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New Zealand Self Drive Tours
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Self Drive 3 WeekNew Zealand
Itinerary
If you have time to spare, we recommend a three week driving tour in New
Zealand, with enough time to enjoy the Maoiri culture of the north, the sailing
city of Auckland, and the majestic treasures on the South Island. It's a
perfect trip, in our opinion, but we will be happy to tweak it to your exact
specifications.
NZ Self Drive Tour 21
Days Highlights: o Rental car for duration of your tour o
20 nights accommodation o Maori hangi dinner and concert o Rotorua sightseeing
attractions pass o Interislander Ferry crossing o Queenstown Gondola ticket
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Day 1 Auckland Arrive Auckland Airport. Transfer to your hotel. Note -
tour documentation will be handed over by your driver.
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Day 2 Auckland / Bay of Islands (260km) This morning collect your rental
car. Make your own way to the beautiful Bay of Islands. You may like to travel
via the Waipoua Kauri Forest (approximately 385kms).
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Day 3 Day at leisure - Bay of Islands Full day at your leisure - time
for swimming with the dolphins, golfing at scenic Waitangi or exploring this
historic area.
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Day 4 Bay of Islands / Coromandel Peninsula (405km) Make your way to the
Coromandel Peninsula.
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Day 5 Day at leisure - Coromandel Peninsula Full day at your leisure -
time to explore the bush and beaches on the Peninsula.
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Day 6 Coromandel Peninsula / Rotorua (218k m) D Make your way to
Rotorua. This afternoon time is available to explore this thermal wonderland.
Included tonight is a Maori hangi dinner and concert.
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Day 7 Rotorua A full day Rotorua sightseeing activities including the
following attractions and activities. A guided tour through Te Puia Thermal
Reserve to see roaring geysers and boiling mud pools, visit Rainbow Springs,
The Agrodome Leisure Park famous for its entertaining sheep show, a gondola
cable car ride to the Skyline Skyride Complex and the Polynesian Spa, which is
New Zealand's leading thermal bathing complex.
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Day 8 Rotorua / Tongariro National Park (180km) Make your way via Lake
Taupo to the Tongariro National Park.
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Day 9 Tongariro National Park / Wellington (332km) Make your way to
Wellington - the capital city of New Zealand.
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Day 10 Wellington / Picton / Nelson (Picton / Nelson 110km) This morning
return your rental car to the Ferry Terminal Depot. Board the Interislander
Ferry for your journey across Cook Strait to Picton, from the North Island to
the South Island. On arrival in Picton collect your rental car and make your
way to Nelson.
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Day 11 Nelson / Greymouth (290km) Make your way to Greymouth. Enroute
you may like to stop at Punakaiki and visit the famous "Pancake
Rocks".
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Day 12 Greymouth / Franz Josef (179km) Make your way down the West Coast
to Franz Josef. At Franz Josef you may like to take a guided walk on the
Glacier or enjoy a scenic flight.
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Day 13 Franz Josef / Wanaka (287km) Make your way to Wanaka.
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Day 14 Wanaka / Queenstown (117km) Make your way to Queenstown.
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Day 15 Queenstown Full day at your leisure to select your optional
sightseeing: Thrilling jet boat rides, vintage steamer lake cruises, visit to
high country sheep stations, mountain gondola rides - the list is endless and
you also have time to relax and simply marvel at the beautiful scenery.
Included is a gondola ticket so you can make your own way at your leisure to
the Skyline Gondola and enjoy spectacular views over Queenstown
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Day 16 Queenstown / Te Anau 170km) Make your way to Te Anau. We suggest
you travel via Milford Sound where time is available to enjoy a cruise on the
scenic sound.
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Day 17 Day at leisure - Te Anau Full day at your leisure - time is
available to visit the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves or Doubtful Sound - the
"Sound of Silence".
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Day 18 Te Anau / Dunedin (290km) Make your way to Dunedin - the
"Edinburgh of the South". This afternoon in Dunedin time is available
to explore - you may like to visit the Otago Peninsula - home of the Royal
Albatross Colony, the Yellow Penguins or historic Larnach Castle.
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Day 19 Dunedin / Mt Cook (331km) D Make your way to Mount Cook. Time is
available to take an optional scenic ski-plane or helicopter flight over the
Tasman Glacier.
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Day 20 Mt Cook / Christchurch (331km) B Make your way to Christchurch -
the "Garden City".
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Day 21 Christchurch (10km) Tour ends with returning your rental car to
the city or airport depot. NOTE - This tour can operate in reverse.
Accommodation Choices
B&B's
Lodges
8 Day North Island Touring Route
9 Day North and South Islands
South Island Vintage 12 Day
NZ Self Drive Tour 21 Days
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Tours - 205 Mineola Blvd, Suite 1B,Mineola New York
11501 USA Call 1-800-221-2474 9AM - 5PM 
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