# 9-Day Southern Spotlight Tour from Christchurch: Omarama, Dunedin, Te Anau and Queenstown | 1 Country and 6 Cities | 8 Breakfasts & 5 Dinners

Tour in OC — Christchurch → Christchurch.
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## Key facts

- Type: multiday
- Country: OC
- Route: Christchurch → Christchurch
- Duration: 9.00 day
- Price from: $3,917
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- Operator: Tours4Fun Provider 10327

## Summary

• Wonderful Travel: 9 days, 1 country and 6 cities • Meal Inclusions: 8 Breakfasts, 5 Dinners • Make Travel Matter: Your journey deep into Fiordland National Park is helping sustain this wild and wonderful part of New Zealand for future generations • View the Church of the Good Shepherd at Lake Tekapo • MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience - Indoor Guided Dark Sky & Astronomy Experience in Tekapo • Milford Sound/Piopiotahi Nature Cruise • Cruise Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak on TSS Earnslaw Steamship • Gourmet BBQ Dinner and Farm Show at Walter Peak High Country Farm • See Franz Josef Glacier from a panoramic viewpoint • TranzAlpine Train journey through the Southern Alps

## Categories

Shared Room Available, Daily breakfast, Select Meals Included, Local Specialty Meal

## Itinerary

### Day 1: Christchurch

Since its 2010/11 earthquakes, Christchurch has reinvented itself in more ways than one. It's time tonight to meet your Travel Director and travelling companions for drinks.

### Day 2: Christchurch - Omarama

Christchurch is not only rebuilding itself after the devastating 2010/11 earthquakes, but is changing the way architects think about design. Case in point the mind-bending Cathedral, made largely of cardboard, and Turanga, the gold clad central library. You will view these on your city tour. From here, your outlook is the Canterbury Plains: the turquoise waters of Lake Tekapo, the quaint Church of the Good Shepherd, snow-capped mountains and atmospheric towns. Your Indoor Dark Sky Astronomy Experience at Tekapo, hosted by passionate local specialists, will forever change the way you see the night sky. You'll see for yourself it may be one of the quietest spots on the planet, yet it has one of the busiest skies in the universe.

### Day 3: Omarama - Dunedin

Oamaru, with its Victorian heritage buildings, stands proud before you journey further south toward the Edinburgh of the South: Dunedin. It's easy to while away the afternoon in the city's atmospheric art-lined alleys. Or venture further afield to discover the wildlife that thrives in this pretty pocket of the country - fur seals among them. Thirsty? Visit Speight's Brewery, a New Zealand institution.

### Day 4: Dunedin - Te Anau

Dunedin's Scottish ancestry is everywhere you look, from the manicured grounds of Otago University to the city's main George Street. Rolling green hills dotted with doe-eyed sheep are replaced by soaring mountains as you weave your way into Fiordland National Park and the South Island's biggest lake and the town of Te Anau. Soak up the serenity - it doesn't get any better than this.

### Day 5: Te Anau - Queenstown

Today on your New Zealand tour, travel the aptly named Devil's Staircase. Winding along the edge of Lake Wakatipu, the Devil's Staircase from Kingston to Queenstown is a breathtaking stretch of road with a combination of lake and Mountain views. Visit the historic gold rush village of Arrowtown, where you can wander the streets, lined with trees and character-filled boutiques, then continue to Queenstown for your two-night stay in the adventure capital of New Zealand. Tonight, glide across Lake Wakatipu aboard the historic TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm for a gourmet barbecue dinner and farm show.

### Day 6: Queenstown Free Time

Take today at your own pace. Like things fast and furious? Feel the wind in your hair on the high-octane Skippers Jet, perhaps. There's a reason why Queenstown is known as the adventure capital of the country. Nature lover? Discover some of New Zealand's feathered friends at a wildlife centre. Wherever you wander, make sure you're back in time to glide across Lake Wakatipu aboard the historic TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm for a gourmet barbecue Highlight Dinner.

### Day 7: Queenstown - Franz Josef/Waiau

Try and keep count of today's lakes. Leaving Lake Wakatipu behind. But Lake Dunstan awaits, as do its orchards. Pause to refuel on flavour-packed stone fruit. Then there's Lake Hawea. Over the Haast Pass to the town of Franz Josef/Waiau, where, this afternoon you may choose to fly over Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine Hukatere.

### Day 8: Franz Josef/Waiau - Christchurch

Swap snow for pounamu (native greenstone or jade) in Hokitika. Just when you thought your adventure couldn't get any better, you'll aboard the TranzAlpine train bound for Christchurch, through tunnels and over viaducts with panoramic views of snow-capped peaks, icy rivers, beech forests, gorges and river valleys. Join your Travel Director tonight for drinks and dinner to celebrate your week touring New Zealand's South Island.

### Day 9: Christchurch

New Zealand's South Island never fails to wow. We hope you find the words to describe this epic New Zealand tour to your family back home.

## Guide languages

English Live

## Links

- Yatra page: https://yatraforfun.com/tour/105263049-southern-spotlight-tour-from-christchurch-9-day
- WhatsApp concierge: https://wa.me/9779708072951