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- Platinum Operator
- Intrepid Travel
- Explorer
- Curated to ignite your sense of adventure
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 12 - 16
- Age range 18 to 99
Places You’ll See

Highlights
- Explore Christchurch's innovative rebuild
- Admire Lake Tekapo's stunning turquoise waters
- Experience Queenstown's adventure sports
- Carve your own pounamu pendant in Franz Josef
- Ride the TranzAlpine train through the Alps
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Christchurch
- Day 2 Christchurch / Lake Tekapo / Ohau
- Day 3 Mackenzie Country / Queenstown
- Day 4 Queenstown
- Day 5 Queenstown / Arrowtown / Wanaka
- Day 6 Mou Waho Island / Wanaka
- Day 7 Franz Josef
- Day 8 Franz Josef
- Day 9 West Coast / Greymouth / Christchurch
- Day 10 Kaikoura
- Day 11 Marlborough Sounds / Wellington
- Day 12 Wellington
- Day 13 Taupo
- Day 14 Taupo
- Day 15 Hobbiton / Rotorua
- Day 16 Rotorua
- Day 17 Raglan
- Day 18 Raglan / Coromandel Peninsula
- Day 19 Coromandel Peninsula / Auckland
- Day 20 Auckland
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
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services

Operated by
Intrepid Travel
Number of tours
1,483
Age Range
5 to 99 years old
Response time
9 hours
Response rate
92%
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Customer Reviews
- Peter· May 7th, 2025Our guide and itinerary were very good, but accommodations were uneven with the Bealey Quarter Hotel, where the tour began and ended, having substandard accommodations and services.Show more
- Hilda· March 16th, 2025The tour was excellent, a very good itinerary, our tour leader, Adam had a very good knowledge & his commentary on road while driving from one place to another was very good, he stopped at interesting spots for us to spend time, view & take pictures.Show more
- Mary· February 27th, 2025This tour was run by Haka Tours. There were several things that didn't go according to the itinerary: stay in Ohau was changed to Lake Tekapo, stay in Raglan was changed to Waitomo (which added 1.5hrs drive in the opposite direction). These were without any advance notice from Intrepid/Haka and no explanation given. We lost the morning free time in Raglan as a result & ended up on the road extra long. The published itinerary is too optimistic and in reality, driving time is much longer (half of the trip is spent on the road). This means much less free time than listed -- for example, forget about having morning free time in the towns because we had to get on the road early. Since shops close by 5-6pm, by the time we check in and have free time, the shops were closing. The 20 day tour ended up with different tour guides for the first & second half - one who was hired last minute & hadn't done the tour in this direction before, hadn't read the itinerary descriptions & didn't know about the listed optional activities. The 2nd guide was much more organized but then mis-managed the time and we ended up completely missing one of the scheduled activities which had to be moved to the next day. Not just the tour guides but the tour company made mistakes too. For example, the new people joining the 2nd half of the tour weren't even told when to meet up or were given wrong information. And the ferry crossing only had reservation for the tour bus but not the trailer. You'd expect an experienced company not to be missing these kinds of details. Most of the accommodations were motel quality and decent but a couple were really bad though like very dated, or lumpy carpet, or next to noisy highway. A couple of the breakfasts included were too simple - one was vegan with no hot food, and another looked like a kid's meal (fruit cup, yogurt, museli, toast). Most of the activities are optional which means the cost is much higher if you want to do highlights included in other tours like Milford Sound. As for booking optional activities, the FAQ says to contact them to book in advance but the reply received was to book with the guide after the tour starts. However, certain popoular excursions get booked up so some people missed out because of this. There's also discrepancy between the tour description on the Haka Tours site vs Intrepid (I compared them day-by-day) -- go with the Haka one as more accurate.Show more
Dates & Availability
20 days
New Zealand Uncovered (Northbound) (34 destinations)
From Christchurch to Auckland
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