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TranzAlpine & High Country Explorer          Full Day

A day of adventure suitable for all ages.  Travel by coach, jet boat, four-wheel drive and train.  From Christchurch travel by coach across the Canterbury Plains to Woodstock sheep station, arriving at our secluded riverside lodge for morning tea.  The only way to continue your journey from here is by river.  Board a large jet boat for a scenic river cruise into the heart of the Waimakariri River Gorge.  Next board a luxury four-wheel drive.  This stage of your adventure provides exclusive access to this remote part of New Zealand traveling cross country though 35,000 acres of Flock Hill sheep station and stopping off at an alpine lodge for a hearty lunch.  Then continue into the Arthur's Pass National Park and through the Otira Gorge on the western side of the Southern Alps.  For your return journey, board the TranzAlpine train to Christchurch,  where you will be met by coach and returned to your accommodation.

Whale Watch Tour                                       Full Day

Witness the world’s greatest marine mammal in its own natural environment all year round. View by boat or by aircraft. Morning departure at 7:30 am. The tour includes the North Canterbury Plains and the rugged coastline of the East Coast, lunch at Kaikoura (seafood is the specialty of the area) and Barneys Rock with New Zealand fur seals up close and personal.

 

Christchurch-Mt. Cook-Queenstown             Full Day - One Way    

7:45am Christchurch - Queenstown 6:00pm

Cross the Canterbury Plains before arriving at Lake Tekapo. Visit the Church of the Good Shepherd. Continue to Mt Cook for a lunch stop (own cost).  Cross the Lindis Pass and continue to Queenstown

 

 

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