Gallery16 Day Amplified NZ Tour | Auckland To Christchurch (Or Reverse) | Haka Tours Highlights
- Get up to 10% cash back per person when you book with us
- A huge 16-day itinerary that covers both the North & South Islands of New Zealand
- The choice to travel from Auckland to Christchurch, or take the reverse itinerary
- 15 nights high-end hostel accommodation, in shared dorm rooms with shared facilities
- Meals: 15 breakfasts & 1 traditional Maori hangi dinner
- Walk to the spectacular arched cavern of Coromandel’s Cathedral Cove
- Visit Te Puia to learn about Maori culture & discover Rotorua’s geothermal wonders
- Board the iconic ferry ride between the North & South Islands across the Cook Strait
- Get up close to Kaikoura’s cutest residents at a local seal colony
- Visit the Church of the Good Sheperd
- Stargaze in Tekapo’s Dark Sky Reserve
- Carve your own pounamu (greenstone/jade) pendant in Franz Josef
- Cross the stunning Southern Alps on the TranzAlpine train
- Services of an expert tour manager
Note: This tour is only running until 31 May 2025, from 1 June there will be a new itinerary. contact us for details.
Please note bookings are on a request basis. You will be contacted within 72 hours to confirm your booking or discuss alternative dates.
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Everyone has their own favourites, but in general, these are the most popular:
- Adrenalin lovers will jump for Skydiving in Taupo
- Challenge yourself by taking NZ's highest Bungy jump in Queenstown
- Black Water Rafting was invented in NZ & in Waitomo, you can see the twinkly lights of glow worms in an underground adventure.
- Go white-water rafting down the world’s highest commercially rafted waterfall!
- Swim with dolphins off the Kaikoura coast.
- Take the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to Heli-Hike a glacier in Franz Josef
Your guide will supply a continental breakfast each morning of your tour. This will consist of cereal, toast, tea, coffee and juice. And we take any special requests also.
Lunches and dinners are at your own expense. Our guides know the best places in each town and city depending on your budget and what you are after, and they will point these out on the way into each location.
Some nights the tour group may choose to cook a meal together. You will head to a supermarket to get everything and then cook as a group at the hostel. Whoever joins in splits the cost, and it usually works out to be about $15 NZD per person. A fun, social and cheap dinner.
Likewise the tour group and guide often head out to a local pub for a beer and a meal. Meals can range from $25 upwards. In summer it’s not uncommon to have a BBQ with a few drinks.
Yes – all cafes and restaurants in New Zealand offer these options. If you can’t see any on the menu, just ask, as most places will happily prepare something for you.
Did you know when you book with us you get up to 10% CASHBACK to use on your next tour? We won’t be beaten on price! Let us know if you find this tour cheaper and we will beat it!
You score up to 10% of your purchase value emailed to you as a one time code to use on your next adventure!
The forwards version of this tour starts in Auckland at 8am on Day 1 and wraps up at 8pm on the evening of Day 16 in Christchurch, and your final night of accommodation is included.
The reverse version of this tour starts in Christchurch at 8am on Day 1 and wraps up at 8pm on the evening of Day 16 in Auckland, and your final night of accommodation is included.
Haka Tours is 100% Kiwi therefore your guide will be English speaking. There are generally a number of nationalities on tour meaning the guides are used to tour members not being 100% fluent in English.
Some basic English helps so you can understand the guide’s commentary and instructions.
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