16-Day Amplified New Zealand Tour from Auckland
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- Passionate Kiwi guide
- 15 Night Accommodation
- Transportation
- Ride the Tranz Alpine Express Train - one of the world’s top rated train journeys
- Maori Cultural experience in the Coromandel and Rotorua
- Traditional Maori ‘Hangi’ (food cooked using heated rocks in an underground oven)
- Explore an extraordinary geyserland, with candy colored water at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland
- Sail between the North and South Islands across the iconic Cook Strait
- Gondola ride in Queenstown to witness awesome panoramic views of the "Adventure Capital of the World"
- Daily Breakfast
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May 2022
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- Optional activity (availability subject to change) - Black Water Rafting - Canyon Swing - Extra Night’s Accommodation in Christchurch - Extreme Jet Boating - Glacier Heli Hike - Horse Trekking at Glenorchy - Hot Air Ballooning - Kawarau Bridge Bungy - Learn to Surf at Sumner (summer only) - Lord of the Rings Wellington Tour - Lost World Caving Experience - Milford Sound Trip - Nevis Bungy - Quad Biking - Rafting Kaituna River - Scenic Flight - Sea Kayaking - Skydiving over Lake Taupo - Skydiving over Southern Alps - Skydiving over The Remarks - Swimming with Dolphins - The Shire Set Tour in Rotorua - The Tongariro Crossing - The Zorb - Tiger Moth Acrobatic Plane Ride - Water Touch Bungy - Whale Watching - Sledging - Canyoning - Heli-Mountain Biking - Paragliding - Skiing/Snowboarding Day at The Remarkables (winter only) - Middle-earth Tour in Queenstown - Heli-Ice Explorer
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