Travel new Zealand South Island
Journey to New Zealand South IslandThis is the right journey for you? Lodging on this tour is not luxury, but sufficiently convenient for you to unwind after a full and adventurous one. We have more options on this tour than the ones including. Excursions include medium difficulty walking paths and whitewater river paddling, so you can select your own levels of experience.
You will spend a great deal of your free hours in a van as you drive through the island. Small but convenient, the coach provides a good way to get to know your travel companions and admire the scenery as it passes by. Christchurch, New Zealand. Start your adventures with a welcome get-together at 18.00.
Please note: If you cannot organise a plane that arrives in good time for the welcome session, you may want to get there a little earlier so that you can participate. Refreshments are not provided on this date. Leave Christchurch early in the early hours and drive across the Canterbury Plains towards the heights.
Overall travel takes about five and a half hour (approx. 300 km). The overall mileage is about two to three kilometers. Refreshments are not provided on this date. In the mornings and evenings you will have ample opportunity for additional activity before setting off for the Franz Josef Glacier on the shores of woods, seas and coves.
Move into Franz Josef in the evenings and unwind before tomorrow's events. The entire journey lasts about three and a half hour (approx. 180 km). Following your breakfasts this mornin', your days are free to do as much or as little as you want. Choose from many stunning options to keep you occupied, such as a walk over a frozen mountain range, kayak, quad ride, or enjoy the incomparable panoramic view of the surrounding countryside on a sightseeing tour (at your own expense).
Overall travel takes approx. 30 min (approx. 10 km). The overall mileage is between one and five kilometers. Refreshments are not provided on this date. Following breakfasts you travel along the rest of the western coastline and ascend over the Haast Pass to the Southern Alps (about four to five hours).
There' s just no end to the range of options available, from bungee jump, hill bike, kayak, rafting, helipad, water boat and paraglide. Please note: The overall journey takes about five and a half hour (approx. 360 km). The overall mileage is about one to two kilometers. Refreshments are not provided on this date.
Now you are free to participate in as many additional activites as you like. As New Zealand unquestioned adventurous capitol, Queenstown will leave you spoilt for choice. New Zealand offers a wide range of attractions. Whether it's boating, bungy jumping, paragliding, kayaking, biking, skiing or rafting, this is a great place to do so much (all activity at your own expense).
Tonight we will have supper at the Skyline Restaurant - Stratosfare. It takes about one hours (about 10 km) to get there. Distances vary depending on the activity you are participating in. Stop for a pause after breakfasts from the Queenstown thrill of adrenalin as you travel to Milford Sound (Piopiotahi) to embark on your cruiser and travel through the fiords.
Approximately 6 hrs travel takes place. Let the stunning Aoraki (Mt Cook) put you in the shade, which is New Zealand's highest peak with an amazing 3,754 metres (12,316 ft). We leave Mt Cook in the early afternoon this morning and head for Christchurch, where your adventures end at 6 pm.
Overall travel takes about five and a half hour (approx. 325 km). Rates are subject to changes, so make sure you get your travel today! The tour ends with Christchurch arriving at Christchurch on the 11th Wednesday at about 18:00. There is a separate surcharge for this journey which applies to all overnight stays. Would you like to get a detailed impression of this itinerary?
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