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Plan your adventure:
- Gold Operator
- Collette
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Age range 5 to 99
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- Skip a day ahead crossing the International Dateline
- Explore Auckland on a panoramic city tour
- Cruise through Bay of Islands and see Hole in the Rock
- Experience Maori culture and geothermal wonders in Rotorua
- Sail across Cook Strait and enjoy the scenic ferry ride
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Depart from Home
- Day 2 Auckland, New Zealand
- Day 3 Auckland
- Day 4 Auckland - Bay of Islands
- Day 5 Bay of Islands
- Day 6 Bay of Islands - Matakohe - Rotorua
- Day 7 Rotorua
- Day 8 Rotorua - Wellington
- Day 9 Wellington
- Day 10 Wellington - Picton - Christchurch
- Day 11 Christchurch
- Day 12 Christchurch - Mt. Cook Region
- Day 13 Mt. Cook Region - Dunedin
- Day 14 Dunedin
- Day 15 Dunedin - Queenstown
- Day 16 Queenstown - Milford Sound - Queenstown
- Day 17 Queenstown
- Day 18 Queenstown - Tour Ends
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services
Where You'll Stay
All accommodations are subject to change
Rydges Auckland
HotelDays 1, 2Scenic Hotel Bay of Islands
HotelDays 3, 4Sudima Lake Rotorua Hotel
HotelDays 5, 6Novotel
HotelDays 7, 8Distinction
HotelDays 9, 10The Hermitage Hotel
Hotelday 11Scenic Hotel Southern Cross
HotelDays 12, 13Novotel Queenstown Lakeside
HotelDays 14, 15, 16
Operated by
Collette
Number of tours
289
Age Range
5 to 99 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
92%
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Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- AccommodationExcellent
- ADeldi· October 30th, 2024Collette’s Covid policies leave a lot to be desired. Tour inclusions would have been nice but most of the best ones were rained out including Fiji extension. Tour leader was amazing.Trip date: January 2023Review collected by Collette
- ADiane· October 30th, 2024Our tour took started on the day that a state-of-emergency was declared in Aukland because of completely excessive rainfall and flooding/landslides. The next 10 days were spent one step ahead of the next disaster. Through it all, our tour manager (and the coach driver) were innovative and flexible with itinerary changes that may have ended up improving over the original plans! One example was the visit to the Antarctic Center, which was just plain fun. Collette's home office was good about approving and footing the bill for "substitute" activities to make up for planned activities that were closed/canceled because of the disaster, which we appreciate. We also enjoyed having a very small tour group of people who were on-time for departures and flexible about schedule/itinerary changes. A good experience overall, and we know it had a lot to do with our tour manager and driver working hard on our behalf.Show moreTrip date: January 2023Review collected by Collette
- AJohnette· October 30th, 2024No……….. I already did thisTrip date: February 2023Review collected by Collette
- AChristine· October 30th, 2024I think the flight schedule was not as thought out. I had an eight-hour layover in Chicago. The same airline had two additional flights after the flight from St. Louis that would have reduced the layover by hours. An eight hour layover is too long before a 16-hour flight. Also, there was a lot of driving. I thin you could have cut out one stop and reduced the driving significantly. Our tour guide was excellent and did a great job distracting us from all of the driving, but there was too much!Show moreTrip date: March 2023Review collected by Collette
- AWilliam· October 30th, 2024Our tour guide, Sharon, arranged birthday surprises from the hotel and group dinner location in Wellington for my 76th. Balloons, glitter and a banner in the hotel and a birthday cake and Happy Birthday serenade from the members of our tour and restaurant staff. Incredible!Show moreTrip date: March 2023Review collected by Collette
- AMargaret· October 30th, 2024New Zealand is a beautiful country. Learning about the Maori people was very interesting. I enjoyed the food and me fellow travellers.Trip date: March 2023Review collected by Collette
- AMichael· October 30th, 2024The Collette Tour was exactly what we were hoping for. To discover the wonders of New Zealand from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island. The tour allowed us to see the diversity of the country, which opened our eyes to a number of places we wish to return to. It would be hard to pick one memorable moment. You see, from what we could tell, our guide made slight changes in our itinerary allowing us to enjoy incredible scenes and moments that we felt would not usually be enjoyed on most competitive tours. His knowledge around every corner of our 1939-mile trip was uncanny. From the best view, best bus parking areas, hints on the best places to sit on the boats that carried us to incredible waterfalls, views of wonderful sea life and don’t forget those ever-important rest stops. We traveled in a great coach with a professional and knowledgeable driver (a resident of New Zealand) around Auckland, through the lands of the MÄori, back through rolling hills to the South Island of snow-covered knife edged mountains. Then you have the residents. Almost overly friendly and helpful. From the people in the airports to the everyday person you met on the street. It was such a treat to be in that type of atmosphere. A Collette tour must be on anyone’s top tour list. Thank you, Collette, and Joshua (Our Guide)! -- Oh, can't forget to thank our delightful fellow coach team who always tried to be on time!Show moreTrip date: October 2023Review collected by Collette
- ABarbara· October 30th, 2024Learned alot about new zealand. Tour was well organized and tour guides were very helpfulTrip date: December 2023Review collected by Collette
- AMarie· October 30th, 2024Comfortable coach, great hotels, variety of high quality food, ratio tour and free time about right, fine tour guide, nice variety of activities that gave us a taste of nature, history, ethnic background and geological happeningsTrip date: January 2024Review collected by Collette
- APaul· October 30th, 2024Great tour. Very professional and well planned.Trip date: January 2024Review collected by Collette
Dates & Availability
18 days
Exploring New Zealand's Wonders featuring the North & South Islands (Auckland to Queenstown) (2025)
From Auckland to Queenstown
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