- Enjoy Your Overnight Flight to New Zealand
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Day 1
Depart North America
Depart North America
Day 2
Fly to New Zealand
Fly to New Zealand
Day 3
Welcome to Rotorua!
LEAP Activity: Kia Ora
Welcome to Rotorua!
LEAP Activity: Kia Ora
Day 4
Rotorua
Rotorua
Day 5
Kaingaroa Forest
Kaingaroa Forest
Day 6
Mount Victoria Botanic Gardens
Mount Victoria Botanic ...
Day 7
Christchurch
Christchurch
Day 8
Kaikoura - Whale Watching
Kaikoura - Whale Watchi...
Day 9
TranzAlpine Train - Jet Boat
TranzAlpine Train - Jet...
Day 10
Return Home
Return Home
Destinations Visited
RotoruaWellingtonChristchurchMount VictoriaKaingaroa Forest
Highlights
Māori PerformerWhakarewarewa Thermal ParkWhale Watching ExcursionWellingtonArthur's Pass National ParkSheep Shearing Demonstration
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3 Free College Credits included with this trip
Highlights
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Your Adventure, Day by Day
- Cross the International Date Line en route to 'the land down under'.
- Arrive in Rotorua Arrive in Rotorua on the morning of day three and begin exploring.
- LEAP Activity: Kia Ora
- Rainbow Springs Nature Park and Kiwi Encounter See native plants and wildlife at Rainbow Springs Nature Park. Experience a Kiwi Encounter – learn about this endangered bird species and observe them up close.
- Visit the Agrodome See the famous Sheep Show.
- Te Puia and Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley A local guide brings you to Te Puia and amazing Whakarewarewa Geothermal Valley, with its active geysers, hot springs and mud pools.
- Cultural Workshop You'll learn about Maori traditions and art, and have the opportunity to create carvings and weavings of your own.
- Skyline Gondola Ride and Skyline Luge Enjoy a scenic skyline gondola ride this evening and experience a downhill adventure on the Skyline Luge.
- Visit Kaingaroa Forest This morning you will visit the largest forest in the North Island of New Zealand. Kaingaroa Forest is a privately owned forest and one of the oldest softwood plantation forests in the world.
- Continue to Wellington this afternoon.
- Explore the Blue Mountains & Mount Victoria Head to the Blue Mountains today to explore Mount Victoria, a historic mountain village, and the beautiful botanic gardens.
- Visit Parliament visit the Parliament of New Zealand (if available).
- Tour Te Papa Museum Tour Te Papa Museum, the national museum of New Zealand, with a local guide.
- Flight to Christchurch Board a morning flight to Christchurch.
- International Antartic Centre Learn about the creatures of Antarctica at the International Antarctic Centre, including a Penguin Encounter.
- Enjoy a Snowmobile Ride this Afternoon
- Full Day Excursion to Kaikoura Take a full-day excursion to cross the farmland of North Canterbury to the coastal township of Kaikoura. Board a whale watching boat for the edge of the continental shelf.
- TranzAlpine Rail Service Board the TranzAlpine Rail Service into the Southern Alps.
- Arthur's Pass National Park Stroll the beech forests of Arthur’s Pass National Park.
- Speedboat Down the Waimakariri River
- Sheep-Shearing Demonstration Sip afternoon tea at the Homebush Stables and watch a sheep-shearing demonstration for a view into New Zealand culture.
- Board your Flight Home to the United States.
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