small group escapes for mature travellers 2021/2022 tour programme small group escapes for mature travellers 2021/2022 Tour Programme One of the best views of Aoraki/Mt Cook is from Lake Pukaki 4 Introduction to MoaTours 26 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields 42 Christmas in Northland 24 East Cape Caper Tuesday 2 Nov – Monday 8 Nov Thursday 23 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec Tuesday 8 Feb – Sunday 13 Feb 6 MoaTours Activities Friday 5 Nov – Thursday 11 Nov 44 Christmas in Marlborough 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island 2021 8 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Milford Thursday 23 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec & The Catlins SEPTEMBER & Franz Josef Friday 11 Feb – Thursday 17 Feb 8 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Milford & Tuesday 9 Nov – Wednesday 17 Nov 46 Christmas in the Bay Monday 21 Feb – Sunday 27 Feb Franz Josef Friday 24 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec Sunday 12 Sept – Monday 20 Sept 28 Coromandel Caper 38 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields Wednesday 10 Nov – Monday 15 Nov 48 Christmas in Taranaki Saturday 12 Feb – Friday 18 Feb 10 World of WearableArt Awards Show Wednesday 22 Dec – Monday 27 Dec Sunday 20 Feb – Saturday 26 Feb Thursday 30 Sept – Tuesday 5 Oct 30 Molesworth Station, Abel Tasman Friday 24 Dec – Wednesday 29 Dec & Golden Bay 56 Hawkes Bay Art Deco Festival Wednesday 10 Nov – Tuesday 16 Nov OCTOBER 50 Christmas in Otago: Catlins & Stewart Island Thursday 17 Feb – Tuesday 22 Feb 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island Thursday 25 Nov – Wednesday 1 Dec Friday 24 Dec – Thursday 30 Dec & The Catlins 58 The Far South: Hidden Treasures Saturday 2 Oct – Friday 8 Oct 18 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey 2022 Monday 21 Feb – Sunday 27 Feb Sunday 31 Oct – Saturday 6 Nov Friday 12 Nov – Thursday 18 Nov JANUARY 36 Aotea Great Barrier Island Escape 14 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia 20 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds MARCH Saturday 2 Oct – Friday 8 Oct Sunday 14 Nov – Saturday 20 Nov Monday 3 Jan – Friday 7 Jan 54 Summertime in Northland Saturday 8 Jan – Wednesday 12 Jan Sunday 6 Mar – Friday 11 Mar 10 World of WearableArt Awards Show 32 Country Roads & Cross Hills Gardens Fair Thursday 13 Jan – Monday 17 Jan Tuesday 5 Oct – Sunday 10 Oct Monday 15 Nov – Sunday 21 Nov 30 Molesworth Station, Abel Tasman Thursday 7 Oct – Tuesday 12 Oct 38 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields & Golden Bay Tuesday 12 Oct – Sunday 17 Oct 34 Otago Farmhouse Gardens & Victorian Fete Monday 3 Jan – Sunday 9 Jan Thursday 10 Mar – Wednesday 16 Mar Thursday 14 Oct – Tuesday 19 Oct Wednesday 17 Nov – Tuesday 23 Nov Thursday 24 Mar – Wednesday 30 Mar Friday 19 Nov – Thursday 25 Nov 20 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds 16 Taranaki Rhododendron Gardens Monday 3 Jan – Sunday 9 Jan 38 Karamea & Wild West Coast Trails Wednesday 13 Oct – Monday 18 Oct 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island Friday 11 Mar – Thursday 17 Mar Saturday 16 Oct – Thursday 21 Oct & The Catlins 52 Wairarapa Wandering Sunday 27 Mar – Saturday 2 Apr Tuesday 19 Oct – Sunday 24 Oct Monday 22 Nov – Sunday 28 Nov Monday 10 Jan – Sunday 16 Jan Thursday 21 Oct – Tuesday 26 Oct 58 The Far South: Hidden Treasures 14 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island Saturday 12 Mar – Friday 18 Mar 18 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey Tuesday 23 Nov – Monday 29 Nov & The Catlins Sunday 17 Oct – Saturday 23 Oct Friday 14 Jan – Thursday 20 Jan 18 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey DECEMBER Wednesday 16 Mar – Tuesday 22 Mar 8 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Milford 36 Aotea Great Barrier Island Escape 14 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia Wednesday 1 Dec – Sunday 5 Dec & Franz Josef Monday 22 Jan – Sunday 28 Jan 20 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds Monday 6 Dec – Friday 10 Dec Tuesday 19 Oct – Wednesday 27 Oct Tuesday 29 Mar – Monday 4 Apr Saturday 11 Dec – Wednesday 15 Dec 30 Molesworth Station, Abel Tasman 20 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds & Golden Bay APRIL Wednesday 27 Oct – Tuesday 2 Nov 38 Karamea & Wild West Coast Trails Sunday 23 Jan – Saturday 29 Jan 38 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields Thursday 2 Dec – Wednesday 8 Dec Tuesday 5 Apr – Monday 11 Apr 22 Canterbury Springtime Gardens & 54 Summertime in Northland Hanmer Springs Fete 40 Early Explorers from Queen Charlotte Sound Tuesday 25 Jan – Sunday 30 Jan 60 Wanaka Warbirds and Southern Wheels Monday 25 Oct – Sunday 31 Oct to Akaroa Wednesday 27 Oct – Tuesday 2 Nov Friday 3 Dec – Thursday 9 Dec Friday 15 Apr – Thursday 21 Apr FEBRUARY NOVEMBER 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island 30 Molesworth Station, Abel Tasman 62 How to book with MoaTours 24 East Cape Caper & The Catlins & Golden Bay Monday 1 Nov – Saturday 6 Nov Sunday 12 Dec – Saturday 18 Dec Sunday 6 Feb – Saturday 12 Feb 63 MoaTours booking conditions Cover Photograph: Abel Tasman National Park 2 moatours.co.nz 3 Our Kiwi Guides on tour: Tim in Fiordland’s rainforest Sean at Cape Reinga Nigel on the Hole in the Rock Dolphin Cruise Matt at Kea Point, Aoraki/Mt Cook Kia Ora and welcome to MoaTours MoaTours small group tours are customised We believe MoaTours is New Zealand’s best small group tour company and it’s for mature travellers our goal to make your MoaTours holiday your best touring experience ever. We started in 1971 so we’re highly experienced and have a passion for sharing our MoaTours are designed for discerning, mature travellers who are keen to enjoy beautiful country with others, including our own favourite places that are well unique experiences. Our 27 carefully crafted itineraries have been developed off the beaten track. and refined to present the essence of each region’s outstanding attractions, festivals and hospitality. If you have any questions about our tours, please phone Tracy on 0800 662 462 at the MoaTours office. MoaTours are all inclusive The tour price is all inclusive of land transport, meals, entrance fees, activities and All of our guides are experienced in tour Our Kiwi Guides and office team Auckland/South Island/Auckland airfares. Many travellers join our tours from outside driving and taking care of people, not to Auckland. We will book your flight from your closest airport, just contact us for details. Our knowledgeable, helpful Kiwi guides are mention their in-depth knowledge of our here to make every moment enjoyable and culture, history, flora and fauna. Of course, have a lifetime of holiday memories and they have a few amusing tales of their own Small groups of 18 travellers secret spots they love sharing. They are to share too! With a maximum of 18 travellers on board, every tour is intimate and flexible so it feels unanimous in our belief that the personal like travelling with a group of friends. touch of our small group style travel is the Our Kiwi guides are fully supported by one best way to see our beautiful country. of the most experienced and committed Wine and dine with friendly locals and meet our specialist guides teams in New Zealand tourism. Tracy, Connecting with the locals is one of the best parts of travelling. We offer one-of-a-kind Tanya, Imke, Nikita and Alisha are here to experiences meeting our friendly local hosts over delicious lunches in private homes, help with any queries. We all aim to make gardens and farmhouses. And when we visit galleries, museums and unique places, your MoaTours experience relaxed and MoaTours have specialist guides arranged to share their passion and knowledge with us. enjoyable from start to finish. Quality accommodation MoaTours is a family business founded by Our accommodation is chosen for its sense of place. Relax at the end of the day mother and son team Ena Hutchinson and in quality, contemporary hotels and, when we’re off the beaten track, in the best Miles Clark. They live and breathe New Zealand, and are always out and about accommodation available. researching new itineraries and refining existing ones to ensure our travellers' Purpose built coaches experience is unsurpassed in New Zealand We own and operate late model, turbo-diesel midsized coaches. The coaches are MoaTours is a family business: Miles and Ena small group touring. comfortably appointed with customised interiors and climate control. 4 moatours.co.nz 5 We visit the Cardona Distillery for a tasting Look out for birdlife on Okarito Lagoon TSS Earnslaw at Walter Peak Station Te Whare Rūnanga, Waitangi Treaty Grounds MoaTours activities are all inclusive Our tours visit Cape Reinga and Stewart Island and just about everywhere else in between. Wherever you travel with us everything is included and that means all activities too. Here’s a selection of photos taken on our recent tours and for more details of what activities are included check out the “Tour Highlights” of each itinerary. On the Forgotten World tracks Fishing off Tryphena Wharf, Aotea Great Barrier Island At sunset on the beach at Punakaiki Sail across Lake Rotoiti to the Manupirua Hot Pools Discover the beauty of the Whanganui River 6 moatours.co.nz 7 Day 1: Fly to Christchurch – Akaunui Farm – Aoraki/Mt Cook From Christchurch, we head to Akaunui Farm to lunch with Di and Ian Mackenzie before driving through Burkes Pass to the tussock lands of the Mackenzie Country. Take a photostop at Lake Tekapo’s church and sheepdog statue and stay at The Hermitage where Aoraki/Mt Cook (3,724 metres) dominates the view. Day 2: Aoraki/Mt Cook – Lindis Pass – Queenstown Wake up to the beauty of this alpine valley and take a stroll in the Aoraki National Park.