo and Bounty Motel.
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