5 Day South Island New Zealand Private Tour from Queenstown
About This Experience
This immersive 5 day tour from Queenstown offers you a perfect mixture of travel each day, visiting the majority of the top attractions in New Zealand's South Island. Enjoy optional handpicked activities and places to stay without needing to worry about planning or driving long distances yourself. The itinerary showcases the beauty of the South Island in a relaxed way. Enjoy comfort of a private tour for your group, benefiting from a knowledgeable guide-driver and a vehicle exclusively for your group throughout the tour. Enjoy the flexibility to choose your own desired activities or opt for a range of handpicked 8-9 optional activities, like a scenic helicopter ride, Milford or Doubtful Sound cruise, a unique tour of the Te Anau Glowworm Caves, a scenic gondola ride, thrill jet boating, stargazing in Dark Sky Reserves, the TranzAlpine scenic train ride, and Guided Kayaking or a Whale Cruise, or a Nature Cruise & visiting an Alpaca farm. Start at Queenstown and finish at Christchurch.
What's Included
- ✓Guide-driver exclusively for your group
- ✓Private transportation
- ✓If any optional activity is canceled by activity provider or unavailable, alternatives are provided
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Glowworm Caves Tour Ticket at Te Anau
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Stargazing Activity Ticket at Lake Tekapo
- ✓Use of charging cables & emergency rain gear
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" Option): Cruise Ticket at Milford Sound or Doubtful Sound
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Guided Kayaking or Whale watching cruise at Kaikōura
- ✓WiFi on board
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Gondola ride with luge & Thrill Jet Boating Ticket at Queenstown
- ✓Packaged snacks & chocolates
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Scenic Helicopter ride ticket at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): Alpaca Farm Tour & Nature Cruise Ticket at Akaroa
- ✓Packaged water bottles
- ✓Optional ("With Tickets" option): TranzAlpine Scenic Train Ticket - Arthur's Pass to Christchurch
- ✓Optional ("With Hotels" Option): Accommodation for 4 nights in 4 to 5-star hotels with breakfast
What's Not Included
- ✗Food & Drinks (except 4 x breakfast with "With Accommodation" option)
- ✗Anything not described in the inclusions
- ✗Travel Insurance
Practical Details
Duration
120h
Cancellation
Check operator for cancellation policy
Operator
Waimate Journeys
Good to Know
- •Service animals allowed
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Specialized infant seats are available
- •Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- •Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- •Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- •Travelers should have their own comprehensive travel insurance
- •Following your booking, the operator will get in touch to confirm your preferences, as applicable
- •With the "With Tickets" option, traveler(s) may swap any of the included activities for alternatives of interest such as Skydiving, Horse Trekking, Scenic Flights, Swimming with Dolphins, Glacier hiking, Relaxing Spa Treatment, Ziplining, etc., subject to availability, cost differences, and route or schedule feasibility
per person
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