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Grand Explorer (Reverse Start Christchurch)
North Island and South Island, including Auckland, Bay of Islands, Christchurch and Milford Sound
- From $1905
- $112/day
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Optional Activities Round out your tour with any of these add on activities.
- Waitomo
- Ruakuri Caves Tour NZ$45
Newly opened caves with a tour that gives you a more extensive insight into cave formations and glowworm activity. 3 hour.
- Waitomo Caves Tour NZ$32
One hour guided tour of the famous glowworm caves at Waitomo. Fully guided, walking tour with exit by boat.
- Black Water Rafting NZ$89
Following a cave system underground whilst sitting in a tyre inner tube (rubber ring). Some walking, some floating, some glowworm spotting. 3.5 hour tour.
- Ruakuri Caves Tour NZ$45
- Taupo
- Rock'N'Ropes NZ$65
Adventure ‘confidence’ course with series of trapezes, high wires, tight ropes etc. Allow 3 hours.
- Parasailing NZ$89
On Lake Taupo, winch system so you don’t get wet.
- Huka Jet NZ$89
30 minute jet boat ride on the Waikato River to Huka Falls. Includes 360 degree turns.
- Contiki Huka Combo - Jet Boat & Scenic Flight NZ$169
40 minute jet boat ride on the Waikato River to Huka Falls. Includes 360 degree turns plus 7 minute scenic helicopter flight.
- Dinner / Party Cruise NZ$65
Evening launch trip on Lake Taupo with the opportunity to fish, dine and karaoke. Approx. 4 hours (6pm – 10pm).
- Rock'N'Ropes NZ$65
- Rotorua
- Rainbow Springs NZ$22
Beautiful walk through native bush, aviaries and trout filled streams. Chance to see Kiwi and Tuatara.
- Zorbing NZ$44
Become a zorbonaut as you travel in a large transparent ball down a hillside, either on your own, with a friend (or two) or with a bucket of water. Prices range from $44 depending on dry, wet, multiple, with Zorb Pak / without etc. www.zorb.com
- Skyline Gondola And Luge Rides NZ$32
Skyline cable car and 2 included rides on the worlds first commercial luging track.
- Hangi And Concert NZ$49
Traditional Maori feast and cultural performance at the Lake Plaza Hotel in Rotorua. Duration 2 hours.
- Te Puia NZ$35
Enter the world of the Maori at the epicentre of native culture in NZ, and discover what makes this area and it’s people unique. www.tepuia.com
- Rainbow Springs NZ$22
- Bay of Islands
- Cape Brett Cruise NZ$69
Half day launch trip out to the famous ‘Hole in the Rock’ with cultural, historical and geographical content. Also, potentially, the chance to spot dolphins.
- Awesome Adventures NZ$99
A full day tour from Pahia in the Bay of Islands to Cape Reinga (NZ’s northern most point) via ‘Ninety Mile Beach’. Offroading, sand dune ‘surfing’, great scenery, fish’n’chips. 0730am – 1930pm
- Carino Day Sailing NZ$85
Catamaran sailing in the beautiful Bay of Islands. Island hop, swim, snorkel, bar-b-q lunch, search for dolphins. 10am – 1630pm.
- Coastal Kayaks NZ$49
4 hour kayaking adventure from the ocean shore through the river system to, and under, Haruru Falls. Fair standard of fitness required.
- Excitor NZ$69
‘Fastboat’ trip to, and through, the ‘Hole in the Rock’ and back via Russell.
- Dolphin Adventures NZ$99
Specifically a tour for those wanting to see dolphins although not guaranteed (85% success rate) and getting the opportunity to swim with them. Half-day tour.
- Cape Brett Cruise NZ$69
- Wellington
- Optional Dinner NZ$27
At ‘Blend’ restaurant and bar. Lively, funky venue for dining and socialising with ‘special’ Contiki menu and welcome drink.
- Kapiti Quad Bikes NZ$125
Hotel pick up, than along the Kapiti Coast to rugged bushland for an hour and a half long quad bike experience in the bush. Includes morning / a’noon tea.
- Seal Coast Safaris NZ$75
Eco-touring in a 4WD vehicle along DOC (Department of Conservation) coast line, viewing unusual rock formations, seal colonies and other native bird and animal life. Duration 2 hours.
- Wellington Rover 'Hop on / hop off' NZ$40/ 'Rover Ring Tour NZ$150
An extended Wellington sightseeing tour with the opportunity to ‘hop on / hop off’ along the way. Or you can also book the ‘Rover Rings Tour’ which is an all day tour to LOTR locations incl. lunch.
- Wairarapr Wine Trail NZ$129
A full day excursion from Wellington by taxi, coach and train to Martinborough and Wairarapa ‘wine country’. Includes hotel pick ups / drop offs, lunch, afternoon tea and, of course, some sampling.
- Optional Dinner NZ$27
- Queenstown
- Nzone Skydiving 9,000 ft. NZ$245 / 12,000 ft. NZ$295 / 15,000 ft NZ$395
Tandem skydive with a qualified jumpmaster from 9,000 ft. (2,743m) over Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables Mountain Range. Chance to upgrade to 12,000 ft. (3,657m) or 15,000 ft. (4,572m)
NB: Video and/or photos additional cost of NZ$245.
- Moonlight Stables Horse Riding NZ$89
1.5 hour guided horse trek through Doonholme Farmland in the Wakatipu Basin. Any level of rider welcome but will only go as fast as the slowest member.
- Kawarau Rafting NZ$159
Rafting on the Kawarau River (grade 3). 2 hrs
- Shotover Jet NZ$99
40 minute jet boat ride on the Shotover River. An icon adventure product in NZ with 360’s and fast corners etc.
- Twin Challenge NZ$259
40 minute jet boat ride on the Shotover River, an icon adventure product in NZ with 360’s and fast corners etc., plus white water rafting (grade 3) on the Shotover River. 3 hours
- Triple Challenge NZ$299
40 minute jet boat ride on the Shotover River, an icon adventure product in NZ with 360’s and fast corners etc., plus white water rafting (grade 3) on the Shotover River plus 6 minute helicopter flight.
- Thrillogy NZ$359
All 3 AJ Hackett jumps – Kawarau Bridge, The Ledge & Nevis incl. T shirt.
- Skyline Restaurant NZ$65
Includes large buffet meal, entertainment, gondola (cable car) ride to restaurant.
- Shotover Rafting NZ$159
Rafting on the Shotover River. 2 hrs
- Heliraft NZ$209
Rafting on the Kawarau River (grade 3) and heli flight.
- Canyon Swing NZ$165
Freefall from platform, 109m (360ft) above the Shotover River, then break into a cable controlled swing.
- AJ Hackett Skyswing - The Ledge NZ$99
Swing from the Ledge at the Skyline restaurant, Bobs Peak. 47m (158ft) jump but 400m (1320ft) above town.
- Aj Hackett Bungy - The Ledge NZ$139
Bungy jump from the Ledge at the Skyline restaurant, Bobs Peak. 47m (158ft) jump but 400m (1320ft) above town. Incl. T shirt.
- Aj Hackett Bungy - Nevis NZ$209
134m (440ft) bungy from a platform suspended across a river at Nevis Bluff. Incl. T shirt.
- Aj Hackett Bungy - Kawarau Bridge NZ$155
The original bungy jump in Queenstown and often referred to as ‘the home of bungy’. 43m (142ft) jump incl. T shirt.
- Group Photograph NZ$15
In specially designed Queenstown souvinier folder. Photo taken by lakeside in warmer climes, at the Lodge during winter.
- Funyaks NZ$275
Full day excursion into this beautiful untouched world, known as ‘Paradise’ and made famous in the LOTR trilogy. Jetboat in and canoe out at your leisure. Average standard of fitness required.
- Dart River Jet Boat Safari NZ$195
30 km jet boat ride up the Dart River from Glenorchy into the Mt Aspiring National Park – locations for LOTR. Includes a short bush walk.
- 'Mad Dog' River Boarding NZ$129
Swimming with wetsuit, helmet, flippers and ‘boogie board’ down the Kawarau River. Allow 3 hrs.
- Fly By Wire NZ$145 (5min), NZ$95 (3min)
Feel adrenalin flood your body as you release the tow, diving towards the valley floor at exhilarating speeds, before you rocket up the other side. Feed the control freak inside, where you’re firmly in the pilot’s seat.
- Paradise Found Hike NZ$95
Explore the majestic Mt Aspiring National Park, visit film locations from Lord of the Rings. Fully guided, half day.
- Routeburn Trail Hike NZ$155
A full day hike offering plenty of swing bridge crossings, lush beech forest, beautiful waterfalls and magnificent alpine scenery, in the Mt Aspiring National Park. Departs 8am.
- Nzone Skydiving 9,000 ft. NZ$245 / 12,000 ft. NZ$295 / 15,000 ft NZ$395
- Franz Josef & Fox Glacier
- Helihike 'Flying Fox' NZ$315
Helicopter flight up to and on to the glacier, then brief hike in that area of the glacier. Not strenuous. 3 hours.
- Glacier Hike 'Fox Trot' NZ$79
4 hour trek to the terminal face of the glacier and then climb up onto the glacier itself. All boots, picks, crampons provided. Reasonable level of fitness required.
- Fox Glacier Heli / Mt Cook NZ$240
Helicopter flight to view Mt Cook and Fox Glacier, including glacier landing.
- Fox Glacier Heli NZ$180
Helicopter flight to discover the twin glaciers with glacier landing.
- Helihike 'Flying Fox' NZ$315
- Lake Tekapo
- Air Safaris NZ$250
40 minute scenic flight from Tekapo, taking in many of the regions premier glaciers including NZ’s highest peak, Mt Cook (3,750m / 12,349 ft).
- Air Safaris NZ$250
- Fox Glacier
- Hukawai Ice Climbing Centre NZ$85
Try your hand at something you don’t get to do every day, and that’s climbing a 10m high ice wall! www.hukawai.co.nz
- Hukawai Ice Climbing Centre NZ$85
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