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Routeburn Track Guided Walk and Southern Highlights - 12 Day

12 days
Start and end in Queenstown
4.6
20 traveler reviews
Routeburn Track Guided Walk and Southern Highlights - 12 Day - Discover New Zealand
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Plan your adventure:
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 1 - 9
Age range 10 to 70
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Highlights

  • Drive at your own pace in your own rental car
  • Venture through the magical Routeburn Track
  • Admire the glaciers through the West Coast
  • Journey through the Southern Alps of the TranzAlpine
  • See Mount Cook – New Zealand’s largest mountain

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Welcome to Queenstown
  2. Day 2 Explore Queenstown today and this afternoon attend your Routeburn Track briefing
  3. Day 3 Travel from Queenstown to the start of the Routeburn Track, then hike to Lake Mackenzie
  4. Day 4 Fantastic mountain views today and tonight you stay at the Routeburn Falls Lodge
  5. Day 5 Descend to the forested lowlands, before you return by coach to Queenstown
  6. Day 6 Your rental car is delivered and then you'll drive over the Crown Range and through Haast Pass to the West Coast
  7. Day 7 Explore the wilderness and glaciers of Westland National Park
  8. Day 8 Drive north along the stunning West Coast Road and take the TranzAlpine train to Christchurch
  9. Day 9 Today you'll enjoy a scenic drive through Canterbury and the MacKenzie Country to Mt Cook National Park
  10. Day 10 Try one of the many short walks within Mt Cook National Park or the fantastic Glacier Explorers Tour
  11. Day 11 Follow the dry lands to Lindis Pass which leads into Central Otago, then through the Kawerau Gorge to Queenstown
  12. Day 12 Depart Queenstown today
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What's Not Included

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  • Insurance
4.6
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Number of tours

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Age Range

21 to 99 years old

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  • David
    · January 16th, 2025
    Our overall experience was excellent. The New Zealand tour comp did a fine job booking hotels, car rental and...
  • Barbara
    · March 28th, 2024
    We thoroughly enjoyed our self-driving tour. The experience was seamless from start to finish. Once we signed up, we...

Dates & Availability

12 days
Routeburn Track Guided Walk and Southern Highlights - 12 Day
From Queenstown to Queenstown

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    22 Feb, 2025
    Wednesday
    5 Mar, 2025
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    English
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    25 Feb, 2025
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    8 Mar, 2025
    English
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    9 Mar, 2025
    English
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    10 Mar, 2025
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    11 Mar, 2025
    English
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    12 Mar, 2025
    English
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    English
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    English
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