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Itinerary:
Auckland - Whitianga - Rotorua - Wellington -
Nelson - Franz Josef - Queenstown - LakeTekapo -
Christchurch - Wellington - Napier - Auckland

 

Day 1

Kia Ora !


in the City of Sails, in Auckland. By transfer you get to your hotel in Auckland's centre.

 
Day 2

Auckland - Whitianga


After picking up your rental car, you start to the Pacific Coast Highway and the wonderful region of Coromandel.

 
Day 3

Whitianga - Rotorua


On your way south you stop at Cathedral Cove, a natural rock cathedral which you can only reach after 40 minutes of strenious marching on foot, but it is worth it's while. You fully enjoy the drive following the coast line to Rotorua. Already before you reach the city you are greeted by sulfur smell and the bubbling torrenting Geysers.

Pure New Zealand culture is offered at night in the authentic Maori-Village of the Tamaki-Brothers with a spectacular Maori-Show and following native Maori-Dinner.

 
Day 4

Rotorua - Wellington


In the morning of the next day you learn about the mystics of the geysers and the famous Kiwi birds of Whakarewarewa. Overwhelmed by the nature spectacle you continue your journey along Lake Taupo and enjoying it's wonderful view to the nearly 2.800 m high Mount Ruapehu. You continue your journey by Dessert Road to Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

 
Day 5

Wellington - Nelson

 

Before you leave the northern island to the southern, first you will visit the brandnew Nationalmuseum of New Zealand named Te Papa.

In the afternoon you are leaving north island by ferry Interislander or by katamaran The Lynx to Picton.

Crossing the rough waters of the Cook Strait you have plenty opportunity to take pictures. From Picton you follow the Tasman Bay to Nelson, the first city in New Zealand.

Nelson and the surrounding region is enjoying statistically the most hours of sunshine in New Zealand.

 
Day 6

Nelson - Franz Josef


Your trip takes you on the famous Buller Gorge Road in a southern direction to Westport, to the Tasman Sea with its beaches crowded with sea lions, crossing Cape Foulwind and straight on southwards

to the Pancake Rocks. You get a close up of the blowholes orchestrated by the sea.

Next you are passing Greymouth, the old goldtown Ross and enjoy the all encompassing landscape with its impressive mountains, the green rain forest and the Tasman Sea to your right. Quarters for the night will be below Franz Josef Glacier.

 
Day 7

Franz Josef - Queenstown


For early riser there is a possibility to do a helicopter-flight to the Franz Josef Glacier. Passing Fox Glacier, another majestic glacier, you are leaving the Tasman Sea over the Haast Pass and reach Lake Wanaka and finally the city of Wanaka and Puzzling World.

A deserted street between Wanaka and Queenstown leads you finally to the most adventurous city of New Zealand where every night feels like saturday night - Queenstown.

Dinner, is possible to spend at the Colonel's Homestead Restaurant of the Walter Peak High Country Sheep Farm. A short farmtour will give you views of the farm-work in New Zealand.

You will reach the farm by the oldest steamship of New Zealand, the TSS Earnslaw. On Lake Wakatipu you can cruise to the Walter Peak Station and enjoy the wonderful scenic.

 
Day 8

Queenstown - Lake Tekapo


Highlights over highlights. New Zealand's tallest mountain, the snow covered Mount Cook with its 3.753 m awaits you and in the foothills the world famous Hermitage Hotel.

With its unmistakeable charm it is one of the few hotels on this earth that one has to visit in a lifetime. You are one of them and by drinking a cup of coffee you can have a look to the Mount Cook.

After this excursion yo are driving back along Lake Pukaki to your hotel for the night direct at the Lake Tekapo.

 
Day 9

Lake Tekapo - Christchurch


Also this day on the road awaits you with unforgetable views. Visiting the Church Of The Good Shephard at Lake Tekapo you take the Inland Scenic Route to Christchurch.

Shure there will be time to visit the Cathedral Square,

visit the Canterbury Nationalmuseum or simply go shopping.

 

Day 10

Christchurch - Wellington


Wonderful roads, the Alpine Pacific Triangle. On your left the mountains and on your right the blue Pacific. That is New Zealand pure.

You pass the Marlborough Wine-Area and finally reach Picton, where you take the ferry to Wellington in the late afternoon.

 

Day 11

Wellington - Napier


In front of you the whole northisland. After leaving Masterton and Hastings you are reaching Napier. The town was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1931 in style of art-deco. The Marine Parade at the sea is an absolutely must, for here you find museum and art-galery and a special Kiwihouse. You will spend the night in an original art-deco hotel near the beach.

 

Day 12

Napier - Auckland


On our way northwestwards to Taupo we are happy of the nearly untouched nature and forests. After meeting Lake Taupo again we will cross Hamilton to Auckland, where you drop off your rental car at the rental station. By transfer you get to your hotel in Auckland's centre.

 

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