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D1, KL- Sin - Christchurch

Take theinternational flight to the gateway of South Island NZ, Christchurch.

D2, Arrive Christchurch (D)

Afterlanding in Christchurch international airport, meet with our team in theairport. The tour will start with a welcome lunch in the downtown. In theafternoon, visit the Cathedral square, Botanic garden and Avon River, and thenhave dinner in the riverside food market. Stay overnight in Christchurch.

D3, Christchurch—Tekapo (B)

We will saygoodbye to Christchurch in the morning. About 2.5 hours’ drive along the“Inland Scenic Route” will take you to a New Zealand high country. We willarrive Lake Tekapo around lunch time. After check in the lake view apartment,we are going to have a present lakeside walk to appreciate this beautifulglacier lake. We are going to have a special hot spring arrangement in the lateafternoon, you will have chance to experience hot spring by the snow. LakeTekapo is one of the best places in the world for star watching, you can easilysee the galaxy from balcony of your apartment.

D4, Lake Tekapo—Mt. Cook Village (D)

A presentmorning walk on the Tekapo lake side will make you full of energy for the day.After a short drive, we will arrive the Pukaki lake—the most beautiful bluelake in New Zealand. Water in Pukaki lake coming from the glacier of Mt.Cook—the summit of New Zealand, the color in the lake looks like sapphire underthe clear sky, with the view of Mt. Cook on the background. We will arrange twoshort trekking for you in the Mt. Cook National park to see the Tasman GlacierLake and Mt. Cook itself (if weather is good). We will stay in the Mt. Cookvillage.

D5, Mt. Cook village—Queenstown  (BD)

Afterbreakfast, we will leave Mt. Cook National Park in the morning and heading toQueenstown. We are going visit a working salmon farm. Crystal clean water fromOhau lake was used to feed the salmons, you can learn about the salmon, and birdsliving on the highland. Salmon were prepared in different ways include sashimi,sushi, grill, and fry for tasting and you may remember this for a long time. Wewill continue proceed after to Gibbston valley, where you can see the highestBonji Jumping in New Zealand, you can also try if you interested in. After thatwe will arrive Queenstown and check in the hotel. Rest of the afternoon is thefree time for you to enjoy this live cute place, you can do some shopping onthe street or have some drink in the bar on the lake side. 早餐后，

D6, Queenstown (B)

A 50minscenic drive will take us to visit beautiful small town of Glenorchy andParadise, the place filmed most of “Lord of the Ring” movies. We will do somelight trekking in the picturesque valley between snow mountains, fully enjoythis unique place. We will back to Queenstown with may photo stops on the way.Before sun set, we are going to take the skyline cable car up to the top ofQueenstown, overlooking the full view of Queenstown. Stay in Queenstownovernight.

D7, Queenstown—Te Anau (B)

A relaxmorning in Queenstown. After breakfast, we check out our hotel, drive along thepicturesque Wakatipu lakeside. It’s one of the most beautiful drive in NewZealand, we will make photo stops where is safe. We will arrive beautifullakeside town Te Anau in early afternoon. The rest of the day is free time foryou to walk along lake side, enjoy this unique quilt place, prepare for thetrip to Milford Sound in the next day.

D8, Te Anau—Milford Sound—Te Anau

We willtake a day trip drive across the snow peaks and through the native forest tovisit Milford Sound—One of the World Natural Heritages and most beautiful Fjordin Fjord land national park. The scenic drive is about 1.5 hours each way, andwe will make photo stops on the way to visit mirror lake, glacier valley andhistoric trennel. After we arrive the Milford harbor, we will get on a sceniccruise and have a 2 hours sailing around the Milford Sound. Waterfalls hangingon the thousand meters high cliff, seals laying on the rock, dolphinsjumping  in front of boat, this is thetime for you to connect with nature. A packed lunch will be served on thecruise and we will drive back to Te Anau after the cruise journey and stay inthis quite lakeside town.

D9, Te Anau—Bluff—Invercargill

A beautifuldrive in the morning on the South Scenic Road will take us from Te Anau toBluff, we will visit beautiful lakes and coastline on the way. Visit Bluff inthe afternoon, experience this small historical town located on the south endof New Zealand, try famous Bluff oyster, looking for NZ black foot abalone andgreen mussels on the Bluff coast walk if tide is right. Stay overnight inInvercargill.

D10, Invercargill—Nuget Point—Dunedin 

Keepdriving on the South Scenic Road, have photo stops and short walks on the way.Visit Nuget point light house around noon time, walk to penguin watch point totry if we are lucky to see local yellow eyes penguins. Heading to Dunedin inthe afternoon, check in hotel and stay in Dunedin overnight. 

D11, Dunedin (B)

Visit themost spectacular castle in New Zealand—Larnach Castle in the morning, enjoy thetower and garden of this historical site. Followed by city tour in Dunedinharbor, visit the steepest street—Baldwin Street, Dunedin railway station and oldcity center.

D12, Dunedin—Arrow Town—Wanaka (BD)

In themorning, we drive 3 hours to visit the town with most beautiful autumn view inthe New Zealand—Arrow town. We will have plenty of time to fully enjoy the viewhere. After that, will arrive Wanaka town in the late afternoon, you will havesome leisure time after check in the hotel.

D13, Wanaka  

We have arelax full day in Wanaka, you will have many options to try unique experiencein New Zealand include parachute jump; paragliding; learn to fly; helicopterflight; Canyon jet boating etc. All of those optional activities can be bookedin advance. If you don’t like too extreme activities, Wanaka also offer manyworld class walking trails near the town, we can make decision what to do oneday before.

D14, Wanaka—Fox Glacier

A day tourtake you travel from New Zealand high country to west coast. We will start fromWanaka town, drive across the mountains between east and west coast. Manyscenic spots on the way such as waterfalls, forest walks, and beautifullookouts. You will also experience a change of climate from dry high-countrygrassland to humid west coast jungles. Our destination Fox Glacier located onthe west face of Mt. Cook and go towards the sea, is where we called “the icemeets the ocean”.

D15, Fox Glacier—Hokitika—Graymouth

In themorning, we will hike to visit the fox glacier. if weather is good, is theopportunity for you to do the optional activity: “Glacier Heli hike”. In theafternoon, we will visit the Hokitika gorge and historic town Hokitika later.Relax on the Hokitika beach and enjoy the leisure of New Zealand west coast.Stay overnight in Graymouth.  

D16, Graymouth—Reefton—Hamner Spring—Christchurch (D)

A scenicdrive along the Gray river will take us from Graymouth to Reefton—a center ofgold rush. We will visit the historical town ship on Reefton, which haven’t hadany change for more than 100 years. We also have chance to experience the oldworkshop of the gold mine. After cross beautiful Luise pass, we will arriveHamner spring in the afternoon. Rest of time in the afternoon is to relax inthe biggest hot spring on South Island. Stayovernight in Hamnerspring.

D17, CHC—KL (B)

Thedeparture day, take international flight back to sweet home.