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 OCTOBER 40 Otago Farmhouse Gardens & Victorian Fete 28 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia 28 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia Wednesday 17 Nov – Tuesday 23 Nov Monday 22 Jan – Sunday 28 Jan 6 MoaTours Activities Saturday 2 Oct – Friday 8 Oct 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island & 16 Molesworth Station, the Abel Tasman & 2021 26 World of WearableArt Awards Show The Catlins Golden Bay APRIL Tuesday 5 Oct – Sunday 10 Oct Monday 22 Nov – Sunday 28 Nov Sunday 23 Jan – Saturday 29 Jan 8 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey Tuesday 12 Oct – Sunday 17 Oct Wednesday 21 Apr – Tuesday 27 Apr Thursday 14 Oct – Tuesday 19 Oct 28 Te Urewera, Waikaremoana & Mahia 20 Summertime in Northland Tuesday 23 Nov – Monday 29 Nov Tuesday 25 Jan – Sunday 30 Jan 10 East Cape Caper 30 Taranaki Rhododendron Gardens 16 Molesworth Station, the Abel Tasman & Friday 30 Apr – Wednesday 5 May Wednesday 13 Oct – Monday 18 Oct FEBRUARY Saturday 16 Oct – Thursday 21 Oct Golden Bay 10 East Cape Caper Thursday 25 Nov – Wednesday 1 Dec 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island & Tuesday 8 Feb – Sunday 13 Feb 8 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey The Catlins DECEMBER Friday 30 Apr – Thursday 6 May Sunday 17 Oct – Saturday 23 Oct 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island & 24 Aotea Great Barrier Island Escape The Catlins Wednesday 1 Dec – Sunday 5 Dec Friday 11 Feb – Thursday 17 Feb MAY 22 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Monday 6 Dec – Friday 10 Dec 14 Wairarapa Wandering Milford & Franz Josef Saturday 1 May – Friday 7 May Tuesday 19 Oct – Wednesday 27 Oct 56 Hawkes Bay Art Deco Festival 42 Karamea & Wild West Coast Trails Thursday 17 Feb – Tuesday 22 Feb Thursday 2 Dec – Wednesday 8 Dec 16 Molesworth Station, the Abel Tasman & 18 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds 34 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields Golden Bay Wednesday 27 Oct – Tuesday 2 Nov 44 Early Explorers from Queen Charlotte Sound Sunday 20 Feb – Saturday 26 Feb Tuesday 4 May – Monday 10 May to Akaroa 32 Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Friday 3 Dec – Thursday 9 Dec 58 The Far South: Hidden Treasures 18 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds Springs Fete Monday 21 Feb – Sunday 27 Feb Saturday 8 May – Friday 14 May Wednesday 27 Oct – Tuesday 2 Nov 46 Christmas in Northland Thursday 23 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec MARCH 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island & 10 East Cape Caper 20 Summertime in Northland The Catlins 48 Christmas in Marlborough Sunday 9 May – Friday 14 May Sunday 6 Mar – Friday 11 Mar Sunday 31 Oct – Saturday 6 Nov Thursday 23 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec 20 Summertime in Northland 16 Molesworth Station, the Abel Tasman & Sunday 9 May – Friday 14 May NOVEMBER 50 Christmas in the Bay Friday 24 Dec – Tuesday 28 Dec Golden Bay 10 East Cape Caper Thursday 10 Mar – Wednesday 16 Mar 22 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Monday 1 Nov – Saturday 6 Nov 52 Christmas in Taranaki Milford & Franz Josef Friday 24 Dec – Wednesday 29 Dec 42 Karamea & Wild West Coast Trails Sunday 9 May – Monday 17 May 34 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields Friday 11 Mar – Thursday 17 Mar Friday 5 Nov – Thursday 11 Nov 54 Christmas in Otago: Catlins & Stewart Island 24 Aotea Great Barrier Island Escape Friday 24 Dec – Thursday 30 Dec 8 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey Tuesday 11 May – Saturday 15 May 22 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, Wednesday 16 Mar – Tuesday 22 Mar Sunday 16 May – Thursday 20 May Milford & Franz Josef 2022 Tuesday 9 Nov – Wednesday 17 Nov JANUARY 18 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds JULY 34 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields Tuesday 29 Mar – Monday 4 Apr 22 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, 36 Coromandel Caper Monday 3 Jan – Sunday 9 Jan Milford & Franz Josef Wednesday 10 Nov – Monday 15 Nov APRIL Sunday 11 July – Monday 19 July 18 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds 34 High Country Stations, Gardens & Goldfields 8 Doubtful Sound & West Coast Odyssey Monday 3 Jan – Sunday 9 Jan Tuesday 5 Apr – Monday 11 Apr SEPTEMBER Friday 12 Nov – Thursday 18 Nov 22 Southern Beauty: Aoraki/Mt Cook, 14 Wairarapa Wandering 60 Wanaka Warbirds and Southern Wheels Milford & Franz Josef 18 The Bridge to Nowhere & Forgotten Worlds Monday 10 Jan – Sunday 16 Jan Tuesday 12 Apr – Monday 18 Apr Sunday 12 Sept – Monday 20 Sept Sunday 14 Nov – Saturday 20 Nov 12 Southern Odyssey: Stewart Island & 62 How to book with MoaTours 26 World of WearableArt Awards Show 38 Country Roads & Cross Hills Gardens Fair The Catlins Thursday 30 Sept – Tuesday 5 Oct Monday 15 Nov – Sunday 21 Nov Friday 14 Jan – Thursday 20 Jan 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 Queenstown – Arrowtown – Queenstown From Queenstown Airport we drive over to Arrowtown where we lunch at Provisions Café in a tree-lined street famous for its autumn colours. We visit the Chinese miners’ settlement alongside the Arrow River and check out the shopping street. We stay two nights in this resort town. Day 2: Queenstown sightseeing We have the day to explore Queenstown. We take the Gondola ride to Bob’s Peak to enjoy the magnificent views and drive beside the lake to Glenorchy. This afternoon we board the coal-fired steamship TSS Earnslaw to cruise on Lake Wakatipu returning to stroll the shops and the Botanic Gardens.