Autumn Colours - 25 April 2024 - Fiordland Discovery - Flipbook - Page 2
Day 1 – Thu 25 April 2024
12:20pm
2:15pm
Depart Auckland on Air New Zealand
Arrive Queenstown
Midday flight with Air New Zealand - Auckland to Queenstown.
Flights from other Air NZ airports can be arranged. On arrival
transfer to the hotel. Free afternoon.
Day 3 – Sat 27 April 2024
After breakfast we leave Queenstown by Mercedes Mini- coach
for a scenic drive to Te Anau. We’ll make a stop at the famous
Coffee Bomb in Garston, before heading to Davaar Station for a
farm tour and farm lunch. We’ll arrive in Te Anau mid-afternoon
and check-in to our hotel.
Hotel:
Hotel:
Distinction Luxmore Hotel – Deluxe room
1 night incl breakfast
The Rees Luxury Hotel – Lakeview room
2 nights incl breakfast
Day 4: Sun 28 April 2024
Evening: Meet for Welcome drinks in the lobby
before we take the shuttle into town for our
special Bon Voyage dinner at Rata Dining
We join our Northern Fiords cruise this afternoon at Milford
Sound, but there are two options today for you to choose from:
Day 2 – Fri 26 April 2024
Option 1: Milford Track Walk
This morning we head to Arrowtown where we join a historic
walking tour of “Autumn Colours Central”. We then head to
Gibbston Valley Winery for a unique tasting in their wine cave
before going on to the Kinross Winery cellar door for a special
tasting of the wines from the five neighbourhood wineries they
represent. We follow this with a tasty Al fresco platter lunch. Free
afternoon and evening.
If you would like to experience a sampler walk on Milford track
we will leave the hotel quite early and drive to Milford Sound. On
arrival we transfer to Milford Track by water taxi. This is a guided
walk, maximum distance covered 11 km return - moderate walk
with 50m elevation gain. We’ll see the best water fall and enjoy
lush bush surrounded by towering cliffs. From Sandfly Point we
take the water taxi back to the marina.