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Autumn In the Central South Island

OUR 2021 GROUP HAD SUCH A FANTASTIC TIME ON THIS TOUR, THAT WE BROUGHT IT BACK FOR 2022.

We invite you to experience an area that has captured the imagination of many New Zealanders. 

Mt Cook region is an area to walk or just enjoy the grandeur of the region.Central Otago and the Maniototo radiate colour in the autumn. See the sweet briar, coloured tussock and matagouri.  At Wedderburn a former coach and wagon stop and now on the ‘Rail Trail’.  A farm visit shows recent development in the area. 

Finally a stay in the lake town of Wanaka where we  explore the area before arriving in Queenstown.

 

 

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Your travel itinerary

Thursday 28 April

Auckland – Christchurch

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Today fly to Christchurch and an orientation tour around the rebuilt city
is included enroute to the hotel. Enjoy a welcome Dinner at the hotel tonight.

Friday 29 April

Christchurch – Mt Cook

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This morning our drive across the Canterbury Plains taking us through
Rakaia and Ashburton before enjoying a stop in the Geraldine area. At Fairlie the gateway to the Mackenzie country is the famous James Mackenzie and his dog statue. On the drive to Aoraki /Mount Cook we pass the lonely much photographed lakeside church of the Good Shepherd then with the Ben Ohau range on one side and Lake Pukaki on the other to arrive at the Hermitage for a two night stay.

Saturday 30 April

Aoraki / Mt Cook

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A day at leisure to choose your own activities, perhaps a scenic helicopter
flight, or walk the easy Governors bush track. The Mt Cook village also offers cafes for coffee or lunch and a few shops. Dinner at the hotel is timed before a Stargazing experience.

Sunday 01 May

Aoraki/Mt Cook – Wedderburn

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Todays journey is one to savour with great variety. Travel to Omarama for a coffee break before following the Waitaki River to Duntroon. We then leave the main highway and follow the road over the famed Dansey’s Pass for lunch at the Dansey’s Pass hotel. The afternoon brings us into the Maniototo as we travel to Wedderburn making its mark in the modern day when
painter Grahame Sydney painted ‘July on the Maniototo’ featuring the Wedderburn railway goods shed. Dinner tonight is at the ‘local’ Wedderburn pub.

Monday 02 May

Wedderburn

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This morning we visit and have tour of the Duncan family’s 5000 hectare Maniototo farm, followed by morning tea with members of the family. Our coach then takes us to quaint St Bathans where we see the restored 1909 Kauri Post Office and lunch is in the adobe Vulcan Hotel. The afternoon has an autumn treat at Jane Falconer’s Clachanburn Garden.

Tuesday 03 May

Wedderburn – Wanaka

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Our tour continues through the small towns revitalised by the Rail Trail, Lauder, Omakau, Ophir, (with a record for the coldest day in recorded NZ history) Chatto Creek, Alexandra in all its autumn glory and Clyde and its hydro dam. Then on to Cromwell before travelling north following Lake Dunstan to Wanaka for a two night stay.

Wednesday 04 May

Wanaka

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This morning drive alongside the Lake and Pisa Range for wonderful views. The afternoon is your own to wander and explore this lakeside town
Tonight is our farewell dinner. *subject to road and weather conditions

Thursday 05 May

Wanaka – Queenstown – Auckland

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We start with a drive to the historic Cardrona Hotel for morning tea. The
hotel is a scene straight from a Speight’s Southern Man advertisement. Over the spectacular Crown Range to Arrowtown with time to walk around this quiet town and have lunch before arriving at the airport for a mid afternoon flight to Auckland.

OR
Choose to extend your stay in Queenstown.

Inclusions

• Return economy flights Auckland – Christchurch // Queenstown – Auckland   (please ask for other options)

• Travel by comfortable touring coach

• Seven nights hotel accommodation 

• Breakfast daily

• Two lunches

• Seven dinners

• Farm visit Wedderburn

• Entry to Clachanburn Garden

• Morning tea at Cardrona Hotel

• Pukekohe Travel Escort  subject to 20 travelling 

 

Cost

Cost Per Person *
Auckland - Auckland		Twin ShareSingle 
   $2,896 $3,498
     

*This is a cash or direct debit price. Credit cards will incur a 2% fee
*Itinerary and costs subject to change, airline and fuel charges and currency fluctuations prior to final payment

Exclusions

• Cancellation insurance

• Items of a personal nature

• Items not specified 

 

Booking Conditions

• A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person will secure a place on the tour.  

• FULL PAYMENT is due no later than 11 March 2022  

• Bookings made after 11 March 2022 will require full payment.

 

Cancellations

• Deposit – non refundable

• After 11 March 2022 – no refund

• All cancellation charges are on a per-person basis.  

• No refund can be made once tour is underway.

• • If this tour is cancelled due to Covid 19 government travel restrictions, and a refund is available, Pukekohe Travel reserves the right in addition to any supplier imposed amendment and cancellation fees, to charge a service and administrative fee of $150 per person

Travel Insurance

We strongly advise all participants to take out suitable travel insurance to cover cancellation costs.  Please ask us for a quote.

 

Activities

Optional Indoor Stargazing Where science meets entertainment for an unrivalled 360 degree cinematic experience in New Zealand’s first full dome, digital Planetarium. Leave Earth, fly to the edge of our galaxy and far beyond to the reaches of our known universe. You will be given an introduction and orientation in the Planetarium, a guided tour through our solar system and beyond.

Included Sir Edmond Hillary Alpine Centre Your Explorer pass will enable you to visit the centre which features a 3D movie theatre, planetarium and museum – valid for the duration of your stay.

Optional Mt Cook Day Walks For the more energetic, full and half-day guided walks are available, taking in some of the breath-taking views of the mountains and valleys.

Health and Fitness

• To ensure the tour is enjoyable for the whole group, a good standard of fitness is required and clients should be independently mobile with the ability to comfortably walk 500 metres. 

 


Note: Pukekohe Travel reserves the right to correct errors and omissions on our website without recourse.
* Itinerary subject to change

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