Express NZ

Day 1 – Arrive Auckland

On arrival at Auckland Airport, the ‘City of Sails’. you will

be   met and   transferred   to   your   hotel.   (Self-drive passengers collect your rental car for your exclusive use

until the end of the tour package).

Day 2 – Auckland – Waitomo Caves – Rotorua

Enjoy a tour from Auckland to Rotorua with a guided tour of  the  fascinating  Waitomo  Glow  Worm  Caves.  This

experience is climaxed by drifting silently in a boat on the underground river under the milky way of millions of glow

worms on the cavern roof above you.

Day 3 – Rotorua

Today’s half day city tour includes Te Puia and its Thermal

Valley of roaring geysers, steaming rivers and boiling mud pools. Following this, you will travel to Rainbow Springs to view trout and other wildlife and to the

famous Agrodome Sheep Show.

Day 4 – Rotorua – Air – Queenstown

Transfer to Rotorua Airport for your flight to Queenstown where you will be met and transferred to your hotel. (Airfare from Rotorua to Queenstown excluded). Rest of the day is free for the many optional activities available in and around Queenstown. (Self-drive passengers return  your  car  at  Rotorua Airport and collect your South Island car on arrival at Queenstown Airport).

Day 5 Queenstown – Milford Sound – Queenstown

An  early  start  following  the  shores  of  Lake

Wakatipu, and through Te Anau where you will be enthralled by the immense landscape. Travel through beech forest, passing majestic mountains, on through the Homer Tunnel in time to board your catamaran for the Milford Sound cruise.  Cruise  past  Mitre  Peak,  the  highest

mountain in the world to rise vertically from the sea, and admire the Stirling and

Bowen Waterfalls as you cruise out to sea. Return to the pier for the coach back to Queenstown

Day 6 Queenstown

This is a free day for you to pursue your own activities.

Day 7 Queenstown – Mount Cook – Christchurch

This morning travel over the Lindis Pass to reach Mt Cook around lunch time. A rare opportunity to take an optional scenic flight to view Mt Cook’s snow fields

and glaciers. We continue through to Christchurch.

Day 8 Depart Christchurch

Transfer to the airport for your departure flight (Self-drive passengers return your car directly at the airport).