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Plan your adventure:
- In-depth Cultural
- Family
- Self-Guided
- Private
- Explorer
- Personalized
- Coach / Bus
- Christmas & New Year
- Silver Operator
- Thrifty Tours
- Private Tour
- Travel exclusively with your friends and family
- Self-guided
- Independent exploration, backed by expert advice and support
- Guided in English
- Age range 1 to 100
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Journey over the Southern Alps on the TranzAlpine Train
- Cruise on the TSS Earnslaw with dinner at Walter Peak
- Gaze in awe at clear lakes and towering mountains
- See all the highlights of New Zealand in the shortest time
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Welcome to Auckland City
- Day 2 Auckland to Waitomo Caves and a Rotorua experience
- Day 3 Explore Rotorua at leisure, Visit Maori village this evening
- Day 4 Fly Rotorua to Christchurch today, take a city tour this afternoon
- Day 5 Christchurch to Greymouth on the TranzAlpine train, then onto Franz Josef
- Day 6 Franz Josef to Queenstown
- Day 7 Milford Sound day tour with Real Journeys
- Day 8 Free day to explore Queenstown, TSS Earnslaw cruise to Walter Peak for dinner
- Day 9 Christchurch to Mt Cook National Park, then onto Christchurch
- Day 10 Depart Christchurch today
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Operated by
Thrifty Tours
Number of tours
28
Age Range
5 to 99 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
100%
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Read moreCustomer Reviews
- Cheryl· May 3rd, 2025Overall the itinerary was excellent, allowing us to experience as much of S Island as possible in our short 5 day trip. All of our guides were wonderful and we enjoyed learning about NZ from them. It was well organized. Our one critique was that we were not clear on what to expect for breakfast opportunities. We didn’t know that “morning tea” would be at a bakehouse with pies which would have been good to know. On day 4 and 5 we didn’t realize we wouldn’t have an opportunity for breakfast stop and didn’t allow time to get food before leaving. So it would be helpful to have more clarity on this in the itinerary.Show more
- JOSEPH· February 28th, 2025We enjoyed our tour. All activities, lodging and transportation were scheduled and very smooth. The "New Zealand" app sent was very helpful laying in detail our itinerary and instructions. Communication to the vendor was easily made using the app.Show more
- William· February 28th, 2025Assumed there would be some type of guide instead of just directions.Show more
Dates & Availability
10 days
10 Day Contrasts of New Zealand
From Auckland to Christchurch
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$7,615
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