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If you have a team or group interested in including a tour of New Zealand in conjunction with the 2008 World Champs here is a example of a 10 day South Island tour that we can arrange either before or after the World Champs in Christchurch. We can also include a game of Bowls with local clubs enroute. This will be a exclusive departure with your own coach and driver. For further details please contact Southern World New Zealand 10 day South Island January 2008 Mon 28 Christchurch to Dunedin Travel across the Canterbury Plains to Timaru and on to Oamaru. View the unique Moeraki Boulders before reaching Dunedin City, the 'Edinburgh of the South'.
Tue 29 Dunedin (B) Cooked breakfast at hotel Morning sightseeing tour of Dunedin, see a superb collection of classic Victorian and Edwardian buildings. This afternoon a game of Bowls is included at a local Bowling Club. Wed 30 Dunedin to Te Anau (B) Cooked breakfast at hotel See the Royal Albatross Colony and historic features of Fort Taiaroa, a one hour scenic cruise to view marine and bird life is also included. Travel south through the towns of Milton and Balclutha, crossing the Clutha River to Gore and on to Lumsden. There are magnificent views of the mountains of Fiordland and a wide panorama view of Lake Te Anau Thur 31 Milford Sound Day Trip (BL) Cooked breakfast at hotel Follow the valley of the Eglinton River before descending into the Hollyford Valley. Climb steadily to where sheer rock faces dwarf the Homer Tunnel portal. From the tunnel descend into the Cleddau Canyon and Milford Sound. Enjoy a extended Nature cruise with picnic lunch before returning to Te Anau As a option (own expense) scenic flights are available back to Te Anau. Fri 01 Te Anau to Queenstown (B) Cooked breakfast at hotel Drive through farmland and tussock country to Five Rivers and on through undulating countryside to the southern end of Lake Wakatipu, skirt the shore of the lake in the shadow of the Remarkables Range to the resort town of Queenstown. This afternoon a game of Bowls is included at a local Bowling Club.
Sat 02 Queenstown (BD) Cooked breakfast at hotel Today is free to enjoy Queenstown at your own leisure. This evening cruise on the TSS Earnslaw to the Colonel's Homestead at Walter Peak for a carvery style buffet in the homestead and get a glimpse into farming life before cruising back to Queenstown Sun 03 Queenstown to Franz Josef (BD) Cooked breakfast at hotel Follow the Kawarau Gorge through to Cromwell and the picturesque township of Wanaka, continue along the shores of Lakes Hawea and Wanaka, crossing the divide at the Haast Pass then north along the west coast pass Fox Glacier and on to Franz Josef.
Time will be available for optional (own expense) scenic flights (subject to weather). Dinner at hotel Mon 04 Franz Josef to Greymouth (B) Cooked breakfast at hotel Travel through dense bush and beautiful stretches of road to Hokitika and on through farming districts and areas of alluvial gold by panning, sluicing and dredging to Greymouth This afternoon a game of Bowls is included at a local Bowling Club. Tue 05 Greymouth to Christchurch (BLD) Cooked breakfast at hotel Step back in history to the gold rush days of New Zealand, when you visit Shantytown, an re-creation of a gold mining town during the boom days of the 1880's with steam train ride and gold-panning. Lunch is included. Depart Greymouth on the Tranzalpine train, push through the Otira Tunnel and thick rainforest and native bush to high country grasses as you make your way over the main divide, continue over towering viaducts to the braided rivers fed by the many snowfields, descending through the foothills of the Southern Alps and over the Canterbury Plains to Christchurch. This evening we have a farewell dinner at a local bowling club. Wed 06 Depart (B) Cooked breakfast at hotel A transfer will be provided to Christchurch airport to connect with your onward flight. NEW ZEALAND ARRANGEMENTS TERMINATE
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