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DAY 15 • Sydney • Sydney Opera House impacting local farmers. We ontinue our journey to DAY 24 • Queenstown • Optional Dart River
Enjoy a guided tour of the Sydney Opera House, Hokitika, arriving in late afternoon. Jet-boat Safari
followed by a walking tour of the historic Rocks B,L — Stopforths Premium Accommodation or similar Today is free or you can join a half-day optional tour
District with lunch at a café overlooking the for an exciting jet-boat ride on the Dart River.
Harbour Bridge. DAY 20 • Hokitika • Meet local artists • B,D — Crowne Plaza or similar
Controversial Topic: Controlling possum
B,L — Novotel Sydney Darling Square or similar
population DAY 25 • Queenstown • Rotorua
DAY 16 • Sydney • Sunset Dinner Cruise Explore Hoktika Gorge this morning. Your afternoon Today we fly to Rotorua, a center for Maori culture
You have a free day to discover Sydney on your discoveries include a guided tour of Hoktika, a jade on New Zealand’s North Island. This afternoon, visit
own. Tonight, enjoy a Sunset Dinner Cruise in carving demonstration, and a visit to a and we’ll the Nest Egg Kiwi Conservation Project and see how
Sydney Harbour. have a private visit to a craft gallery to meet a they raise baby kiwis.
B,D — Novotel Sydney Darling Square or similar local artist. Then, we’ll meet two possum hunters B,D — Distinction Rotorua Hotel or similar
and learn about the Controversial Topic of the
DAY 17 • Christchurch, New Zealand government’s use of 1080 poison to eradicate New DAY 26 • Rotorua • Redwoods Treewalk •
Fly to Christchurch, New Zealand, a recently added Zealand’s surplus possum population. Maori village
destination. We’ll check into our hotel and then B,D — Stopforths Premium Accommodation or similar At Whakarewarewa Forest, walk along a series of
have an orientation walk. suspension bridges set high above the forest floor
B,D — Distinction Christchurch Hotel or similar DAY 21 • Queenstown between giant redwoods. Then, gain insights into
Stop at Arthur’s Pass on the way to the Christchurch Maori culture whan a resident of Ohinemutu guides
DAY 18 • Christchurch • Home- airport, then fly to Queenstown. us through his Māori village on the shores of Lake
Hosted Dinner B,D — Crowne Plaza or similar Rotorua and joins us for lunch.
Set off on a walking tour of Christchurch, a city still B,L — Distinction Rotorua Hotel or similar
recovering from devastating earthquakes in 2011 DAY 22 • Queenstown • Arrowtown
and 2016. After a free afternoon, we’ll split up into Our walking tour of Queenstown ends with a DAY 27 • Waimangu Volcanic Valley •
smaller groups for a Home-Hosted Dinner with gondola ride for sweeping views of Coronet Peak, Optional Canopy Tour
some local families. the Remarkables, Walter and Cecil Peak and the city. Visit Waimangu Volcanic Valley, including the
B,D — Distinction Christchurch Hotel or similar Later, depart for Arrowtown, a small town with a Inferno Crater and Frying Pan Lake, a massive hot
gold mining past. spring, followed by a cruise of Lake Rotomahana.
DAY 19 • Visit local farm • Controversial B — Crowne Plaza or similar The afternoon is free or you can join an optional
Topic: New Zealand’s environment Canopy Tour in an ancient forest on swing bridges
• Hokitika DAY 23 • Milford Sound • Cruise and ziplines.
Visit a working sheep farm in the Rubicon Valley Milford Sound B,L,D — Distinction Rotorua Hotel or similar
and learn how sheepdogs keep the flock together We travel to Milford Sound today, set in the heart of
and witness a sheep-shearing demonstration. We’ll Fiordland National Park, where we’ll board a private DAY 28 • Sanctuary Mountain
also meet the farm owners and hear both sides boat for a scenic cruise. Maungatautari • Auckland
of a debate on the Controversial Topic of how B,L — Crowne Plaza or similar En route to Auckland, visit the Arapuni swing
New Zealand’s campaign on being “100% pure” is bridge and enjoy a bushwalk at Sanctuary
Mountain Maungatautari, a conservation project to
reintroduce endangered species and rare plants back
into a controlled habitat.
B,L — Heritage Auckland or similar

DAY 29 • Auckland
On a city tour of Auckland, learn about the early
settlements of New Zealand and controversial issues
confronting modern-day Maori. Tonight, enjoy a
Farewell Dinner at a local restaurant.
B,D — Heritage Auckland or similar

DAY 30 • Return to U.S.
Transfer to the airport for your flight home, or to
begin your New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, or New!
Fiji’s Tropical Splendor & Captivating Culture post-trip
extension.
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We’ll explore Christchurch’s revitalized city center on Days 17-18.

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