Travel Suggestions

HOLIDAY SHOPPE TOURS

A travel expert has compiled the following suggestions how you can travel throughout New Zealand before or after the convention or both by including the convention in your programme.

10 Days Bay of Islands

Start & Finish in Auckland

Day 1 - Arrive Auckland international airport
Day 2 – Auckland at leisure
Day 3- Auckland to Bay of Islands via East Coast - 270 kms
Day 4 - At Bay of Islands
Day 5 - Bay of Islands to Auckland via West Coast - 420 kms
Day 6 - Depart AucklandFly to Napier for the International Congress of Collectors of Pressiing Irons
Day 7 –Napier
Day 8 –Napier
Day 9 – Napier
Day 10 – Fly Napier to Auckland to connect with your international flight.
Highlights - Cruise to the Hole in the Rock * Cape Reinga NZ’s northern most point * deep sea fishing * the giant kauri trees in the Waipoua forest *

11 Days Central North Island Loop

Start & finish 8 Days Central North Island Loop plus three nights in Napier

Day 1 - Auckland to Coromandel 200 kms
Day 2 - Coromandel to Tauranga 160 kms
Day 3 - Tauranga to Whakatane 120 kms
Day 4 - Whakatane to Gisborne 210 kms (or 394 kms via Hicks Bay)
Day 5 - Gisborne to Napier 215 kms
Day 6 –Napier
Day 7 –Napier
Day 8 – Napier
Day 9 - Napier to Taupo 135 kms
Day 10 - Taupo to Rotorua 80 kms
Day 11 - Rotorua to Auckland 235 kms

Highlights
The rugged coastline & beautiful bays of the Coromandel Peninsula * The Mural town of Katikati * more beautiful beaches around the Bay of Plenty * trips to the active volcano on White Island * the surf beaches near Gisborne * exploring the vineyards around Napier * Art Deco walking tours * the National Aquarium at Napier * cruising & fishing on Lake Taupo * the boiling mud, geysers and Maori culture of Rotorua * horse studs & lush green countryside of the Waikato region.

28 Days New Zealand Splendour

Day 1 - Arrive Christchurch
Day 2 - At Christchurch
Day 3 - Christchurch to Mount Cook 330 kms
Day 4 - At Mount Cook
Day 5 - Mount Cook to Queenstown 320 kms
Day 6 - At Queenstown
Day 7 - Day trip to Milford Sound 580 kms
Day 8 - At Queenstown
Day 9 - Queenstown to Wanaka 110 kms
Day 10 - At Wanaka
Day 11 - Wanaka to Fox Glacier 260 kms
Day 12 - At The Glaciers
Day 13 - Glaciers to Punakaiki 275 kms
Day 14 - Punakaiki to Nelson 280 kms
Day 15 - Day trip to Abel Tasman National Park
Day 16 - Nelson to Picton 120 kms
Day 17 -Picton to Wellington Ferry
Day 18 - At Wellington
Day 19 - Wellington to Martinborough 85 kms
Day 20 - Martinborough to Napier 285 kms
Day 21–Napier
Day 22 –Napier
Day 23 – Napier
Day 24 - Napier to Rotorua via Taupo 215 kms
Day 25 - At Rotorua
Day 26 - Rotorua to Waitomo 180 kms
Day 27 - Waitomo to Auckland 200 kms
Day 28 - At Auckland

Highlights
The very English city of Christchurch * the turquoise hue of glacial-feed Lake Tekapo* majestic Mt Cook * driving through the Lindis Pass * the alpine
splendour of Queenstown * the highly acclaimed scenic drive to Milford Sound* cruising below Mitre Peak * charming Wanaka with it’s beautiful lake* the advancing glaciers of the West Coast* the ocean blowholes at Punakaiki* sunny days & craft trails of Nelson* coastal walks and sail in Abel Tasman National Park* cruise across Cook Strait to Wellington* Te Papa Museum and the café scene of the capital, Wellington* the wineries of Martinborough and Napier* beautiful Lake Taupo* the Maori culture and geothermal wonderland of Rotorua* the glow-worms and limestone caves of Waitomo* cosmopolitan Auckland with it’s majestic harbour

7 Days Top of the South Island

Start & Finish Christchurch. Fly to Christchurch after the convention in Napier

Day 1 - Christchurch to Hanmer Springs - 140 kms
Day 2 - Hanmer Springs to Kaikoura - 140 kms
Day 3 - Kaikoura to Nelson - 250 kms
Day 4 - Day trip to Abel Tasman National Park
Day 5 - Nelson to Punakaiki - 280 kms
Day 6 - Punakaiki to Christchurch - 300 kms
Day 7 - At Christchurch

Highlights
Thermal hot springs of Hanmer Springs * encounters with whales, dolphins & pelagic seabirds of Kaikoura * succulent lobsters * the vineyards of the Marlborough region * sunny days & golden beaches around Nelson * coastal cruises, kayaking & beach walks in pristine Abel Tasman National Park * The seal colony near Westport * the blowholes and pancake rocks of Punakaiki * caving adventures at Greymouth * crossing the majestic Southern Alps enroute to Christchurch * punting on the Avon in beautiful Hagley Park.

11 Days Central South Island

Start & Finish in Christchurch. Fly to Christchurch after the convention in Napier

Day 1 - Arrive Christchurch
Day 2 - Christchurch to West Coast Glacier Region - 400 kms
Day 3 - At Glacier Region
Day 4 - Glacier Region to Queenstown - 400 kms
Day 5 - At Queenstown
Day 6 - Queenstown to Te Anau - 186 kms
Day 7 - Milford Sound day trip - 240 kms
Day 8 - Te Anau to Dunedin - 285 kms
Day 9 - At Dunedin
Day 10 - Dunedin to Christchurch - 360 kms
Day 11 - Depart Christchurch

For more information on the itineraries suggested above please contact Ellen at Holiday Shoppe, Waipukurau.

The following is a list of useful links that may help you organise your trip to and within New Zealand:

www.airnewzealand.co.nz note: Air New Zealand has websites around the world

www.hawkesbaynz.com

www.venues.co.nz

www.paradisegolf.co.nz

Ein Reisespezialist hat fuer Sie Vorschlaege zusammengestellt, wie Sie am Einfachsten eine Reise durch Neuseeland mit dem Kongress verbinden koennen.

Hier sind ein paar nuetzliche Webseiten,, die beim Organisieren Ihrer Reise nuetzlich sein koennten:

www.airnewzealand.co.nz Air New Zealand hat Webseiten in vielen Laendern