Arthurs Pass and TranzAlpine Day Tour

We invite you to join us on a tour of discovery, featuring spectacular scenery. From Christchurch travel by road to Springfield at the foothills of the Southern Alps. At Springfield, board the world famous TranzAlpine train to travel through the Southern Alps to Arthurs Pass viewing the alpine scenery through panoramic windows. The TranzAlpine is renowned as one of the top ten train journeys in the world. From Arthurs Pass we tour by road over the snow-capped Southern Alps in the Arthurs Pass National Park and on to the Otira Gorge making a photo stop.

Visit the old village of Otira before returning to Arthurs Pass for lunch. After lunch explore the village and then start the return journey to Christchurch is by road stopping for a visit to a farm for late afternoon tea, followed by a sheep shearing and sheep mustering demonstration.

Please Note

The TranzAlpine Train on this trip travels the section from Springfield climbing into the Southern Alps, with views down into the rugged Waimakariri River Gorge over bridges and through short tunnels, before crossing the Staircase Viaduct, 73 metres above the river, before continuing on to Arthurs Pass Village; with the tour returning to Christchurch afterwards. It DOES NOT include the section from Arthurs Pass Village down into Greymouth.