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New Zealand Vista (2026/2027, Best Buys)

14 days
From Auckland to Christchurch
4.8
8 traveler reviews
New Zealand Vista (2026/2027, Best Buys) - AAT Kings
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Plan your adventure:
  • Explorer
  • Family
  • Group
  • Partially Guided
  • Sightseeing
  • Historical
  • Christmas & New Year
  • Wine tasting
Partially Guided
Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
Guided in English
Group Size 20 - 48
Age range 5 to 99
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Highlights

  • Make Travel Matter
  • Dark Sky Project is committed to preserving our night skies by connecting manuhiri (visitors) to the relevance of the night sky via scientific and cultural experiences.
  • Iconic Sites
  • Within World Heritage listed Fiordland National Park, Milford Sound/Piopiotahi is the kind of place you expect to see on postcards. You’re here in real life.
  • Flexible Holidays
  • Freedom in travel? Explore remote reaches of the North Island one minute, then sip wine or zip across Queenstown lakes the next. Ask us for tips.
  • Natural Wonders
  • Get your glow on at the Waitomo Caves, a magical subterranean world lit by thousands of glowworms. Drift along and prepare to be dazzled.

Itinerary

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  1. Introduction
  1. Day 1 Welcome to Auckland
  2. Day 2 Auckland - Rotorua
  3. Day 3 Rotorua Free Time
  4. Day 4 Rotorua - Wellington
  5. Day 5 Wellington - Picton
  6. Day 6 Picton - Christchurch
  7. Day 7 Christchurch - Omarama
  8. Day 8 Omarama - Dunedin
  9. Day 9 Dunedin - Te Anau
  10. Day 10 Te Anau - Queenstown
  11. Day 11 Queenstown Free Time
  12. Day 12 Queenstown - Franz Josef/Waiau
  13. Day 13 Franz Josef/Waiau - Christchurch
  14. Day 14 Farewell from Christchurch
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What's Included

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  • Accommodation
  • Guide
  • Meals
  • Additional Services
  • Free eSIM
    TourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.

What's Not Included

  • Flights
  • Insurance
  • Optional
  • Additional Services

Where You'll Stay

All accommodations are subject to change

Operated by

AAT Kings

Number of tours

266

Age Range

5 to 99 years old

Response time

within 2 days

Response rate

91%

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Customer Reviews

  • Overall Rating
    Excellent
    4.8
  • Itinerary
    Excellent
    4.6
  • Guide
    Excellent
    4.9
  • Transport
    Excellent
    4.7
  • Accommodation
    Excellent
    4.3
  • Food
    Excellent
    4.7
  • 4.4
  • Most Recent
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  • KM
    · March 3rd, 2025
    Optional activities should be scheduled in advance and not as the tour progresses. That way we can know whether or not we can get the activity. If not, it can be scheduled online. I had no access to these activities from Tour Radars website and didn’t know they existed. Luckily I scheduled on my own and got to see what I wanted. Others did not.
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    Trip date: February 2025
  • LF
    · February 25th, 2025
    Excellent, guide and driver were exceptional.
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    Trip date: February 2025
  • BB
    · March 16th, 2024
    New Zealand is a land with many places to see. It is a place rich in sites and in history, owing to the fact that two separate cultures have occupied the space. Fortunately our tour director and guide Chantavee was excellent at explaining both the history and providing context to the sites. I did not lower my reading due to the fact that the bus ride just sucked; it was a necessary part of the overall experience.
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    Trip date: February 2024
  • TT
    · December 24th, 2023
    Excellent tour with experienced Tour Director and Driver from AAT Kings. All excursions with estimated costs should be provided in the ads for the tour so as reader can plan and budget for the overall cost; not just providing these excursions and estimated costs a short period before the Tour.
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    Trip date: December 2023
  • New Zealand Vista (2026/2027, Best Buys) reviewer 5
    · January 24th, 2023
    Good schedule, good accommodation, good tour conductor, good driver
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    Trip date: January 2023
  • DH
    · February 23rd, 2020
    Both the tour guide and driver were excellent as was the quality of both the breakfast and dinner meals. However, with the exception of the Agrodome and the final evening’s farm presentation of a working sheepdog, most of the rest of the tour was average. It certainly didn’t help that the entire Milford fiord tour was cancelled. I am curious as to the size of the promised rebate in view of the importance of “highlight” of the entire tour.
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    AAT Kings commented on this review
    Hi David, thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. We are glad to hear that you enjoyed travelling with our Travel Director and that you enjoyed the meals on the tour, but we are sorry to hear that other parts of the Guided Holiday did not... Show more
    Trip date: January 2020
  • New Zealand Vista (2026/2027, Best Buys) reviewer 7
    · February 18th, 2020
    Great time & good food!
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    AAT Kings commented on this review
    Hello Jane, Many thanks for taking the time to provide us with feedback on our New Zealand Vista tour. We are glad you enjoyed your holiday with us and thanks for sharing your photos. Hope to see you soon on another tour. Many thanks, AAT Kings
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    Trip date: February 2020
  • LI
    · January 13th, 2020
    I am very very heapy - excellent
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    AAT Kings commented on this review
    Dear Leopold, Thanks very much for your review of our New Zealand Vista tour and we hope to welcome you back on board again in the future. Thanks, The Team at AAT Kings
    Trip date: December 2019

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14 days
New Zealand Vista (2026/2027, Best Buys)
From Auckland to Christchurch

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