On This Trip
- Take to the water in the Bay of Islands
- Explore glow worm caves
- Explore glacier country
For those who prefer to leave the driving to someone else, we can provide premium small group touring options through luxury operator Green Realm Travel. Green Realm have created unique, exciting itineraries, which cover many of the highlights of both the North and South Islands as well as getting you further off the beaten track in several key areas. The itineraries have been carefully designed to ensure that the group arrives in places of particular interest earlier than the mainstream tours, ensuring a more personal and enjoyable experience throughout.
Audley Exclusive
Audley Travel has an exclusive agreement with Green Realm Travel, for any of our clients who travel on one of their tours during the 2008-09 summer season. By booking a tour through us you will receive NZ$150 per person of free optional activities to be taken at your leisure as you explore the country.
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Travel is by luxury 18 seater coaches, which have been specifically designed to ensure the maximum in comfort. A single row of first class leather seats lines each side of the coach, all fully reclining and with personal lighting and climate control. The panoramic double tinted windows allow you to appreciate the spectacular scenery as you wind your way around the country, and for the longer stretches of driving informative videos can be shown on the 27 inch plasma screen.
Every tour is accompanied by a professional driver guide, who will have been trained to the highest standards. As well as providing interesting and entertaining commentary on board, they will also be able to help and advise with booking extra tours and activities which you may like to undertake in your free time.
Green Realm’s touring portfolio is comprised of three separate itineraries. The first, ‘Birthplace of the Nation’, explores the North Island over a period of 11 days, leading you from the spectacular coastline of the Northland, through the dramatic thermal plateau and south to the capital of Wellington. The second, ‘Adrenalin Sparks and Spiritual Solace’, is again 11 days in length, and leads you from the golden sands of Abel Tasman National Park to the wild and rugged West Coast, then back up through the awe-inspiring Southern Alps before ending in Christchurch.
For a more extensive tour of the country, these two trips can be combined into a full 18 day journey covering all the highlights of both the North and South Islands, the ‘New Zealand National Tour’.
Throughout your itineraries, you will experience a variety of New Zealand’s excellent accommodation options, as well as enjoying some of the superb cuisine the country has to offer. Many meals, tours and experiences are included in the cost of your trip, making these some of the most comprehensive touring options available.
Places Visited
- Auckland
- Rotorua
- Martinborough
- Wellington
- Milford Sound