Kia Ora New Zealand (Base, 2024/2025, Best Buys, 17 Days)

17 days
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From Auckland to Christchurch
4.3
111 traveler reviews
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Gold Operator
AAT Kings
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Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
Group Tour
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Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 20 - 48
All Ages Welcome

Places You’ll See

  • Auckland
    Auckland
  • Bay of Islands
    Bay of Islands
  • Rotorua
    Rotorua
  • Wellington
    Wellington
  • Picton
    Picton
  • Dunedin
    Dunedin
  • Te Anau
    Te Anau
  • Queenstown
    Queenstown
  • Christchurch
    Christchurch
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Highlights

  • Make Travel Matter
  • Journey through New Zealand's most important historic site, Waitangi Treaty Grounds, with a passionate local guide. Discover the stories, people and events that have shaped the past, present and future.
  • Iconic Sites
  • You don’t need a reason to visit World Heritage listed Fiordland National Park. But if you’re looking for one, make it shimmering Milford Sound/Piopiotahi. This place is nature amplified.
  • Flexible Holidays
  • Want to get your heart racing? Explore the extremes of the North Island then feel the natural rush of Queenstown. Or just laze by the pool. Your choice…
  • Natural Wonders
  • End-of-the-Earth drama awaits in the Bay of Islands, where 140 droplets of land unite powdery beaches with dreamy pockets of forest.

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Welcome to Auckland
  2. Day 2 Auckland - Bay of Islands
  3. Day 3 Bay of Islands Free Time
  4. Day 4 Bay of Islands - Auckland
  5. Day 5 Auckland - Rotorua
  6. Day 6 Rotorua Free Time
  7. Day 7 Rotorua - Wellington
  8. Day 8 Wellington - Picton
  9. Day 9 Picton - Christchurch
  10. Day 10 Christchurch - Omarama
  11. Day 11 Omarama - Dunedin
  12. Day 12 Dunedin - Te Anau
  13. Day 13 Te Anau - Queenstown
  14. Day 14 Queenstown Free Time
  15. Day 15 Queenstown - Franz Josef/Waiau
  16. Day 16 Franz Josef/Waiau - Christchurch
  17. Day 17 Farewell from Christchurch
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What's Included

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  • Accommodation
  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Additional Services
  • Free eSIM
    TourRadar 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

  • Flights
  • Insurance
  • Optional
  • Additional Services

Where You'll Stay

All accommodations are subject to change

  • Holiday Inn Express Auckland City Centre

    Hotel
    Days 1, 4

  • Copthorne Hotel and Resort

    Hotel
    Days 2, 3

  • Ibis Rotorua Hotel

    Hotel
    Days 5, 6

  • Travelodge Wellington

    Hotel
    day 7

  • Picton Beachcomber Inn

    Hotel
    day 8

  • Wyndham Garden

    Hotel
    Days 9, 16

  • Distinction Heritage Gateway Hotel

    Hotel
    day 10

  • Scenic Hotel Dunedin City

    Hotel
    day 11

  • Distinction Luxmore Hotel

    Hotel
    day 12

  • Copthorne Hotel and Resort Queenstown

    Hotel
    Days 13, 14

  • Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier

    Hotel
    day 15

Operated by

AAT Kings

4.3
(111 reviews)
This operator has high review ratings and responds promptly to enquiries

Number of tours

381

Age Range

5 to 99 years old

Response time

within 3 days

Response rate

96%

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Customer Reviews

  • Kathleen
    · March 3rd, 2025
    Optional activities should be scheduled in advance and not as the tour progresses. That way we can know whether or not we can get the activity. If not, it can be scheduled online. I had no access to these activities from Tour Radars website and didn’t know they existed. Luckily I scheduled on my own and got to see what I wanted. Others did not.
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  • Lorne
    · February 25th, 2025
    Excellent, guide and driver were exceptional.
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