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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.
from $299 per person
Bean to Bon-Bon Chocolate Tour
Chocolate - we all love it! This is the tour for all those who want to know more about chocolate. You will have an opportunity to spend two hours with a sensational and passionate chocolatier - learning about the history of chocolate, how to taste it, and rate it, before a hands-on experience making your own! Afterwards enjoy a walk through beautiful Hagley Park and light lunch. A visit to the local fudge factory is also included, for the incurable sweet tooth. Includes hotel transfers, knowledgeable guide, all entries, tastings, and light lunch.
from $194 per person
Akaroa & Banks Peninsula
From Christchurch, travel with your experienced guide in a small group touring vehicle over the Banks Peninsula to Akaroa village, nestled in an ancient volcanic crater. Akaroa - the only French settlement established in New Zealand - is New Zealand’s ‘little Riviera’ with quaint colonial architecture, craft shops, studios, and cafes. Enjoy a harbor cruise to view the rare Hector’s Dolphins. Includes hotel transfers, harbor cruise, picnic morning tea, and cafe lunch.
from $122 per person
Willowbank Wildlife Reserve & Maori Performance
Experience a mix of cultural entertainment and wildlife, starting with a Maori welcome and performance. Following the Maori concert you have the opportunity to view kiwi in their natural habitat. Tour departs nightly. Includes hotel transfers, dinner, performance and nocturnal wildlife spotting.
from $112 per person
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. Includes Hotel transfers, experienced guide, and morning tea.
from $140 per person
Kaikoura Whale Watch Cruise
Spend your day getting close to nature and these amazing giants of the ocean. The rugged and beautiful coastline of the South Island’s east coast draws you to Kaikoura where you board your whale watching cruise. Have lunch in Kaikoura, visit a fur seal colony and a Canterbury vineyard along the way. Includes hotel transfers and lunch.
from $208 per person
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. Includes Hotel transfers.
from $161 per person