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Christchurch Tours
Arthur’s Pass National Park with Tranzalpine Train
Arthur’s Pass, in the heart of the Southern Alps offers incredible diversity of flora and landscape by alpine forests. With your experienced guide, you’ll board the Tranzalpine train from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass. Enjoy the forest, river and mountain vistas along the way, before a guided walk in Arthur’s Pass National Park. Also included are view of the Canterbury Plains, and lunch at a country hotel. Includes Hotel transfers, lunch, morning and afternoon teas, and the Tranzalpine train journey.
Bean to Bon-Bon Chocolate Tour
Attention chocolate lovers! Be a chocolate expert and spend two hours with a sensational and passionate chocolatier learning about the history of chocolate, how to taste it, and rate it, and make your own! Then off to a local fudge factory followed by a walk through beautiful Hagley Park and a light lunch. Departs daily at 9am. Duration 4½ hours. Includes Hotel transfers, knowledgeable guide, all entries, tastings, and light lunch.
Kaikoura Whale Watch Cruise
Travel by road or train through North Canterbury’s beautiful landscape to Kaikoura where mountains meet sea, and join your cruise. Have your camera ready to see giant Sperm Whales and acrobatic Dusky Dolphins. In the afternoon you’re up-close at a fur seal colony. Returning to Christchurch enjoy wine tasting in the Waipara Wine Valley. Departs daily at 8am. Duration 11 hours. Includes Hotel transfers, and lunch. Optional upgrades are available. Choose from coach/train.
Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
Travel in a small group touring vehicle to Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula. Nestled in an ancient volcanic crater, Akaroa, or ‘Little Riviera’, is he only French settlement in New Zealand. your guide will showcase sights including quaint colonial architecture. View rare Hector’s Dolphins on your harbor cruise. Departs daily from Christchurch at 8.30am. Duration 9 hours. Includes Hotel transfers, harbor cruise, picnic morning tea, and café lunch.
Christchurch to Queenstown via Mt. Cook
This seat-in-coach tour takes you from Christchurch, through diverse farmland to Lake Tekapo, where you can view the solitary Church of the Good Shepherd. Your driver/guide continues along the Tasman River before arriving at the location of New Zealand’s tallest mountain Aoraki/Mount Cook. There is time to experience an optional scenic helicopter or ski plane flight (weather permitting) before departing for New Zealand’s adventure capital, Queenstown. Departs daily at 7.30am. Duration 11 hours. Includes Hotel transfers.
Christchurch Explorer
Visit two of Christchurch’s main attractions - International Antarctic Centre and Willowbank Wildlife Reserve - before taking a scenic journey on the Christchurch Gondola and the historic Christchurch Tram through the central city. At the International Antarctic Centre experience interactive displays of Antarctica, then later at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve see a wide variety of both native and introduced wildlife. Departs daily at 8.30am. Duration 4 hours. Includes Hotel transfers, experienced guide, and morning tea.