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Iconic North
7 Day Guided Vacation | Auckland to Wellington
Travel Period
The North Island is known for its buzzy cities, from cool Wellington to harbourside Auckland. You’ll visit both on this North Island Tour, plus reveal country secrets like: how kiwi fruit are farmed, why NZ dairy is the world’s best, what a Maori hangi is, and the identity of the most popular beach – you get an insider glimpse, backdropped by glacial lakes and steamy thermals.
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Iconic North
First Choice
7 Day Guided Vacation
Auckland to Wellington
The North Island is known for its buzzy cities, from cool Wellington to harbourside Auckland. You’ll visit both on this North Island Tour, plus reveal country secrets like: how kiwi fruit are farmed, why NZ dairy is the world’s best, what a Maori hangi is, and the identity of the most popular beach – you get an insider glimpse, backdropped by glacial lakes and steamy thermals.
Highlights
Local Connection
Enjoy an exclusive Be My guest lunch with horse-racing royalty at Waikato’s working dairy farm, the Red Barn.
Insider Knowledge
Boating fanatics, rejoice! Go behind the scenes of the America’s Cup at Auckland’s Maritime Museum with an in-the-know guide.
Cultural Immersion
The Tamaki Maori Village Experience reveals Indigenous history through hangi meals and a cultural performance.
Sustainable Footprints
Travel soundly knowing your visit to Te Puia Thermal Reserve ensures the future of its culturally significant Maori Arts and Crafts institute.
Itinerary
Iconic North (Travel Period: 01 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023)
Welcome to Auckland, New Zealand’s City of Sails. Flights can arrive any time prior to 4.00pm and you will be transferred from the airport to your Auckland hotel in your private car. Tonight, enjoy a welcome reception and dinner at your hotel.
Hotel: The Cordis, 2 nights
Included Meals: Dinner with Wine
Enjoy a relaxed start to the day before heading to the New Zealand Maritime Museum for an exclusive America’s Cup tour. Afterwards, enjoy an extended city sights tour of Auckland. Travel around Auckland’s waterfront from central city out to Mission Bay. Prepare your camera for the stop at Bastion Point and the Michael Joseph Savage Memorial, as you will get stunning shots of Auckland, the North Shore and the Waitemata. This afternoon is at leisure.
Included Meals: Breakfast
You’re invited to a Be My Guest lunch at the home of Lance and Bridgette O’Sullivan, New Zealand horse racing royalty. Enjoy a sumptuous country-style lunch at the Red Barn on their beautiful Waikato farm. Later, travel to the harbourside city of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty.
Hotel: Trinity Wharf Tauranga
Included Meals: Dinner with Wine, Be My Guest Lunch, Breakfast
Travel through Te Puke, the kiwifruit capital of New Zealand, which grows around 80% of the country’s kiwifruit. You’ll stop at Kiwifruit Country, a family owned business that is set amongst a 60-hectare orchard. This afternoon, it’s on to Rotorua for an orientation tour that takes in views of Lake Rotorua followed by a visit to Te Puia for a tour through the Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve. Then an evening of culture, history and a Hangi feast Highlight Dinner awaits you at the Tamaki Maori Village.
Hotel: Millennium Hotel, Rotorua, 2 nights
Included Meals: Highlight Dinner, Breakfast
Today choose from a range of Optional sightseeing experiences. You could take a fascinating guided tour through the long galleries and lofty chambers of the world-famous Waitomo Glow worm Caves. Or explore Rotorua and its three lakes in an amphibious WWII era Duck. Your Travel Director will assist you in booking all your chosen optional experiences.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Say Haere Ra (goodbye) to Rotorua this morning and journey out through pine forests and farmland to a little hidden spot, the turquoise torrent of rapids known as Huka Falls. The road ahead unfolds in a broad panorama of Lake Taupo, New Zealand’s largest lake. The stunningly blue fresh water of Lake Taupo is home to some of the best Trout fishing in the world. You will then journey south over the Central Plateau, New Zealand’s main volcanic area, and along the Kapiti Coast to New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington. Tonight, you are free to dine as you wish.
Hotel: James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor
Included Meals: Breakfast
Why not discover more of Wellington this morning? There’s time to visit the Parliament buildings and the Beehive, home to New Zealand’s politicians. Next, you’ll visit Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand and explore the fascinating exhibits at your leisure, including their unique Marae (Meeting House). Later, you will be transferred by private car to Wellington Airport for your onward flight.
Included Meals: Breakfast
Please note: This itinerary may be subject to change.
Accommodation
Your Guided Holiday includes a range of quality accommodation for your comfort.
The accommodation you will enjoy on this tour includes:
The Cordis Auckland exudes a timeless elegance that celebrates the past, yet embraces the future. As a luxury Auckland hotel, we will enchant you with our tradition of graceful living.
- LCD TV
- Work Desk
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Shower Over Bath
- Deluxe Marble Bathroom
- In-room Movies (fee applies)
- Manual temperature control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Iron / Ironing Board
- In-room safe
- Room service
- Business Facilities
- Mini-bar (surcharge)
- Satellite TV
- Broadband Internet access
- Phone
Features
Trinity Wharf Hotel Tauranga offers 4.5 star luxury Tauranga hotel accommodation and apartments with a stunning waterfront location, flexible conference facilities and a waterfront restaurant and bar, just minutes from the Tauranga city centre and Mount Maunganui beach. A leading accommodation and event venue in the Western Bay Of Plenty, Trinity Wharf Tauranga is an urban retreat that captures the very essence of New Zealand hospitality.
- Shower - separate
- Bath
- Tea/Coffee facilities
- Minibar & Fridge
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Bathroom amenities
- Free Wifi
- Hairdryer
- In-room safes
- Iron & ironing board
- TV with Sky TV (cable)
Features
Centrally located in the city beside mystical Lake Rotorua, this hotel is just a brief stroll from the Rotorua Museum, Convention Centres and adjacent to a Polynesian Spa.
- Air Conditioning
- Mini Bar
- Coffee/tea making facilities
- Internet Access
- Sky TV
- Personalised message and wakeup service
- Work Desk
- Radio
- Hair Dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron / Ironing Board
Features
Noted for friendly, professional service and well-appointed accommodation, James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor is the destination of choice for today’s discerning business and holiday traveller.
- Work Desk
- Room service
- Broadband Internet access
- Sky TV
- In-room Movies (fee applies)
- Mini-bar (surcharge)
- Tea & Coffee Facilities
- Iron / Ironing Board
Features
Need accommodation before or after your tour?
Our special discounted rates make booking accommodation with us during your holiday both easy and affordable at selected AAT Kings hotels and resorts. Ask our friendly reservations at the time of booking.
Trip Details
What's included
- • Specialist team of two highly experienced Travel Director and Driver
- • Centrally located premium 4- & 5-star hotels
- • National Park entrance fees
What to Bring
- • Sunglasses, sunscreen and hat
- • Water bottle
- • Warm layers in cooler months
- • Camera
- • Comfortable walking shoes
Fitness Requirements
- • Low level of fitness required
Dining
- • 6 Full Breakfasts
- • 1 Be My Guest Lunch
- • 2 Dinners with Wine
- • 1 Highlight Dinner
Flight Information
- • Day 1: Flights to arrive by 4pm
- • Day 7: Flights to arrive after 2:00pm
