Hokitika Gorge, New Zealand Sydney Opera House, Austrailia
DAY 16 • Sydney Enjoy a free day in Sydney. Later, we’ ll toast to our discoveries in Australia over a Farewell Dinner.
Meals: B, D | Rydges World Square Sydney or similar
DAY 17 • Fly to Christchurch, New Zealand Fly to Christchurch, New Zealand, where we’ ll begin the next chapter of your South Pacific adventure. Tonight, enjoy a Welcome Dinner at a local restraunt.
Meals: B, D | Distinction Christchurch Hotel or similar
DAY 18 • Explore Christchurch • Waka canoe experience • Home-Hosted Dinner
Experience the team- and skill-building tools required to paddle down the Avon in a waka( canoe). Next, we’ ll discover Christchurch, still recovering from earthquakes in 2011 and 2016. Later, enjoy a Home- Hosted Dinner.
Meals: B, D | Distinction Christchurch Hotel or similar
DAY 19 • Farm visit • Conversation on New Zealand’ s environment • Hokitika
Today, we’ ll visit a working sheep farm in the Rubicon Valley and sit down for a conversation about New Zealand’ s“ 100 % pure” campaign and the impact it has on farmers. Then, journey to Hokitika.
Meals: B, L | Stopforths Premium Accommodation or similar
DAY 20 • Explore Hokitika • Meet local artists Explore Hoktika Gorge, followed by a guided tour of Hoktika. Then, we’ ll visit the“ Possum People” for a conversation about New Zealand’ s surplus possum population. Stop at local shop for a jade carving demonstration.
Meals: B, D | Stopforths Premium Accommodation or similar
DAY 21 • Fly to Queenstown Stop at Arthur’ s Pass, then fly to Queenstown.
Meals: B, D | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown or similar
DAY 22 • Explore Queenstown • Arrowtown Enjoy a walking tour of Queenstown before departing for Arrowtown, a charming gold rush town laden in history and colorful shops.
Meals: B | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown or similar
DAY 23 • Cruise Milford Sound Travel to Milford Sound today, where we’ ll board a private boat for a scenic cruise.
Meals: B, L | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown or similar
DAY 24 • Queenstown • Optional Dart River Jetboat Safari
Today is free for your own discoveries, or you can join an optional tour for a jet-boat ride on the Dart River.
Meals: B, D | Holiday Inn Express & Suites Queenstown or similar
DAY 25 • Queenstown • Fly to Rotorua • Redwood walk
Fly to Rotorua, a center for Maori culture. We’ ll visit Whakarewarewa Forest to admire the giant redwoods.
Meals: B, D | Prince’ s Gate Hotel or similar
DAY 26 • Kiwi encounter • Maori village • Optional Canopy tour
Visit a conservation project that raises baby kiwis, the national bird of New Zealand. Then, a resident of Ohinemutu guides us through his Maori village. You
might also like to join our optional canopy tour later this afternoon.
Meals: B, L | Distinction Rotorua Hotel or similar
DAY 27 • Explore Waimangu Volcanic Valley Visit Waimangu Volcanic Valley, including the Inferno Crater and Frying Pan Lake, followed by a cruise of Lake Rotomahana.
Meals: B, L, D | Distinction Rotorua Hotel or similar
DAY 28 • Explore Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari • Auckland
En route to Auckland, visit the Arapuni Suspension Bridge and take a bushwalk at a conservation project to reintroduce endangered species.
Meals: B, L | Voco Auckland City Centre or similar
DAY 29 • Auckland On a city tour of Auckland, learn about the early settlements of New Zealand. Tonight, enjoy a Farewell Dinner.
Meals: B, D | Voco Auckland City Centre or similar
DAY 30 • Return to U. S. Fly home, or begin your New Zealand’ s Bay of Islands post-trip extension.
Meals: B
Want to know more? Find the full itinerary and dates & pricing at www. oattravel. com / azo
120 A South Pacific Odyssey: Australia, the Outback & New Zealand