Our Itinerary

Day 1 February 16th 2010
Fly from Heathrow 21.55

Day 2 February 17th 2010
Arrive Changi Airport 18.30
Night at Peninsular Excelsior Hotel, Singapore

Day 3 February 18th 2010
Day in Singapore
Night at Peninsular Excelsior Hotel

Day 4 February 19th 2010
Morning in Singapore
Fly from Changi Airport 20.05

Day 5 February 20th 2010
Arrive Sydney Airport 06.35
Fly from Sydney Airport 11.30
Arrive Auckland Airport 16.35
Buy spirits up to 3 bottles of spirits each
Pick up rental car
Night at Chifley Suites in Auckland

Day 6 February 21st 2010
Day in Auckland
Ragitoto and Motutapu islands
Auckland museum
National maritime museum
Beehive building
Night at Chifley Suites in Auckland

Day 7 February 22nd 2010
Auckland to Whangarei (165kms)
Night in Whangarei

Day 8 February 23rd 2010
Whangarei to Kataia (178kms)
Night in Kataia

Day 9 February 24th 2010
Kataia to Cape Reinga and back (232kms)
Advise take bus
Night in Kataia

Day 10 February 25th 2010
Kataia to Dargaville (169kms)
Night at Dargaville

 
Day 11 February 26th 2010
Dargaville to Auckland
Visit Kauri Museum 45 kms south of Dargaville
Night in Auckland

Day 12 February 27th 2010
Auckland to Whitianga (199kms)
Visit Hot Water beach
Night in Whitianga

Day 13 February 28th 2010
Whitianga to Tauranga (189kms)
Meet Jill and David
Night in Tauranga

Day 14 March 1st 2010
Tauranga to Rotorua (86kms)
Night in Rotorua

Day 15 March 2nd
Visit Wai-O-Tapu and Lady Knox geyser
Rotorua to Taupo (86)kms
Night in Taupo

Day 16 March 3rd
Taupo to Napier or Havelock (143kms)
Visit Hawkes Bay and Marlborough(wine)
Visit Art Deco buildings in Napier
Night in Napier

Day 17 March 4th
Napier to Wellington (323kms)
Night in Wellington

Day 18 March 5th
Karori Sanctuary
Museum of New Zealand
Ferry crossing to South Island
Night at Picton in Broadway Motel

Day 19 March 6th
Picton to Kaikoura (157kms)
Whale watching off Kaikoura Peninsular (fur seals, dusky dolphins and wandering albatross)
Night in Kaikoura

Day 20 March 7th
Kaikoura to Nelson (245kms)
Night in Nelson

 
Day 21 March 8th
Nelson to Collingwood (135 kms)
Abel Tasman National Park 60kms from Nelson on E end of Golden Bay
Trip to Farewell Spit
Night in Collingwood

Day 22 March 9th
Collingwood to Murchison (219kms)
Night in Murchison

Day 23 March 10th
Murchison to Karamea (198kms)
Oparara Basin
Night in Karamea

Day 24 March 11th
Karamea to Greymouth (198kms)
Punakaili Pancake rocks and blowhole
Night in Greymouth

Day 25 March 12th
Greymouth to Franz Josef Glacier (177 kms)
Carving in Hokitika
Night in Franz Josef and Fox glacier area

Day 26 March 13th
Day at glaciers
Night in Franz Josef and Fox glacier area

Day 27 March 14th
Franz Josef Glacier to Wanaka (287kms)
Night in Wanaka

Day 28 March 15th
Wanaka to Queenstown (117kms)
Mount Aspiring National Park
Mining cottages at Arrowtown
Night in Queenstown

Day 29 March 16th
Queenstown to Te Anau (170kms)
In Queenstown gondola ride to Bob’s Peak
Te Anau glow worm caves
Night in Te Anau

Day 30 March 17th
Te Anau to Milford Sound and back (242kms)
Night in Te Anau

Day 31 March 18th
Te Anau to Bluff (182kms)
Night in Bluff



Day 32 March 19th
Bluff and Stewart Island area
Kiwi spotting on Stewart Island’s Mason Bay
Night in Bluff

Day 33 March 20th
Bluff to Dunedin (247kms)
The Catlins Coast between Balclutha and Otago
Night in Dunedin

Day 34 March 21st
Dunedin and Otago peninsular
Penguin spotting at penguin spotting
Dunedin Public Art gallery
Taieri Gorge Railway
Baldwin Street – Worlds steepest street
Night in Dunedin

Day 35 March 22nd
Dunedin to Timaru (199kms)
Moeraki boulders at Oamaru
Night in Timaru

Day 36 March 23rd
Timaru to Christchurch (163kms)
Night in Christchurch at Holiday Inn

Day 37 March 24th
Day in Christchurch
Fly from Christchurch to Sydney 3.45pm
Night in Sydney at Somerset Darling Hotel

Day 38 March 25th
Circular Quay and the Rocks

Day 39 March 25th
Opera House and Royal Botanic gardens

Day 40 March 26th
St Mary’s Cathedral and King’s cross

Day 41 March 27th
What a Darling

Day 42 March 28th
Getting out of Sydney- hire a car

Day 43 March 29th
Water- beaches


Day 44 March 30th
Free

Day 45 March 31st
Fly to Changi 16.30

Day 46 April 1st
Arrive Heathrow 05.10