New Zealand

Highlights:

Highlights:

• 3 nights in exciting Queenstown
• Taieri Gorge train
• Dunedin sightseeing tour
• Royal Albatross Colony
• Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park

Day 2 - Christchurch/ Aoraki - Mount Cook/ Queenstown
(369 miles/594 kms) (optional meal plans begin today) Today travel south through the Mackenzie country via Lake Tekapo. Continue on to Aoraki-Mount Cook National Park. Consider a scenic flight over some of New Zealand’s fi nest alpine scenery. Travel on to Queenstown, New Zealand’s adventure capital.

Day 3 - Milford Sound Day Excursion
Travel with Great Sights by coach along the shores of Lake Wakatipu to Te Anau, gateway to the Fiordland National Park. From the Homer Tunnel emerge into the Cleddau Valley. Join your Milford Sound Red Boat Cruise and explore the wonder of this majestic fi ord before returning to Queenstown.

Day 4 - Queenstown
A free day to enjoy the many activities on offer.

Day 5 - Queenstown/ Dunedin
(176 miles/283 kms) Travel to Pukerangi where you will transfer to the Taieri Gorge train (Seat-in-Coach only). View Otago’s unspoiled landscape as your journey takes you into rugged, pioneering terrain with sightseeing stops along the way.

Day 6 - Dunedin
Morning at leisure to visit the Jacobean Olveston House or take a guided tour of Larnach Castle. This afternoon you will be taken on a tour of the Otago Peninsula including the Royal Albatross Colony (seasonal).

Day 7 - Dunedin/ Christchurch
(232 miles/374 kms) Highlights on your return to Christchurch include the Moeraki Boulders, Lake Pukaki at the foot of Aoraki-Mt Cook and the rural town of Geraldine.