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24 Day 'Kea' National Adventure Tour

24 days
Start and end in Auckland
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Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
Fully Guided
An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
Guided in English
Group Size 6 - 24
Age range 17 to 70
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Highlights

  • Explore Auckland's waterfront
  • Hike Rangitoto Island's volcano
  • Dig hot pools at Hot Water Beach
  • Tour the Hobbiton movie set
  • Experience Maori culture at Lake Aniwhenua

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 ARRIVE AUCKLAND
  2. Day 2 AUCKLAND ISLAND EXPERIENCE
  3. Day 3 AUCKLAND TO HAHEI
  4. Day 4 HAHEI TO ROTORUA
  5. Day 5 ROTORUA TO LAKE ANIWHENUA
  6. Day 6 LAKE ANIWHENUA TO TAUPO
  7. Day 7 TAUPO TO TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK
  8. Day 8 TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK
  9. Day 9 TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK TO WELLINGTON
  10. Day 10 WELLINGTON TO MARAHAU (ABEL TASMAN)
  11. Day 11 MARAHAU (ABEL TASMAN)
  12. Day 12 MARAHAU (ABEL TASMAN) TO FRANZ JOSEF
  13. Day 13 FRANZ JOSEF
  14. Day 14 FRANZ JOSEF TO QUEENSTOWN
  15. Days 15 - 16 QUEENSTOWN
  16. Day 17 DAY TRIP TO MILFORD SOUND
  17. Day 18 QUEENSTOWN TO LAKE TEKAPO
  18. Day 19 LAKE TEKAPO TO CHRISTCHURCH
  19. Day 20 CHRISTCHURCH TO KAIKOURA
  20. Day 23 KAIKOURA (VIA PICTON) TO WELLINGTON
  21. Day 22 WELLINGTON TO RAGLAN
  22. Day 23 RAGLAN TO AUCKLAND
  23. Day 24 DEPART AUCKLAND
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Operated by

Stray Travel

Number of tours

16

Age Range

17 to 70 years old

Response time

within 1 day

Response rate

100%

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Customer Reviews

  • Fong
    · May 18th, 2025
    Itinerary was OK but should include more options for people not participating in the included tours. The guide was very informative and helpful - highly recommended.
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  • Peter
    · April 15th, 2025
    A wonderful tour of the South Island under the guidance of the brilliant Jacob Carr. Amazing scenery with a warm and friendly environment in the knowledgeable hands of Jacob, who ensured the requirements of the group were first and foremost.
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  • phil
    · April 9th, 2025
    Brilliant guide, Nicole. Well planned. Very interesting tour
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Dates & Availability

24 days
24 Day 'Kea' National Adventure Tour
From Auckland to Auckland

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    Ian

    Asked on January 10th, 2025

    Can you get an upgrade on accomodation not shares rooms?

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    • Stray TravelOperatorWritten January 2025

      We don't offer room upgrades for our Adventure tours, if you'd prefer your own room I'd recommend our Select tours, such as our 18-Day Ruru Select Tour.

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    Rick

    Asked on July 6th, 2024

    Can I upgrade my room to twin sharing room?

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    • Stray TravelOperatorWritten July 2024

      This tour is dormshare only. You might want to try our Ruru tour which is a full national trip that offers twinshare rooms.

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    Allison

    Asked on November 23rd, 2023

    We are interested in the 24 day tour starting Feb 13, 2024. We are 65 and 67 years old, but fit and fun-loving. Would like to know if we would fit your group demographics. We live the idea of planned tours, and this one looks like a blast! (Never stayed in a hostel……could you give us a description?) Also, did not stumble anything about luggage. Could you enlighten us?

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      Allison

      TravelerWritten November 2023

      There is currently a discount. When does that end…not sure what time zone I am conversing with. It is Thursday in Calgary. We'd like to choose one of several options we are considering within the discounted range. And, what is tourRadar, exactly? How does your time affect our relationship with the tour co?

    • Stray TravelOperatorWritten November 2023

      Regarding luggage, we recommend bringing around 15-20kgs. This tour stays in rooms of around 6-8 share hostels, you'll be sleeping mostly in bunk beds in rooms with other people.

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