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Queenstown, New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier
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Optionals

On every itinerary, we offer a range of optional excursions that allow you to further enhance your experience should you so choose. These are purchased when you are on your trip, via your Trafalgar Travel Director. Depending on the region visited these can be paid with cash or credit card.

  • Tekapo / Mt Cook

    • + Air Safaris The Grand Traverse Scenic Flight Explore the alpine wonderland of the Southern Alps' highest peaks and glacial lakes on this 50-minute scenic flight including Murchison Glacier, Tasman Glacier, Main Divide, Franz Joseph Glacier, Fox Glacier, Westland coastal rainforests and Mount Cook

  • Franz Josef Glacier

    • + Haast River Safari Travel on a purpose built fully enclosed river jet boat with front-loading access. Great visibility is ensured, yet you remain warm, dry and comfortable, making this a unique and safe experience suitable for anyone of any age to participate in and enjoy. While the scenic value is terrific on a sunny day, the valley is equally awesome during rain with mist shrouding the forest, waterfalls in full flow. Learn from the local & highly experienced driver/guides about the physical attributes of this remarkable glacial valley, where temperate rainforest thrives.

    • + The Helicopter Line Mountain Scenic Spectacular Discover the gigantic expanse of the Franz Josef and Fox snowfields on this 40-minute scenic flight. Cross the main divide for breathtaking views of Mt Cook, New Zealand's highest peak. Highlights include a snow landing, Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers and Mt Cook.

    • + The Helicopter Line Twin Glacier Scenic Flight From a mantle of pure white snow massive rivers of ice wind their way down glacier valleys - explore the glaciers, an incredible natural phenomenon on this 30-minute scenic flight. Highlights include a snow landing at the head of the Franz Josef or Fox Glacier.

    • + The Helicopter Line Neve Discoverer Lift off and fly up and over the Franz Josef or Fox Glacier to land amongst this alpine wonderland on a 20-minute scenic flight. Highlights include landing at the head of the Franz Josef or Fox Glacier and snow or icefall landing.

    • + West Coast Wildlife Centre The West Coast Wildlife Centre, New Zealand, is a brand new all weather attraction located in the centre of Franz Josef. It is the official home to the incubation and captive rearing programme for New Zealand's rarest Kiwi - the Rowi and Haast tokoeka. The forest and bush around the West Coast are largely dense and untouched and the undergrowth is teeming with incredible wildlife - much of which is rarely seen as it is.

  • Queenstown

    • + Kiwi Haka Ride on the Gondola cableway to the Skyline Restaurant. Enjoy a spiritual journey of Maori cultural and customs as told through traditional song and dance. Set in an intimate theatre surrounded by traditional decorations and mythical carved legends of the Wakatipu and surrounding areas. Up to 8 to 10 performers will be on stage for group song and dance.

    • + Kiwi Haka Skyline Restaurant Why not combine both activities, and enjoy a sumptuous dinner followed by a dazzling cultural performance at the Skyline Restaurant

    • + Queenstown Heritage Skippers Canyon Vista Tour You travel for 3 hours through historic Skippers Canyon in a comfortable 4WD minibus. All photo stops are on demand and enable you to take fascinating pictures of this remarkable natural landscape. We guarantee that you will be thrilled by this breathtaking canyon - it will surely impress you by its grandeur.

    • + Queenstown Heritage Skippers Canyon Tour Enjoy all that this breathtaking area has to offer: stunning scenery, peace and quiet and an exciting history. Located in Queenstown's backcountry, Skippers Canyon is one of New Zealand's best kept secrets. You will travel on Skippers Road alongside the Shotover River at a leisurely pace. You will then safely reach Skippers Point in the Mount Aurum Conservation Area and enjoy a lovely morning tea.

    • + Nomad 4WD Safari Be amazed by both the man-made and natural features on this 4-hour 4WD safari from Queenstown. The tour incorporates some of the major scenes in "Lord of the Rings" incl Heaven & Hells Gate, Maori Point, Lighthouse rock, Blue Slip, Skippers Bridge, Skippers Settlement and gold panning in the Shotover River.

    • + Queenstown Rafting Kawarau River Rafting 4 hours of rafting including transfer to Cavell's rafting lodge to collect your wetsuit and other rafting equipment. Transfer to Kawarau River put-in point for extensive safety instructions and training in paddling techniques. Then raft the mighty Kawarau River! Hot showers, sauna and complimentary tea/coffee await you at the end of this adventure. Return transfer to your hotel. (Rafting not available to children under 13 years.)

    • + Skippers Canyon Jet Land Tour Skippers Canyon Jet are the only company to offer a complete 4WD tour of Skippers Canyon and access to the unique mining relics available in the Sainsbury gold claim museum. Following the winding, yet majestic Skippers road, which carves its way down from the Coronet Peak ski road, over the saddle and down "Long gully" through to Skippers Canyon; your guide will detail the history of the road, hardships of the miners and how many miners were killed building the road over a century ago.

    • + Queenstown Wine Trail Summer Sampler You begin your tour to the Gibbston Valley Winery. Enjoy a unique wine caves tour and visit the new Amisfield Champagne House. After the tour enjoy a luncheon.

    • + Queenstown Original Wine Tour You begin your tour with a visit to the Gibbston Valley Winery. Enjoy a unique wine caves tour and visit the Amisfield Champagne House.

    • + Remarkable Experience Take part in a 3 hour journey aboard a grand old 1937 Chevrolet bus, lovingly restored to all her former glory. Travelling with the unique, convertible top down enjoy a complete circuit of Queenstown through to picturesque Arrowtown. The final stop overlooks Lake Hayes and here you can taste wines from grapes grown onsite and indulge in mouth-watering cuisine in the cosy gallery or dine al fresco.

    • + Shotover Jet Ride Enjoy a 30-minute jet boat ride down the mighty Shotover River and through Shotover Canyon with the only company permitted to operate in this area. Once aboard, your driver puts the famous big red jet boat through its paces, speeding past rocky outcrops with only inches to spare and twisting through narrow canyons. A major highlight is experiencing the famous "Shotover Jet turn" where your boat spins through a full 360 degrees turn. Includes return transfers from your hotel. (Duration: 1.5 hours in total)

    • + Skyline Restaurant Ride on the Gondola cableway, which whisks you smoothly up 450 metres as Queenstown drops away below. Breathtaking views from the top extend almost full circle, from Coronet Peak to the Remarkables and on to Cecil and Walter Peak on the other side of beautiful Lake Wakatipu. Enjoy a buffet dinner in a restaurant where you're guaranteed stunning views from every table.

    • + Ziptrek Ecotours Ziptrek Ecotours is a spectacular and exhilarating flying fox eco-adventure through the forest canopy high above Queenstown, on Skyline Gondola hill.

    • + Thunder Jet Experience a thrilling, high-speed one-hour adventure from Frankton Marina or Queenstown Bay, skimming across peaceful Lake Wakatipu with its backdrop of spectacular mountains before plunging between dramatic high cliffs. Hold on tight as the jet boat twists and turns its way through braided river, travelling up to 90 kilometres per hour in just centimetres of waters.

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Hotel Class Key
  • SF= Superior First Class, F = First Class, MF = Moderate First Class, ST = Superior Tourist, D = Deluxe and MD = Moderate Deluxe.
  • Hotels are subject to change.
Notes
  • * For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms.
  • ^Twin-share option not available for trips to South America., Costa Rica, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii or for any holiday & cruise combination, or in Asia and Eastern Mediterranean except Highlights of Turkey (without cruise) & Best of Turkey.

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