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Are you accustomed to getting what you want? As New Zealand’s premier luxury tour provider, our specialty is giving you what you want. How do we do it? By listening to you, asking questions, and offering intelligent suggestions. You make educated choices, so you already know there is no limit to possibilities for your New Zealand holiday. We help you inform yourself about the activity options which interest you. Then, with our extensive portfolio of exclusive activity providers, assist you in negotiating your way past the good ones, to the top shelf. We have made it our mission to source premium quality activities, unique luxury accommodation, and award - winning cuisine. For a relaxed, personalized, custom tour, contact us.
 
| Tour Length: appx 11 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 8:00 p.m. Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4 INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This tour begins with front door pick up from your (Auckland, Rotorua, or any point in between) accommodation. We make our way through the fabulous Central North Island countryside to the Agrodome, which is all that its name conveys and more. Here we take in a hilariously funny farm show, with brilliantly trained sheepdogs, sheep, and maybe even a cow and a few ducks. There is plenty of opportunity for audience participation and if you like, you might have the opportunity to milk a cow or bottle-feed a lamb. After the show, peruse the fabulous Agrodome gift shop where you can purchase your very own luxurious New Zealand woolen items, as well as other unique souvenirs such as Feijoa wine (yum)! Then it's a short drive over to the gondola for a ride on their brand new state of the art cars, which will carry you up to the Skyline restaurant. Here, you can overlook Lake Rotorua and town, while enjoying a delicious Kiwi lunch. After satisfying your appetite for good food, fun, and scenery, you will be chaufferred to Te Puia, a functioning school set up to teach the ancient Maori arts and crafts so they would not be forgotten in a modern New Zealand. You will be told the ancient stories while you pass beside bubbling mudpools and beautiful blue-green hot spring pools, watching for erupting geysers. Afterward, settle in to your luxurious seat and watch the scenery or the inside of your eyelids while we make the drive back to your accommodation, a relaxing one for you. Back to top 
| Tour Length: 2 days 1 night
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 8:00 p.m.
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4 INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This is a 2 day tour beginning with front door pickup from your (Auckland, Matamata, or any point in between) accommodation. Travel through the beautiful Central North Island countryside to the one and only Hobbiton. This is the only Lord of the Rings film set still partially intact and the scenery is even more beautiful in person than on screen. After visiting the Hobbit Holes, enjoy a scrumptious pre-arranged lunch at the Shire's Rest on-site restaurant. Enjoy more beautiful scenery such as the Fitzgerald Glade on the way to Rotorua. Upon arrival there, we will stop for a ride on the brand new state of the art gondola up to the top of extinct volcano, Mt. Ngongotaha. At the top, you can get your bearings by looking out over Rotorua and surrounding lakes. Then ride the gondola back down. Be chaufferred to Whakarewarewa Valley, inhabited only by Maori who will treat you to a guided tour of their historic village and tell you ancient stories while you pass beside bubbling mudpools and beautiful blue-green hot spring pools, watching for erupting geysers. View a cultural demonstration at the end of this informative and entertaining village tour. At approximately 5:00 p.m., we will arrive at your overnight accommodation where you have free time until the next morning at approximately 9:00 a.m. Enjoy a leisurely, self-guided audio tour of beautiful Rainbow Springs Nature Park. The spring waters are home to four types of trout which come and go freely from Lake Rotorua. Walk through and learn about the native plants and the Redwoods which grow twice as fast here as in their natural habitat! Next, take in one of our famous farm shows, where you will be entertained and educated about New Zealand farming, by highly trained animals and their trainers. No visit to New Zealand is complete without meeting a kiwi, the nocturnal bird which is our national icon. At Kiwi Encounter, a hatchery and nursery where young chicks are raised by staff for release back into the wild, you will enjoy a fabulous open-plan nocturnal area home to adult kiwi, along with wonderful educational exhibits and superb audio visual which provides additional understanding of these unique birds. Enjoy a tasty pre-arranged lunch at the cafe at Rainbow Springs. Finally, ride with us to the Buried Village. Take a tour of Te Wairoa, the only village to be excavated after being buried by boiling mud, rock, and ash from the Mt. Tarawera eruption in 1886 which also destroyed the Pink and White Terraces, formerly drawing visitors from all over the world. Find out what we've learned from New Zealand's greatest natural disaster. We will return you to your (Rotorua, Auckland, or any point in between) accommodation between approximately 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. 
| Tour Length: appx 10 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 7:00 p.m.
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4 INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Queenstown, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| We will begin the day by taking the Back Road past majestic Coronet Peak to quaint, historic Arrowtown where you may view the miner’s cottage and other historic buildings. Then we will go up and over the scenic Crown Ranges Road to Wanaka for a sumptuous lunch. After lunch we will continue along past Lake Dunston and Cromwell and stop at one of Central Otago’s top wineries. Then along through Kawerau Gorge, historic goldmine and Lake Hayes before returning you to your Queenstown accommodation. Back to top 
| Tour Length: Appx 8 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 5:00 p.m.
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This delightful day tour begins with front door pick - up at your Auckland accommodation. From here we travel North on roads winding through beautiful rolling hills spotted with sheep and other livestock. We stop off at the Honey Bee Centre to watch the bees through the glass as they create our delicious New Zealand honey, while we sample numerous varieties from labelled jars on a special sampling table in the shop. Here you may purchase just about anything you can imagine being made from honey, as well as New Zealand’s own “Buzzy Bee” toys. Afterward, we make our way to the historic Bohemian village of Puhoi for a sightseeing tour including St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church, where mass is still read in Latin, and the Puhoi Pub with its “talking walls.” While in Puhoi, we visit the “Art of Cheese” café and cheese shop for a delightful lunch. Then we’re off to one of the big highlights of the day - Sheepworld’s lively and entertaining farm show! After being entertained and educated by the animals and their trainers at Sheepworld, we will drive to the Warkworth Museum, where you not only get to visit the museum, but take a short bush walk if you choose, through the Parry Kauri Forest to see the native New Zealand Kauri trees, among other native bush. This is the last activity before heading back to your accommodation in Auckland, approximately 1 hour’s drive south. Back to top 
| Tour Length: Appx 8 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m
Return: 5:00 p.m
Departing: City Hotels MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 2
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This tour is fun for children of all ages! First, we pick you up at your Auckland accommodation and take you to a surprising location where sharks, giant eels, stingrays and scores of shimmering fish swim the ocean-like depths of Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. Here we will also visit Arctic Encounter, a subterranean world where penguins parade in a wonderland of ice and snow! After Kelly Tarlton’s, we will take you up to the top of the famous Auckland Sky Tower to have lunch in their fabulous restaurant. Then back down to the bottom where we will get back in the Mercedes or Range Rover for a drive over to lovely Mt. Eden for a look at the monument plus 360° views of Auckland. After leaving Mt. Eden, our final destination is the Auckland Museum where you can take in New Zealand history and culture. Then we deliver you comfortably and safely back to your Auckland accommodation. Back to top 
| Tour Length: appx 9 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 6:00 p.m
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This lovely, slow - paced day begins when we pick you up at your hotel front door and drive you in your choice of Mercedes or Range Rover luxury, to join your vessel at Sandspit, Warkworth. During your 2-hour cruise to Kawau Island, enjoy your choice of perfectly grilled steak or fresh fish lunch plus champagne or other drink choice. Upon arrival you’ll have an opportunity to take a tour of the historic “Mansion House” and gardens. Then it’s back on board for the return journey to Sandspit. On arrival at Sandspit, travel a short distance to a local winery for a tour and tasting of lovely New Zealand wines which are beginning to make their mark on the world. Then, last but certainly not least on the day’s itinerary, is the privilege of visiting the Egyptian Cotton workroom and retail shop. Delight your senses in this rarest of boutiques in beautiful Matakana, with the opportunity to take home some of the world’s finest linen. From here, it is only about a 1-hour relaxing, luxurious journey back to your Auckland accommodation. Back to top 
| Tour Length: appx 10 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 7:00 p.m
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Christchurch, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| Begin the day with a relaxing inner city tour combining the heritage of the trams, attractions and historic buildings with the culture of the Garden City. Then we will drive out to Lyttelton Harbor via Lyttelton Tunnel, see the Sign of the Kiwi and have lunch at The Summit of Banks Peninsula. After lunch, we will travel along Summit Road to the French seaside settlement of Akaroa on to Little River, then return you to your Christchurch accommodation. Back to top 
| Tour Length: appx 9 hours
Pick-up: 9:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 6:00 p.m.
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4 INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| Begin the day with front door pick-up at your Auckland accommodation and a luxurious ride in a Mercedes or Range Rover to Goat Island Marine Reserve. Here we will catch a glass - bottom boat for the trip of a lifetime to view the colorful fish inhabiting this natural reserve, without even getting wet! After we awe you with our marine life, we drive you to another beautiful place, this time man-made. Prepare to catch your breath as the showroom of Morris & James Pottery & Tileworks beckons you into a pure visual spectacle of layer upon layer of design and colour from matte black to luscious red. Browse at your leisure and watch the artists at work. Then, as if this weren’t enough, enjoy a delicious lunch at the courtyard café - bar, decorated in what other than the gorgeous pottery and tiles. After a visual and edible feast, indulge your sense of touch, with a visit to an Egyptian cotton workroom and retail shop where exquisite bedlinen, fragrant candles and an appropriate period bungalow setting are the essence of Milford House Linen. Here you will have an opportunity not only to see and touch, but also take home some of the world’s finest linen. Finally, we will visit a local winery for a tour and tasting of lovely New Zealand wines which are beginning to make their mark on the world. Then it’s a very relaxing and scenic 1 - hour trip back to Auckland.  
| Pick-up: 8:00 a.m.
Return: 7:30 p.m.
Departs: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Auckland, Paihia, and all points in between; experienced and friendly guide; travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch
| This popular tour begins with a chauffer - driven trip from Auckland through lovely Rodney District along beautiful coastlines and over the breathtaking Pohuehue Viaduct, up through Northland, to the Bay of Islands. Upon arrival in Paihia, we go directly to the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds, overlooking the Bay of Islands. This is New Zealand’s pre-eminent historic site. It was here on February 6, 1840, that the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between Maori and the British Crown. You will be taken on a guided tour and entertained by the He Tohu cultural performance. After the performance, we will finish our tour and have lunch on site at the award winning café. After lunch, we will make the short drive over to the wharf to catch the fast boat out to Hole in the Rock. We will take you through the inner and outer islands of the Bay to the awe-inspiring scenery of Cape Brett, then cruise through the 'Hole in the Rock and explore deep into Cathedral Cave. The option of pick-up or drop-off at historic Russell is included. After arriving back at the Paihia wharf, we will head back to Auckland, stopping in Kawakawa to visit the amazing Hundertwasser Toilets! You have to see them to believe them! Then you relax in luxury while we do the driving back to Auckland.  
| Tour Length: 2 days 1 night
Pick-up: 8:00 a.m.
Drop-off: 7:30 p.m
Departing: City Hotels
MIN # OF PASSENGERS: 4
INCLUSIONS:
Hotel pick-up and drop-off; professional and friendly guide, travel in luxury air-conditioned vehicle, sumptuous lunch | This popular tour begins with a chauffer - driven trip from Auckland through lovely Rodney District along beautiful coastlines and over the breathtaking Pohuehue Viaduct, up through Northland, to the Bay of Islands. Our first stop is Kerikeri, where we will have a leisurely café lunch in gorgeous surroundings. Then we will visit the historic and fascinating Mission House, New Zealand's oldest standing European building. The garden, first dug in 1820 and cultivated ever since, recalls this mission period. The Stone Store, New Zealand's oldest standing European stone building, was built in 1832-36 to house wheat. The buildings contain relics and displays of their own history and are notable as scarce examples of Regency buildings in New Zealand. From Kerikeri, we will travel back to Paihia, where you will be taken on a guided tour of the unrivaled Waitangi Treaty Grounds, overlooking the Bay of Islands. This is New Zealand's pre-eminent historic site. It was here on February 6, 1840, that the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between Maori and the British Crown. You will come away much richer in knowledge of the people and history of New Zealand. This is the perfect time to check in to our premium Paihia accommodation for free time until the following morning. At 9:30 a.m., we will meet and make our way to the wharf to catch a fast boat over to romantic Russell. While in Russell, we will visit Pompellier House for a fascinating and informative guided tour, including printing press and leather tanning demonstrations. We will also visit historic Christ Church and cemetery, have lunch at a lovely café, and if you like, get an old fashioned scoop of ice cream! Then we catch the fast boat again for a 1 ½ hour trip out to Hole in the Rock. We will take you through the inner and outer islands of the Bay to the awe-inspiring scenery of Cape Brett, then cruise through the Hole in the Rock and explore deep into Cathedral Cave. After arriving back at the Paihia wharf, we will head back to Auckland, last but certainly not least, stopping in Kawakawa to visit the amazing Hundertwasser Toilets! You have to see them to believe them! Then you relax in luxury while we do the driving back to Auckland. Back to top |
