15 days
The Discovery
Subtropical one week, alpine the next, with nights on stations few travellers ever see.
First-time visitors · Luxury seekers · Couples · Year-round
There is a moment at Huka Lodge, with the river going past the lawn, when the country stops being a list of places. This journey runs north to south through the lodges that made New Zealand's name: Huka Lodge on the Waikato, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers above the Pacific, Wharekauhau on its sheep station at Palliser Bay, Otahuna outside Christchurch, and Matakauri on Lake Wakatipu to finish.
Between them, the things few travellers get to do. A helicopter into the Kaimanawa ranges to find the wild horses. A private boat on Lake Taupō. A morning among the dolphins at Akaroa. Milford Sound from the air. Long dinners most nights, because that is where a day gets remembered.
For guests who want the classic journey done properly, and to come home with the country's quieter stories as well as its famous ones.
Key experiences
- Huka Lodge, birthplace of New Zealand luxury hospitality
- Private helicopter tour of Tongariro National Park
- Private boat charter on Lake Taupō
- The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, 6,000 rolling acres
- Wharekauhau Country Estate, 3,000-acre working sheep station
- Behind-the-scenes Te Papa Museum tour
- Akaroa harbour cruise, Hector's Dolphins and Blue Penguins
- Milford Sound heli-cruise-heli with glacier landing
Your route
Day by day
Welcome to New Zealand. Private transfer to the Park Hyatt Auckland, a refined waterfront sanctuary in the heart of the city's premier maritime precinct. Guaranteed early check-in, with time to explore Britomart boutiques or dine at the waterfront.
- Met at the airport, privately
- Park Hyatt Auckland
Overnight Park Hyatt Auckland
What's included
- 14 nights across six of the country's finest lodges
- Park Hyatt Auckland, Huka Lodge (all meals), Cape Kidnappers (B&D), Wharekauhau (B&D), Otahuna Lodge (four-course dinner), Matakauri Lodge (B&D)
- Private airport transfers throughout, met at the door
- Choice of bespoke Auckland excursion (Waiheke, Wildlife, Cultural, or West Coast)
- Private Footwhistle Glowworm Cave tour
- Private helicopter to Tongariro National Park with wilderness landing
- Private boat charter on Lake Taupō
- Wharekauhau Farm Tour and Martinborough winery lunch
- Private Te Papa behind-the-scenes tour
- Akaroa harbour cruise and gourmet picnic
- Milford Sound heli-cruise-heli with glacier landing
- Choice of Queenstown signature experience (Wine Tour, Routeburn Hike, or Wilderness Safari & Stargazing)
Health and safety in New Zealand, what to know before you come.
Every journey is fully customisable
Your composition, 15 days
The Discovery
Every journey is fully customisable.
The journey in photographs
The regions this journey passes through
In experienced hands
By PPG Tours
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