Enjoy an ultimate escape to New Zealand’s dramatic South Island.

Travel at 60 Exclusive Special on selected travel dates.

• SAVE UP TO $500 PER COUPLE**
• FREE GPT Touring Jacket

Prepaid Attractions

• TranzAlpine Rail Journey
• Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw
• Lakes District Museum
• Milford Sound Cruise and Lunch
• Larnach Castle and Ultimate High Tea
• City sights tour of Dunedin and Christchurch

Your tour includes:

Experience

• Return airfares from Brisbane
• Personalised Meet and Greet on arrival
• Return airport transfers in New Zealand
• Professional Coach Captain
• 9 nights 4.5 star accommodation
• 2 two night stays
• Hotel porterage
• 1 rail journey
• 2 cruises
• All sightseeing and prepaid attractions
• Extensive Optional Tours Programme
• Deluxe Documentation Pack

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

Meals

• 9 cooked breakfasts
• 8 sumptuous dinners including Complimentary pre-dinner drink at the Welcome Dinner and 2 specialty dinners: Walter Peak Homestead, Queenstown; Intimate Farewell Dinner, selected beverages, Christchurch
• 1 picnic lunch: Milford Sound Cruise
• 1 Ultimate High Tea: Larnach Castle
• Enjoy GPT Wine Time (discounted drinks)

Day 1: Dinner not included for anyone arriving later than 8pm.

9 nights accommodation in 4.5 star properties, full details listed below in the itinerary.

Travel at 60 Exclusive Special Travel 06 -15 May 2023 and 14-23 May 2023

• Twin Room from $5,804 per person
• Single Traveller from $7,524 per person

Tour pricing includes airfares from Brisbane, taxes, Business Class coach travel, 4.5 star hotel accommodation, most meals, sightseeing & attractions. Call our friendly Aussie travel team on 1300 414 198 to get up to date pricing for flights from alternative capital cities or travel dates.

*Air Taxes are subject to change. Please note prices are subject to availability at time of booking and may change without notice.

Please note the following itinerary is subject to change without notice.

Day 1: Arrive Christchurch

On arrival into Christchurch you will be met by a Grand Pacific Tours representative and transferred to your hotel. This evening enjoy a complimentary pre-dinner drink as you meet your travelling companions.

• Stay: Sudima Christchurch City
• Included Meals: Dinner

Day 2: Christchurch - Arthur’s Pass - Franz Josef

This morning board the TranzAlpine, renowned as one of the great train journeys of the world. Travel over massive viaducts, river valleys and spectacular gorges as you ascend to Arthur’s Pass located in the centre of the Southern Alps. Board your coach and travel to Hokitika, famous for its Greenstone before continuing to the township of Franz Josef where time is available to experience a scenic flight (optional, weather permitting) over the spectacular glaciers.

• Stay: Te Waonui Forest Retreat
• Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 3: Franz Josef - Queenstown

See the snow-capped peaks of the Southern Alps as you travel south along the West Coast. Continue via the Haast Pass, an area of stunning beauty before arriving into picturesque Queenstown, a year-round resort situated on the shores of magical Lake Wakatipu. This evening is at leisure, you may choose to dine out at one of the many fine restaurants.

• Stay: Heritage Queenstown (2 nights)
• Included Meals: Breakfast

Day 4: Queenstown (Free Day)

Today is a free day for you to explore Queenstown with many optional activities available. You may wish to enjoy the thrill of a jet boat ride, a heritage tour of the scenic Skippers Canyon or to get up close to a Kiwi bird. This evening board the vintage steamship TSS Earnslaw and cruise across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Station. Sit back, relax and enjoy a delicious gourmet barbecue dinner featuring a menu of seasonal, fresh and locally sourced food at the Colonel’s Homestead. After dinner enjoy a short farm tour then reboard the TSS Earnslaw for a sing along by the piano as you cruise back to Queenstown.

• Included Meals: Breakfast & Speciality Dinner

Day 5: Queenstown - Te Anau

Enjoy a leisurely start this morning before travelling to Arrowtown, an old gold mining village where you visit the Lakes District Museum. This innovative museum is heavily involved in the protection of the historic buildings scattered around town. Continue to Te Anau, the gateway to Fiordland. Today you may like to visit the Te Anau Glowworm Caves (optional).

• Stay: Distinction Luxmore Hotel (2 nights)
• Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 6: Te Anau - Milford Sound - Te Anau

Depart Te Anau for a fascinating drive to Milford Sound where you board your launch for a nature cruise on this magnificent fiord. See the spectacular Bowen Falls and towering Mitre Peak as you enjoy a picnic lunch onboard. This afternoon return to Te Anau where some free time is available. You might like to cap off your Fiordland experience by watching the breathtaking film, Ata Whenua - Shadowland, which screens at the Fiordland Cinema (optional).

• Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Te Anau - Dunedin

Travel via Gore and Balclutha to Dunedin known as the ‘Edinburgh of the South’. Enjoy a city tour followed by some free time to explore at leisure. Optional activities include a tour of the Speight’s Brewery, which produces New Zealand’s most popular beer, see wildlife in their natural habitat or take a tour of Olveston Historic Home, containing many treasures of a bygone era.

• Stay: Distinction Dunedin Hotel
• Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 8: Dunedin - Mt Cook

Travel along the Otago Peninsula to Larnach Castle, hear the tragic and scandalous stories on a guided tour. There is time to wander around this Garden of International Significance followed by an Ultimate High Tea served in the Grand Ballroom. Farewell Dunedin and travel to Oamaru famous for its limestone. Follow the Waitaki River and see Lake Benmore as you travel to Mt Cook.

• Stay: The Hermitage Hotel (Aoraki Wing)
• Included Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

Day 9: Mt Cook - Christchurch

This morning marvel at Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak. The opportunity is available to enjoy a scenic flight (optional, weather permitting) over the Southern Alps. Continue to Lake Tekapo and view the brilliant turquoise water, the Church of the Good Shepherd and the Sheep Dog Statue before arriving in Christchurch for an introductory city sights tour. This evening enjoy a farewell dinner including selected beverages with your newfound friends.

• Stay: Sudima Christchurch City
• Included Meals: Breakfast & Speciality Dinner

Day 10: Depart Christchurch

Time to say goodbye. You will be transferred to the airport for your flight home after a memorable New Zealand holiday.

• Included Meals: Breakfast

PASSPORT AND VISA REQUIREMENTS
All visitors require a passport to enter New Zealand. Your passport must be valid for at least three months past the date that you intend to leave New Zealand. For Australian citizens travelling on an Australian passport, you do not need a visa or permit to visit New Zealand. Visitors from visa-waiver countries must request an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) prior to travelling to New Zealand. For visitors from non-visa waiver countries, it is recommended you visit customs.govt.nz for full entry requirements.

LUGGAGE LIMITS - Each traveller is entitled to travel with ONE suitcase on tour measuring (length + width + depth) no more than 150cm (59”). The maximum suitcase weight allowed is 23kg (50lbs).

ROLE OF YOUR COACH CAPTAIN- Your Coach Captain is responsible for driving and maintaining the coach and for providing commentary throughout the tour. They are responsible for your wellbeing and for co-ordinating all the accommodation and activities. It is important whilst travelling on tour that you follow all Crew instructions.

COACH SEAT ROTATION - For the enjoyment of all travellers a daily seat rotation operates which all travellers must participate in as a condition of booking. The coach seat plan is displayed on the coach for your reference.