21/05/2023
Just finished a 17 days private tour with the following details…. We were lucky to see aurora (southern light)
Day 1 - Arrive at Auckland
Day 2 - Auckland - Waitomo - Plymouth. Glow worms, The legendary Three Sister and Elephant Rock.
Day 3 - Plymouth - Mt Taranaki - Wellington. Stay one night in Wellington. Mini Mt Fuji.
Day 4 - Wellington - Picton. Stay one night in Picton. Wind Turbines, oysters (Picton).
5 - Picton - Kumara Junction. Stay one night in Kumara Junction. Golden Bay.
Day 6 - Kumara Junction - Greymouth - Franz Joseph. Stay one night in Franz Joseph. Blowhole, Grazier.
Day 7 - Franz Josef - Lake Wanaka - Queenstown. Stay three nights in Queenstown. Lake Wānaka Tree, Cardrona bra fence.
Day 8 - Queenstown - Arrowntwon. Stay three nights in Queentown. Fergs burger, Glenorche.
Day 9 - Queentown- Milford Sound. Stay three nights in Queentown.
Day 10 - Queentown- Dunedin. Stay one nite in Dunedin. Fruits farms (depends on season) Turner Beach, Baldwin Street (steepest street), aurora watching.
Day 11 - Dunedin-Moeraki - Twizel - Lake Tekapo. Stay one nite in Lake Tekapo. Dragon balls, Sea lion and penguin, salmon.
Day 12 - Lake Tekapo- Chrischurch. Stay one nite in Chrischurch.
Day 13 - Christchurch- Kaikōura. Stay one nite in Kaikōura. Abalone catching the next day morning.
Day 14 - Kaikōura- Picton- Wellington. Stay one nite in Wellington.
Day 15 - Wellington - Lake Taupo - Rotorua. Stay one nite in Rotorua.
Day 16 - Rotorua - Matamata - Auckland. Stay one nite in Auckland. Te Puia Thermal Valley, Hobbiton.
Day 17 - Auckland- KL
Auckland city tour, last minute shopping before embarking the journey home.