| Day |
Location |
Stay |
| 1-2 |
Auckland |
(2 nights) |
| |
Tiritiri Matangi Island (by charter boat) |
|
| 3 |
Miranda |
(1 night) |
| |
Miranda Beach |
|
| 4-6 |
Rotorua |
(3 nights) |
| |
Raptor facility, Kaharoa, Rotorua |
|
| |
Lake Rotorua, Wiriaki Forest |
|
| 7 |
Napier |
(1 night) |
| |
Lake Taupo, Ahuriri Estuary |
|
| |
Cape Kidnappers |
|
| 8-9 |
Wellington |
(2 nights) |
| |
Mount Bruce, Kaori Wildlife Sanctuary |
|
| 10-11 |
Kaikorura |
(2 nights) |
| |
Cook Strait (ferry to South Island) |
|
| |
Albatross Encounter pelagic boat tour |
|
| 12 |
Christchurch |
(1 night) |
| |
Christchurch, Akaroa Harbour |
|
| 13 |
Greymouth |
(1 night) |
| |
Arthur's Pass |
|
| 14 |
Okarito |
(1 night) |
| |
Paparoa National Park, Okarito |
|
| 15 |
Fox Glacier |
(1 night) |
| |
Franz Joseph Glacier, Fox Glacier |
|
| 16 |
Queenstown |
(1 night) |
| |
Ahuriri River, Lake Benmore |
|
| 17-18 |
Te Anau |
(2 nights) |
| |
Fiordland National Park |
|
| |
Knobs Flat, Lake Gunn |
|
| |
Homer Tunnel, Milford Sound |
|
| 19-20 |
Dunedin |
(2 nights) |
| |
Otago Peninsula |
|
| 21 |
Twizel |
(1 night) |
| |
Waitaki Valley, Ahuriri River |
|
| |
Lake Pukaki, Mount Cook |
|
| 22-23 |
Christchurch |
(2 nights) |
| |
Mount Cook, Christchurch |
|
| |
Wildlife Reserve, farewell dinner |
|
| 24 |
Return flights or continue with extension |
|
| |
Stewart Island Extension |
|
| Day |
Location |
Stay |
| 24-26 |
Stewart Island |
(3 nights) |
| |
Stewart Island, Mason Bay, Ulva Island |
|
| 27 |
Return flight to Christchurch |
(1 night) |
