Exploring New Zealand in style with Grand Pacific Tours allows travellers to traverse the length and breadth of the country on a range of all-inclusive coach holidays.
All-inclusive holidays are increasingly popular, convenient and affordable: many travellers prefer to know the total cost of a holiday, including flights, accommodation, meals and activities when they book, with no surprises along the way.
Then there’s relaxing in the comfort of a modern coach, the opportunity to meet likeminded travellers and the delight of your luggage being delivered for you at the hotel.
Grand Pacific Tours’ itineraries, including its Affordable range of eight, nine, 14- and 16-day coach tours, visit heart-stirring landscapes and fascinating experiences.
A 9-Day Taste of the South Island tour departing from Christchurch visits iconic destinations including Lake Tekapo, a glacial lake of turquoise waters surrounded by the snow-capped Southern Alps about three hours south-west of Christchurch.
The alps form the backbone of the South Island. From Lake Tekapo, guests have the option of viewing the mountain splendour on a scenic flight over towering peaks, glaciers and lakes.
The tour visits Oamaru, the childhood home of author Janet Frame, a seaside town featuring heritage buildings that Frame called her ‘kingdom by the sea’, before heading to Dunedin, driving south along the Otago Coast through lush countryside.
One of the best-preserved Victorian and Edwardian-era cities in the Southern Hemisphere, Dunedin, known as the Edinburgh of the South, is surrounded by dramatic hills at the edge of a picturesque harbour.
In Dunedin, guests enjoy an evening of highland dancing and a haggis ceremony, and visit nearby Lanarch Castle, a grand manor that dates to 1871 and is surrounded by hectares of blooming gardens.
After travelling through Balclutha and Gore to Te Anau, the gateway to the beautiful Fiordland region, the tour continues to Milford Sound, arguably one of New Zealand’s most spectacular natural attractions.
Here guests board a launch for an up-close view of Milford Sound’s breathtaking combination of mountain peaks, temperate rainforest, cliffs and waterfalls.
Queenstown, which lies in the shadow of the dramatic Remarkables on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, is another highlight of this tour.
The scenery around Lake Wakatipu has inspired artists and filmmakers and the region has provided memorable settings for films including The Lord of the Ringstrilogy.
Touring includes a cruise of tranquil Lake Wakatipu on board a century-old steamship, and optional adventures include an adrenaline-charged jet-boat ride and the opportunity to get a good look at New Zealand’s national icon at the Kiwi Birdlife Park.
From Queenstown, the coach travels to the old gold-mining settlement of Arrowtown and takes the awe-inspiring Haast Pass across the Southern Alps to the wild and beautiful west coast.
At the tiny township of Arthur’s Pass amid the Southern Alps, board the TranzAlpine, one of the world’s most scenic rail journeys, for a memorable ride through the Waimakariri Basin and Canterbury farmland to Christchurch and the journey’s end.
From Queenstown, the coach travels to the old gold-mining settlement of Arrowtown and takes the awe-inspiring Haast Pass across the Southern Alps to the wild and beautiful west coast.
At the tiny township of Arthur’s Pass amid the Southern Alps, board the TranzAlpine, one of the world’s most scenic rail journeys, for a memorable ride through the Waimakariri Basin and Canterbury farmland to Christchurch and the journey’s end.
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