Overview
Join us on an unforgettable experience of the diverse culture of North Island. Travel in comfort and style in this 9 day Ultimate North Island escape small group coach.
From the energetic city of Auckland, you will journey to the “winterless north” and stay in the Bay of Islands. Visit the Kauri Museum and the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Paihia. You will have a free day in the Bay of Islands and you’re free to explore its many beautiful beaches or you can take a tour to Cape Reinga.
Travel back southwards and visit the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata before you continue to Rotorua, the geothermal paradise of New Zealand. In Rotorua, you will start your day with a gondola ride and a breakfast at the Skyline restaurant. Visit other attractions like the Agrodome, Te Puia, and witness a Maori cultural performance.
Visit Napier, the “Art Deco Capital” of the country and get on board the Hawke’s Bay Express where you will learn about the region’s fascinating history. Before you say goodbye to New Zealand, spend some time in the capital city of Wellington.
Details
Departure Dates
Month | Year | Day |
September | 2024 | 1*, 24* |
November | 2024 | 3 |
December | 2024 | 19# |
January | 2025 | 9 |
February | 2025 | 8 |
March | 2025 | 13 |
April | 2025 | 11 |
May | 2025 | 12* |
*SEASONAL OFFER Save $200 per person. #FESTIVE SEASON: Seasonal surcharge applies (C) Tour closed (L) Limited Availability |
Start: Auckland
Finish: Wellington
Includes:
Style: Ultimate Small Group
Coach: 20 seat Business Class
Accommodation: 4.5 star
Prepaid Attractions
- Kauri Museum
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds
- Hole in the Rock Dolphin Cruise
- Sky Tower
- Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tour and Lunch
- Skyline Rotorua Gondola and Luge Ride
- Agrodome
- Thermal mud pools and geysers*
- Te Puia traditional Mãori Hãngi and Concert
- City sights tour of Auckland, Napier and Wellington
*Guided tour.
Coach Features
- 20 Business Class seats on a full-size coach
- 2 door access; dedicated seat side storage with tray table; cup holder
- Restroom; daily onboard Wi-Fi allowance
Experience
- Professional Coach Captain
- Personalised Meet and Greet on arrival
- Return airport transfers in New Zealand
- 8 nights 4.5 star accommodation
- 2 two night stays
- Hotel porterage
- 1 cruise
- All sightseeing and prepaid attractions
- Extensive Optional Tours Programme
- Deluxe Documentation Pack
Meals
- 8 cooked breakfasts including a specialty breakfast: Stratosfare Restaurant, Rotorua
- 7 sumptuous dinners including Complimentary pre-dinner drink at the Welcome Dinner and 2 specialty dinners: Mãori Hãngi and Concert, Rotorua; Intimate Farewell Dinner, selected beverages, Wellington
- 1 Shire’s buffet lunch: Hobbiton™
- Enjoy GPT Wine Time (discounted drinks)
Note: Dinner on Day 1 not included for anyone arriving later than 8pm.
Itinerary
(B) Breakfast. (L) Lunch. (D) Dinner. (SD) Specialty Dinner.
Pricing:
Cost per person twin share
September 2024 - May 2025 | ||
Land Only |
AU$5,739 | |
Single Supplement |
AU$1,640 | |
Extra nights accommodation Pre/Post Tour | ||
City | Twin Share | Single |
Auckland | AU$165 | AU$330 |
Wellington | AU$170 | AU$340 |
Extra night rates are per person in Australian Dollars, based on room only. |
* Please Note*
Prices are correct at time of printing, but are subject to exchange rate variations and component price changes.
PAYMENT
- Deposit: $600 per person on booking
- Full Payment: 75 Days before travel
- Airfares (if applicable): Paid in full on booking
CANCELLATION CHARGES
- 60 days or more prior to departure, loss of deposit plus the cost of the airline ticket if issued.
- Between 7 and 59 days prior to departure, 50% of the tour package price.
- Less than 7 days prior to departure, 100% of the tour package price.
If a traveller wishes to cancel their existing booking and transfer to a new departure date, the above cancellation fees still apply.
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Join us on an unforgettable experience of the diverse culture of North Island. Travel in comfort and style in this 9 day Ultimate North Island escape small group coach.
From the energetic city of Auckland, you will journey to the “winterless north” and stay in the Bay of Islands. Visit the Kauri Museum and the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Paihia. You will have a free day in the Bay of Islands and you’re free to explore its many beautiful beaches or you can take a tour to Cape Reinga.
Travel back southwards and visit the Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata before you continue to Rotorua, the geothermal paradise of New Zealand. In Rotorua, you will start your day with a gondola ride and a breakfast at the Skyline restaurant. Visit other attractions like the Agrodome, Te Puia, and witness a Maori cultural performance.
Visit Napier, the “Art Deco Capital” of the country and get on board the Hawke’s Bay Express where you will learn about the region’s fascinating history. Before you say goodbye to New Zealand, spend some time in the capital city of Wellington.
Itinerary
Open AllOn arrival into Auckland you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel. Meet your travelling companions over a complimentary pre dinner drink.
Hotel: CrownePlaza Auckland
Board the luxurious Ultimate Coach, depart Auckland and travel to the Parry Kauri Park to see a magnificent example of a Kauri Tree. Enjoy a visit and informative talk at the Kauri Museum in Matakohe, then travel via Whangarei to Paihia, situated in the heart of the beautiful Bay of Islands. Enjoy a guided tour of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the location of the signing of the treaty between the Maori tribes and the British.
Hotel Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands (Deluxe Room. 2 nights)
Today is a free day. Choose from the many optional activities available, including the Cape Reinga coach trip via Ninety Mile Beach, a tour of historic Russell, a classic sail on a tall ship or or a spectacular scenic flight. This evening is also free and you may like to enjoy a relaxing dinner cruise (optional).
This morning travel aboard a luxury catamaran to Cape Brett and the famous Hole in the Rock. Keep an eye out for bottlenose and common dolphins before returning to Paihia. Travel south via Whangarei to Auckland.
Hotel: CrownePlaza Auckland
This morning enjoy a city sights tour of Auckland before travelling to the Zealong Tea Estate, New Zealand’s only tea plantation for a tour & tasting. Continue through the picturesque countryside to Hobbiton for buffet lunch. This is followed by a guided tour of the Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Your guide will recount details of how this beautiful piece of farmland was transformed into The Shire from Middle Earth. The next two nights will be spent in the geothermal capital of Rotorua.
Hotel Regent of Rotorua (2 nights)
Today begins with a Gondola ride at the Skyline Rotorua for breakfast with champagne, spectacular views and also time for a thrilling luge ride! Next stop is the Agrodome for an action packed hour of farming entertainment and education that’s unlike anything you’ve seen before. Enjoy some free time this afternoon before travelling to Te Puia to see the boiling mud pools and awesome Geysers that Rotorua is famous for. This evening you will experience an entertaining Maori cultural performance which features the graceful poi dance or ferocious haka. This is followed by a Hangi feast prepared in the traditional way, over hot coals & buried in the ground. The evening is rounded off by visiting the Pohutu Geyser, illuminated beneath a starry sky.
Depart Rotorua and travel along the Thermal Explorer Highway to Huka Falls and Lake Taupo. Continue to Napier known as “The Art Deco Capital”, where a city tour will showcase the most comprehensive collection of art deco buildings in the world.
There is free time this afternoon to explore this city on your own or on a guided walk (optional).
Hotel Scenic Hotel Te Pania
Travel south this morning into Wellington for a city tour of the nation’s capital which will highlight the history and culture on show here. This evening enjoy a farewell dinner including selected beverages with your new found friends.
Hotel InterContinental Wellington
Time to say goodbye. You’ll be transferred to the airport for your flight home after a memorable New Zealand holiday.
Cost per person twin share
September 2024 - May 2025 | ||
Land Only |
AU$5,739 | |
Single Supplement |
AU$1,640 | |
Extra nights accommodation Pre/Post Tour | ||
City | Twin Share | Single |
Auckland | AU$165 | AU$330 |
Wellington | AU$170 | AU$340 |
Extra night rates are per person in Australian Dollars, based on room only. |
* Please Note*
Prices are correct at time of printing, but are subject to exchange rate variations and component price changes.
PAYMENT
- Deposit: $600 per person on booking
- Full Payment: 75 Days before travel
- Airfares (if applicable): Paid in full on booking
CANCELLATION CHARGES
- 60 days or more prior to departure, loss of deposit plus the cost of the airline ticket if issued.
- Between 7 and 59 days prior to departure, 50% of the tour package price.
- Less than 7 days prior to departure, 100% of the tour package price.
If a traveller wishes to cancel their existing booking and transfer to a new departure date, the above cancellation fees still apply.
Itinerary
Open AllOn arrival into Auckland you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel. Meet your travelling companions over a complimentary pre dinner drink.
Hotel: CrownePlaza Auckland
Board the luxurious Ultimate Coach, depart Auckland and travel to the Parry Kauri Park to see a magnificent example of a Kauri Tree. Enjoy a visit and informative talk at the Kauri Museum in Matakohe, then travel via Whangarei to Paihia, situated in the heart of the beautiful Bay of Islands. Enjoy a guided tour of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, the location of the signing of the treaty between the Maori tribes and the British.
Hotel Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands (Deluxe Room. 2 nights)
Today is a free day. Choose from the many optional activities available, including the Cape Reinga coach trip via Ninety Mile Beach, a tour of historic Russell, a classic sail on a tall ship or or a spectacular scenic flight. This evening is also free and you may like to enjoy a relaxing dinner cruise (optional).
This morning travel aboard a luxury catamaran to Cape Brett and the famous Hole in the Rock. Keep an eye out for bottlenose and common dolphins before returning to Paihia. Travel south via Whangarei to Auckland.
Hotel: CrownePlaza Auckland
This morning enjoy a city sights tour of Auckland before travelling to the Zealong Tea Estate, New Zealand’s only tea plantation for a tour & tasting. Continue through the picturesque countryside to Hobbiton for buffet lunch. This is followed by a guided tour of the Movie Set from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Your guide will recount details of how this beautiful piece of farmland was transformed into The Shire from Middle Earth. The next two nights will be spent in the geothermal capital of Rotorua.
Hotel Regent of Rotorua (2 nights)
Today begins with a Gondola ride at the Skyline Rotorua for breakfast with champagne, spectacular views and also time for a thrilling luge ride! Next stop is the Agrodome for an action packed hour of farming entertainment and education that’s unlike anything you’ve seen before. Enjoy some free time this afternoon before travelling to Te Puia to see the boiling mud pools and awesome Geysers that Rotorua is famous for. This evening you will experience an entertaining Maori cultural performance which features the graceful poi dance or ferocious haka. This is followed by a Hangi feast prepared in the traditional way, over hot coals & buried in the ground. The evening is rounded off by visiting the Pohutu Geyser, illuminated beneath a starry sky.
Depart Rotorua and travel along the Thermal Explorer Highway to Huka Falls and Lake Taupo. Continue to Napier known as “The Art Deco Capital”, where a city tour will showcase the most comprehensive collection of art deco buildings in the world.
There is free time this afternoon to explore this city on your own or on a guided walk (optional).
Hotel Scenic Hotel Te Pania
Travel south this morning into Wellington for a city tour of the nation’s capital which will highlight the history and culture on show here. This evening enjoy a farewell dinner including selected beverages with your new found friends.
Hotel InterContinental Wellington
Time to say goodbye. You’ll be transferred to the airport for your flight home after a memorable New Zealand holiday.