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Tour Overview
Explore New Zealand’s South Island for 10 days including five days on the Queen Charlotte Track. Expect fantastic scenery, invigorating walks, quality accommodation, a world famous train trip and good company. This is a leisurely program that will appeal to those who enjoy a good walk through pristine wilderness without compromising on comforts! Our small group touring program is limited to just eight guests.

The Queen Charlotte Track is one of the most beautiful walks in New Zealand and it is to there that I will be returning in March 2009.

However, our tour program will be far more than just a ‘Short Walk in New Zealand’. We commence with a glorious scenic flight from Wellington, over the Cook Strait and the inlets, coves and islands that make up the Marlborough Sounds.

We also focus on the delicious local cuisine, including excellent seafood and fabulous Sauvignon Blancs of the Marlborough region, while enjoying quality accommodation throughout. At the end of our four day walk (with a rest day in the middle) we will head off to the rugged west coast of the South Island and spend a couple of nights at Fox Glacier via the Punakaiki Rocks just north of Greymouth.

As if this wasn’t a dazzling tour program already, we will enjoy what many rail buffs the world over consider to be one of the greatest one-day rail trips on earth, the famous TranzAlpine, from Greymouth to Christchurch, over the spectacular Southern Alps. If time is not the issue, by all means extend your stay at the end of the program and discover more of the clean, green magic of New Zealand.

A short walk in New Zealand
Dates and costs
2-12 March 2009
$2720 per person twin share, $3320 single, commencing in Wellington and finishing in Christchurch, New Zealand

Best Travels, 82 Bellevue Street, CAMMERAY, NSW 2062
tel (61+) 2 9929 9391 besttravels@ozemail.com.au