Book now! Refund Policy: Prior to departure Autumn Rail and Coach Tour www.reidtours.com Call, email or write to us with your Reid Tours will refund you fare less name and postal address and we’ll any costs it cannot recover. No post a booking form to you. refunds are possible once the tour has commenced. Fifteen-day tour of New Zealand: 24 April – 8 May 2015 0800 446 886 Deposit of $200 per person at time $3,995 per person, twin share. The single room supplement is $1,395. of booking. A confirmation of final Air flight to Christchurch from any North Island city/town serviced by Air NZ. [email protected] tour details will be posted eight weeks prior to departure. Final Postal address: balance due six weeks prior to Ten-day tour of the South Island only: 24 April – 3 May 2015 Reid Tours, P.O. Box 39-141, departure. $2,795 per person, twin share. The single room supplement is $975. Harewood, Christchurch 8545 Seating on the coach will be rotated Return air flights between Christchurch and any North Island city/town serviced by Air NZ. on a daily basis. Please be prepared to comply with this requirement. Book online Payment can be made by cheque, . 14 night’s accommodation, twin share . Milford Sound Cruise Including Lunch To book online, or for more tours, visit: direct credit or Visa. Reid Tours bank account: ANZ 06-0817-0144682-00 . Meals as indicated on Itinerary . www.reidtours.com . 15 days 5 star quality coach travel . Interislander Ferry . Air flight to Christchurch . Turakina Maori Girls College Concert and Dinner Let me know if you require any further . Home pickup and return by Shuttle information. . Tranz Alpine Train . Norther Explorer Train . Agrodome Show Malcolm Reid, . Treewalk Hokitika Reid Tours . TS Earnslaw Cruise and BBQ Lunch . Te Puia Thermal Geysers . Waitomo Caves South Island itinerary Day 9: Mt Cook to Christchurch (B, D) Rydges Hotel You will have the option of a flight onto the Tasman Glacier, before we travel through Lake Day 1: Welcome to Christchurch (D) Rydges Hotel Tekapo, visiting the Church of the Good Shepherd, to Christchurch. After a home pickup fly to Christchurch, a Reid Tours representative will meet you and transfer you to the Rydges Hotel. Enjoy an afternoon sightseeing around Christchurch and Day10, South Island only passengers: Christchurch to home port (B) then the welcome dinner. Meet your fellow passengers, driver and tour manager. After a wonderful breakfast we transfer to the airport. Shuttles will meet your flights and transfer you home. Day 2: Christchurch to Hokitika via Punakaiki (B, D) Beachfront Hotel This morning we join the award winning Tranz Alpine Train as it journeys across the Canterbury Plains and through the scenic Waimakairi Gorge onto the Alpine Village of North Island itinerary Arthurs Pass in the Southern Alps. We re-join our coach to travel to Punakaiki and continue to the Historic Gold town of Hokitika. Day 10: Christchurch to (B) We join the Coastal Pacific Train for its amazing journey to Picton via the East Coast to join Day 3: Hokitika to Fox Glacier (B) Westhaven the Interislander ferry in Picton. We arrive into Wellington late afternoon. You can also fly We visit the Hokitika Gorge where it emerges from the Alps, then on to the Treetop walk at from Christchurch to Wellington if you would prefer a shorter day. Lake Mahinapua. Enjoy views of the Southern Alps, rain forest and Lake Mahinapua. We are staying at Fox Glacier for the night. The glacial hot pools are optional. Tonight you are Day 11: Wellington to Palmerston North (B, D) Copthorne Hotel free to dine at one of the many cafes and restaurants in Fox Glacier. We visit Te Papa, New Zealand’s National Museum, and enjoy a tour of Wellington before we travel north to Palmerston North to check into the Copthorne. This evening we attend a Day 4: Fox Glacier to Queenstown (B, D) Hilton Hotel traditional concert and dinner at the prestigious Turakina Maori Girls College. We will enjoy breakfast at the Matheson Cafe with the opportunity to walk to Lake Matheson with its wonderful reflection of Mt Cook. We continue South through ancient Day 12: Palmerston North to the Chateau Tongariro (B, D) rain forest and lakes and cross the Haast Pass and onto Queenstown. We join the Northerner Train. Climbing onto the volcanic plateau, we pass Mt Ruapeh and cross numerous viaducts before descending the amazing Raurimu spiral to Taumaranui. Day 5: Queenstown (B, L) Hilton Hotel We rejoin our coach for a short drive to the stunning Chateau Tongariro at the foot of After a wonderful breakfast in the Wakatipu Restaurant overlooking Lake Wakatipu we join Mount Ruapehu. Tonight enjoy a wonderful meal in this iconic setting. our launch for a boat ride to Queenstown. The vintage steamship Lady of the Lake TSS Earnslaw takes us to Walter Peak Station for lunch. We return in time to explore the town. Day 13: Chateau Tongariro to Rotorua (B, D) Sudima Hotel This evening you are free to dine at one of the many cafes and restaurants in Queenstown. We travel North via Lake Taupo and vist the Huka Falls before continuing onto Rotorua. The Sudima hotel is located by the Lakefront next to the Polynesian Pools. Day 6: Queenstown and Milford Sound (B, L, D) Hilton Hotel We travel to Milford Sound via Te Anau for a buffet lunch cruise on the Sound. Tonight we Day 14: Rotorua (B) Sudima Hotel are dining at Me Mees Restaurant in the Kawarau Village Complex next to the Hilton. We We visit the Agrodome for a performing sheep show and shearing, and then onto Te Puia are can also offer an optional extra of the trip to Doubtful Sound. to see the geysers, boiling mud pools and craft institute. The afternoon is free to relax, explore the town or lie in the Polynesian Pools. Day 7: Queenstown (B) Hilton Hotel Today we travel to Cromwell and a trip into Ben Nevis Station, or if you prefer you have the Day 15: Rotorua to Auckland and home (B) option to explore Queenstown. Our journey North includes a guided tour of the famous Waitomo Caves. We arrive in Auckland in the afternoon. Shuttles will transfer you home. We hope you enjoyed the tour. Day 8: Queenstown to Mt Cook (B, D) Hermitage Hotel

We travel through the Historic Gold town of Cromwell and over the Lindis Pass into the McKenzie Country and then to Mt Cook. We visit the Edmond Hillary Centre, enjoy a Meals are indicated as follows: (B) Breakfast, (L) Lunch and (D) Dinner. wonderful 3D movie and overnight at the Hermitage.