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Waterfall cascading into Doubtful Sound, Fiordland Credit: New Zealand Fine Touring - Photographer Unknown
Scenic Cruises

Northern Extended Encounter

Christchurch

Auckland

21 days, 20 nights

Road Trips

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Trip overview

Visiting the highlights of New Zealand as well as a few hidden gems, this tour includes a great range of activities. You’ll enjoy wildlife tours, scenic flights, glacier adventures, overnight cruises and so much more. In the evenings you’ll relax at our favourite boutique lodges where your hosts will make you feel right at home.

Trip highlights & inclusions

21 days / 20 nights
20 breakfasts, 1 dinner

Christchurch

Auckland

Boutique Lodges & Hotels
Rental car included
  • TranzAlpine Scenic Train: Christchurch to Greymouth Scenic Plus
  • Franz Josef Glacier Helihike
  • One Hour Private Tub with Waiho Hot Tubs

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  • Wānaka-based specialists planning your trip from inside New Zealand.
  • One travel specialist to plan and book every detail from start to finish.
  • 24/7 in-country support while you’re travelling, so help is close if plans change.

Trip itinerary

Welcome to Christchurch City

New Zealand's garden city is steadily being transformed into a vibrant urban destination. Encompassing a large green belt, it is known for its wide tree lined avenues and lush gardens. A great way to explore the city or easy way to see the sights or ride the historic trams across town to the renowned botanic gardens and the unique cardboard Transitional Cathedral, that's right it is built of cardboard!

People sitting on concrete steps by a river with modern buildings and a blue tram in the background. Credit: New Zealand Fine Touring

Accommodation

Blue Victorian house with white trim and green lawn on a sunny day
Orari Bed & Breakfast

Activities

Trip highlights

Scenic train crossing a bridge over the Waimakariri River with mountains in the background on a clear day. Credit: Kiwi Rail

TranzAlpine Scenic Train: Christchurch to Greymouth Scenic Plus

Group of people ice trekking with guide on Franz Josef Glacier snowy and icy terrain. Credit: Franz Josef Glacier Guides

Franz Josef Glacier Helihike

Couple relaxing in hot tub in forest, one holding a drink. Credit: Waiho Hot Tubs

One Hour Private Tub with Waiho Hot Tubs

Steamboat cruising on blue lake water with snowy mountains in the background on a clear day. Credit: Real Journeys

TSS Earnslaw Cruise and Walter Peak Gourmet BBQ Dinner

Group of people wearing life jackets on a blue jetboat in clear green river water with a guide. Credit: Dart River Safaris

Dart River Wilderness Jet

Sailboat sailing on calm fjord waters surrounded by tall mountains and sunlight. Credit: RealNZ

Doubtful Sound Overnight Cruise, Aboard the Navigator

An image to represent the Ata Whenua - Shadowland Film Credit: 100% Pure New Zealand / Unknown

Ata Whenua - Shadowland Film at Fiordland Cinema

Ornate dining room with long table, chandelier, red walls, paintings, and classic furnishings. Credit: Larnach Castle

Dinner at Camp Estate, Larnach Castle

Several seals resting on the shore near water with hills in the background. Credit: Monarch Wildlife

Wildlife Peninsula Encounter Tour and Wildlife Cruise with Monarch

Group of tourists in yellow boat touring near a blue glacier with rocky mountain background. Credit: The Hermitage Hotel

Glacier Explorers

Waiter pouring white wine to a woman at a restaurant table with mountains in the background Credit: The Hermitage Hotel

3-course dinner at The Panorama Room in The Hermitage Hotel

Interislander ferry Kaitaki with a kayaker on the water in front of mountain landscape Credit: Interislander

Interislander Ferry Picton to Wellington

Seaplane taking off from calm water with island in distance on a sunny day. Credit: PB & DV Holdings Ltd T/A Volcanic Air

Mount Tarawera & Orakei Korako Thermal Explorer by Floatplane

Boat sailing near rocky island with natural arch in blue ocean under clear sky. Credit: Explore Ltd

Hole in the Rock Cruise with Fullers

Additional inclusions

Private Transfer Christchurch International Airport to Christchurch Accommodation

Shared Transfer from the Christchurch CBD Accommodation to Christchurch Train Station

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