10D7N New Zealand Discovery

Depart Manila via Philippine Airlines.

Meet and greet service at the airport for transfer to hotel or check-in. Admission in Sky Tower is included. Have your dinner at Fortuna Buffet Restaurant (Except for March departure due to evening arrival at 9:50 PM). Overnight at the hotel.

Proceed to brief Auckland City Sightseeing including Harbour Bridge, Viaduct Basin, Waterfront Wynyard Quarter, Tamaki Drive, Michael Savage Memorial. As time permits, Auckland Domain and Winter Gardens will be included. Travel south via Matamata where you’ll the famous Hobbiton Movie Set. Experience the real middle earth where filming took place for The Lord of The Rings and Hobbit movies. Enjoy buffer Marquee Feast lunch. Continue to Rotorua and commence sightseeing of lakefront and Government Gardens. have your 3-course Gold medal dinner at Aorangi Peak Restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Start your day with a visit to Agrodome for a farm show of sheepdogs and 19 breeds of sheep. Farm and Orchard Tour will follow after. Take a Gondola Ride to admire the surrounding panoramic views as you ascend to the top of Mt. Ngongotaha amidst the beautiful views of Rotorua at Skyline sky rides. Have your buffet lunch at Skyline’s Stratosfare Restaurant. Experience an exhilarating ride on the Luge (optional) – a fun-filled 2-kilometer long gravity ride on a cart that is suitable for all ages. Have some free time for shopping. Then proceed to Te Puia Geo Thermal Reserve for a guided tour. See boiling mud pools and steaming geysers, including the famous Pohutu Geyser and a Maori Cultural performance. Enjoy Hangi buffet dinner. Overnight at the hotel.

Depart for Waitomo Glow Worm Caves Tour (guided). Have an early BBQ buffet lunch at Waitomo Homestead. Drive back to Auckland for your domestic flight to Queenstown. Meet and greet service upon arrival for transfer to dinner at My Thai Restaurant. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Follow the southern arm of Lake Wakatipu to Lumsden, and onward to Lake Te Anau. Enter the Eglinton Valley and travel through the Homer Tunnel to reach Milford Sound. Experience Scenic Cruise with buffet lunch on board. Coach back to Queenstown. (Optional one way fly back at extra cost and weather permitting). Have your Chinese dinner at Memories of Hong Kong. Overnight at the hotel./p>

Enjoy Walter Peak Farm excursion with BBQ lunch via TSS Earnslaw Steamship Cruise. Return to Steamer Wharf and depart for Arrowtown for sightseeing. (Optional Shotover jet boat ride from Gorge Base at extra coast). Have your buffet dinner at Skyline Queenstown’s Stratosfare Restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Have a photo stop at Bungy Jump Site. Enjoy your Wine Tour and Tasting at Gibbston Valley. Depart for Cromwell and a stop at Mrs. Jones Orchard. Have your takeaway of 1kg fresh fruit or ice cream. Continue on to Omarama. Have your BBQ lunch at the Heritage Gateway Hotel. Continue on to Lake Tekapo and photo stop at Church of the Good Shepherd. Journey to Christ Church. Have your Chinese dinner at Joyful Restaurant. Check-in at the hotel. Overnight.

Explore Christ Church including Cashmere Hills, Canterbury Museum, Botanic Gardens, the exterior of Cardboard Cathedral, Bridge of Remembrance, Avon River and Hagley Park. Have your 2-course express menu lunch at Garden Brasserie at DoubleTree Chateau on the Park. Admission to Antarctic Centre, Hagglund ride and Blue Penguins are included. Transfer to the airport for flight to Auckland.

Home sweet home.

Upon arrival, meet and greet service for transfer to hotel. Have your buffet dinner at the hotel. Overnight.

Proceed for a sightseeing tour including Mt. Victoria, The Beehive Parliament (exterior), Oriental Parade and Waterfront. Take a 1-way cable car ride to Kelburn lookout. Have your Malaysian lunch at Istana Malaysia. Have your guided tour at Zealandia – an eco-attraction and groundbreaking restoration project. Chinese dinner at the local restaurant is included. Overnight at the hotel.

Visit Weta Workshop for 45-minute guided tour of special effects for the movie, etc. as in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Transfer to Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. Have your 2-course lunch at Te Papa cafe, 60-minute guided highlights tour of Te Papa is included. Visit ‘Gelissimo Gelato’ on waterfront – 1 ice cream included per person. Transfer back to the hotel and free time at leisure. Dinner at leisure in Wellington on own as there are many restaurants close by the hotel. Overnight.

Enjoy shopping at the Golden Mile and Cuba Street. Have your lunch at the hotel. Enjoy free time until transfer to airport for flight back to Manila via Auckland.

Home sweet home.