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A Taste of the South Family Adventure

This 8 day tour starts in Christchurch and finishes in Christchurch.

This 8 day scenic route will give you a wonderful 'taste' of the South Island’s beauty and iconic attractions.  Along the way you’ll experience exciting adventure while getting up close to icebergs in Mt Cook National Park and landing on a glacier on the West Coast.  With many included activities and fantastic family accommodation, this is the ultimate taste of the south.

Accommodation type on this tour is: Motels.

This tour also features:

Included activity: Electronic Travel Guide and In-Country Support App

Included activity: Private Transfer Christchurch International Airport to Christchurch Accommodation

Included activity: The Visitor Promise - Cultural Learning Course

Included activity: Glacier Explorers

Included activity: Penguin Tour with The Opera

Included activity: Te Anau Glowworm Caves with RealNZ

Included activity: Lord of the Rings Queenstown Tour with Nomad Safaris

Included activity: TSS Earnslaw Cruise and Walter Peak Gourmet BBQ Dinner

Included activity: Twin Glacier Scenic Helicopter Flight with The Helicopter Line

Included activity: TranzAlpine Scenic Train: Greymouth to Christchurch

Included activity: Shared Transfer from Christchurch Train Station to Christchurch CBD Accommodation with Christchurch Touring Company

Included activity: Private Transfer from Accommodation to Airport with Christchurch Touring Company

1 special dinner

Itinerary summary for: A Taste of the South Family Adventure

Day 1: Arrive into Christchurch
Accommodation: Quest on Cambridge

Day 2: Cross the Canterbury Plains into the MacKenzie Country for your amazing glacier explorer tour
Accommodation: Mt Cook Motel

Day 3: Mt. Cook National Park to Dunedin
Accommodation: Motel on York

Day 4: Dunedin to Te Anau and a visit to the Te Anau Glow Worm Caves
Accommodation: Radfords on the Lake

Day 5: Today off to Queenstown for a 4WD adventure then dinner across the lake at Walter Peak
Accommodation: Scenic Suites Queenstown

Day 6: Travel the spectacular Haast Pass to the West Coast for your scenic Helicopter flight with snow landing
Accommodation: 58 on Cron Motel

Day 7: Drive north along the stunning West Coast Road and take the TranzAlpine train to Christchurch
Accommodation: Quest on Cambridge

Day 8: Depart Christchurch today