Tour Highlights

• See Auckland’s highlights, including the acclaimed Auckland Museum, during a two-night stay in this cosmopolitan city.
• Embark on a cruise around glittering Auckland Harbour.
• Enjoy a subterranean adventure at Ruakuri Caves, home to unique glowworms.
• Visit Rotorua’s Te Puia Thermal Reserve and Maori Cultural Centre for a traditional hangi dinner and Maori performance.
• Encounter intriguing Rotorua – a geothermal wonder, with its geysers, mud pools, and hot springs – on a city tour.
• Get an up-close look at New Zealand’s biodiversity at Rainbow Springs Nature Park, and see the country’s famous birds at the National Kiwi Trust.
• Sample the local terroir at Church Road Winery, one of the country’s oldest and most acclaimed wineries, in the celebrated Hawke’s Bay wine region.
• Go on a walking tour in seaside Napier, famed for its Art Deco architecture.
• Learn about the country’s sheep farming industry at a private farm where you’ll watch sheepdogs at work and a sheep-shearing demonstration, followed by a barbecue lunch.
• Ride on the historic cable car and visit New Zealand’s renowned national museum in the capital, Wellington.
• Discover Christchurch, New Zealand’s “Garden City,” where highlights include the Botanic Gardens and Cathedral Square.
• Board the TranzAlpine train for one of the world’s great rail journeys up into the Southern Alps.
• Encounter spectacular Franz Josef Glacier and take a walk in a glacial valley during a two-night stay near Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
• See rare kiwi birds at the West Coast Wildlife Centre. 
• Stop at a local vineyard in the Central Otago wine region for a private tasting and a tour of the wine cave.
• Take a cruise on stunning Doubtful Sound during a full-day excursion to lush, unspoiled Fiordland National Park, one of New Zealand’s top attractions.
• Enjoy a day at leisure in the outdoor mecca of Queenstown, with abundant options for savoring this spectacular setting: a paddle steamer ride, jet boating, the Skyline gondola, and more.

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