Golf Encounters

Name: Golf Encounters
Address: PO Box 25 254, Auckland, 1740, NZ
Telephone: +64800377479
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Golf Encounters (formally Charlie’s Golf Tours) offers a diverse range of golf travel tours and go

See and experience some of the world’s most amazing destinations and play golf on stunning courses in Africa, Asia and South America on our premium Golf Travel Tours. Or, closer to home, you can relax with a perfect combination of sunshine, golf and local sights on one of our popular Australia golf holiday tours. Our tours strike a great balance between golf and a spectacular array of additional a

ctivities to ensure the total package is one to savour. In some cases, it will be “the trip of a lifetime” and the most common reaction from newcomers is “Why haven’t I done this before?”. But don’t just take our word for it- experience the magic first hand!

11/09/2026

The locals call it Eléctrico 28, and it has been climbing the same cobblestone hills on the same gauge track since 1914. What most visitors never clock is that three stops on its full 28-stop route place the arriving golfer within transfer reach of Lisbon's finest coastal corridors, out toward Estoril and Cascais. The tram bisects the city's oldest neighbourhoods, connecting the historic quarter to the waterfront, and that same waterfront shaped Portuguese maritime golf culture centuries before the modern clubhouse arrived. Wear flat shoes for the gradient, let your clubs travel separately, and your orientation begins the moment the tram does.

09/09/2026

Before a single guest steps off the cart path at Ba Na Hills Golf Club, the briefing has already happened. Around ten caddies form up every morning without variation, the line holding well before anyone arrives to see it. The red jumpsuits, the white gloves and the nón lá are operational standards, checked before the round begins, positions confirmed and every caddie ready. When you finally step off the cart and find your caddie already there, already briefed, already calm, you're seeing a programme engineered as precisely as the course routing itself. That is the human infrastructure behind one of Vietnam's most celebrated golf destinations, and it's part of what waits on our Vietnam and Cambodia tour next April.

07/09/2026

Some courses earn their reputation through the land alone. Here the fairway does the talking, rolling and undulating across the terrain, mown with real purpose, while a scattering of sand bunkers catches the flat overcast light and turns into something sculptural. Two golfers and a cart sit quietly in the mid-ground, just enough to remind you of the scale of the place without ever competing with it. This is what a course looks like when it has been built with the land rather than shaped against it, and when nothing feels imposed on the earth. It's the kind of round that stays with you long after the scorecard is forgotten, and it's exactly why we seek out destinations that take genuine care of what they have built.

05/09/2026

A great week in Noosa on our Golf Retreat!

04/09/2026

A golf cruise works a little differently to our usual land-based tours, and Hawaii is where the format really makes sense. There are over 70 courses spread across the islands, and on our Hawaii Golf Cruise we've picked breath-taking courses on four of the six islands to play. The ship does the moving while you sleep, so you wake somewhere new and tee off in the morning. During the day you can enjoy a great round while a partner who doesn't play takes one of the excursions laid on by the cruise company, and by night you're both back on board with the facilities and entertainment as the ship sails on to the next island. If your partner isn't a golfer, this is about the ideal way to travel together.

02/09/2026

Our Hawaii Golf Cruise takes in breath-taking courses on four of the six islands, with over 70 to choose from, and it draws in a few different sorts of traveller. Some are there for the golf, chasing a great round somewhere new each day while the ship moves on to the next island. Some never touch a club, filling their days with the excursions laid on by the cruise company and Hawaii's aloha spirit. And plenty of couples find the happy middle, one out on the fairways and one off exploring, both back on board by night for the entertainment and a Waikiki sunset. Seven days at sea, plus a stay on Waikiki before and after.

31/08/2026

Our Hawaii Golf Cruise is built for couples where one plays and one doesn't, and that's exactly why it works so well. Over seven days you'll cruise around Hawaii and play breath-taking courses across four of the six islands, with a stay on Waikiki before and after. During the day you can enjoy a great round while your partner takes one of the excursions laid on by the cruise company, and by night you're both back onboard for dinner, entertainment and the aloha spirit as the ship moves to the next island. No repacking and no transfers to manage, just a new island each morning and Hawaii's warmth waiting when you step off.
https://www.golfencounters.co.nz/tours/hawaii-golf-cruise-tour/

28/08/2026

The Costa del Sol and the Algarve are both world-class golf regions, and yet they feel completely different once you are standing on the first tee. On our Spain and Portugal tour we play the championship layouts of the Costa del Sol and the cliff-top fairways of the Algarve, and the character of each really does shift as you move between them. What experienced travellers tend to notice is how much sits around the golf, the historic streets of Barcelona and Lisbon, the regional cuisine that becomes a highlight in its own right, and the unhurried evenings with fellow golfers after a round. Both regions reward slow travel, so it is worth understanding what sets them apart before you go.

https://www.golfencounters.co.nz/tours/spain-portugal-golf-tour/

26/08/2026

Some of the best moments on a Golf Encounters tour happen long after the last putt drops. It's the long dinner table filling up, plates being passed around, and the round getting replayed shot by shot while nobody watches the clock. Golf brings the group together, but it's these unhurried evenings, sharing a meal and a laugh in good company, that so many of our guests come back for.

Address

PO Box 25 254
Auckland
1740

Telephone

+64800377479

Website

http://www.golfencounters.co.nz/

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