The Nature & Adventure Tour "North Island - 9 days" brings you close to New Zealand’s wildlife and at the same time there will be heaps of opportunities to enjoy an adventure. It includes Coromandel, Rotorua, Taupo, Bay of Islands, Cape Reinga, 90 Mile Beach and the Kauri Forest.
NATURE & ADVENTURE 'NORTH ISLAND - 9 DAYS'
BOOKING CODE: "BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN"
DEPARTS: AUCKLAND
07 - 15 April 2012
30 June - 08 July 2012
29 September - 07 October 2012
24 November - 02 December 2012
05 - 13 January 2013
PRICE: $ 1180
INCLUDED ARE:
-Transport & Fuel
-A professional guide!
-All accommodation in Backpackers, Units or Motels - the places are unique & fantastic - each place is different.
-All Breakfasts with cereals and/or toasts with jam, honey and more!
-All Dinners! We make sure you get plenty and good food to eat! You will love it!
-Hot Water Beach
-Cathedral Cove Walk
-Alternative program for those ones not going to “White Island”
-City Sightseeing Rotorua
-Lake District Rotorua
-Secret Hot Pool
-Huka Waterfalls
- Whangarei
- Kawakawa - Hundertwasser house
- Pahia
-Waitangi Treaty grounds
- Kaitaia
- Ahipara beach
- Hokianga Harbour
- Kauri Forest
OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES NOT INCLUDED IN TOURPRICE:
We have negotiated 'special deals' with many operators. Please ask us for further details.
We have a detailed list available for you at the time of booking.
-Surfing - have fun and give it a go!
-White Island Excursions - walk on a volcano!!
-Rafting the Kaituna - the highest commercially rafted waterfall is part of this trip!
-Whakarewarewa Thermal village - the one village on the planet build on a Thermal area!
-Wai-O- Tapu- the colorful thermal area with the orange Champagne pool - a Kiwi icon.
-Cream Trip through Hole in the Rock
-Sailing in the Bay of Islands
-Skydiving
-Zorbing
-Jetski Tour Bay of Islands
-Horseriding Kaitaia
-90 Mile Beach to Cape Reinga trip
ITINERARY:
DAY 1: AUCKLAND TO COROMANDEL
We will pick you up in Auckland and drive to the Coromandel Peninsula.
Hot Water Beach, our next stop en route entices you to dig your own thermal pool into the sand (best at low tide), also to sit back and watch dolphins playing in the surf. This is also a good place to try out surfing! You will have time to walk to the famous Cathedral Caves, these Chalk cliffs lie around a couple of great beaches and it is a great place for a swim!
Overnight: Hahei, Coromandel
DAY 2: ROTORUA
We make our way south and reach the Bay of Plenty with it's many Kiwi Orchards 2 hours later. Not far from Rotorua you have the opportunity to go rafting can do this here, a beautiful river with lots of rapids is waiting for you. Back in Rotorua we will go for a Tour around town to show you the famous Museums building, the lakefront and the Rachel Hot Springs.
Overnight: Rotorua
DAY 3: WHITE ISLAND VOLCANO
This day is not to be missed. Destination “White Island”, a volcanic landscape to be reached by boat. On arrival you will be given appropriate safety equipment. There is simply no place which resembles this landscape; the closest might be the Moon! Take your camera and take a spare data card!!
Those ones not wanting to go to White Island will have time to do activities in and around Rotorua or Whakatane.
Overnight: Rotorua
DAY 4: ROTORUA - THERMAL AREA - HOT POOLS - MAORI VILLAGE
We allow time to visit a village build right on top of hot pools, mud pools and close to geysers. Here we will also be able to see a traditional Maori show. Afterwards you will have time to swim in a warm lake before taking a bath in a thermal river! Then we explore Wai-O- Tapu. This thermal area hosts the colorful ‘Champagne Pool” and has heaps of craters and sinter terraces.
Overnight: Taupo
DAY 5: TAUPO - BAY OF ISLANDS
After a break at the Marina in Whangarei we stop for an exclusive Toilet break in Kawakawa - the toilets were build by the famous Austrian Architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser. We reach Pahia in the Bay of Islands an hour later.
Overnight: Pahia, Bay of Islands
Day 6: BAY OF ISLANDS
Time to enjoy a cruise through the Bay, most famous is the Cream Trip - here the boat delivers and picks up milk from the farms on the way to the Hole in the Rock. It is also possible to swim with dolphins. You may also decide to hop of the vessel in Russel and enjoy some hours at the beach.
Overnight: Pahia, Bay of Islands
Day 7: BAY OF ISLANDS & NORTHLAND
A good and fun thing to do is to go on a Jetski Trip through the Bay. Then there is Waitangi, We show you round the Bay, including the Haururu Falls, the Mangroves and we walk through the Treaty Ground of Waitangi. In the evening we make our way to Kaitaia - at the bottom end of "90 Mile Beach", the southern end of 90 Mile Beach is a fantastic place to go horseriding.
Overnight: Kaitaia - Northland
Day 8: NINETY MILE BEACH - CAPE REINGA
We leave early in the morning to link up with the bus leaving from Kaitaia to Ninety Mile Beach and to Cape Reinga or we drive with our vehicle to the top of the North Island.. You have the chance to have a lot of fun and enjoy a ride with a tobaggon from the top of the dunes.
Overnight: Kaitaia - Northland
Day 9: AHIPARA - HOKIANGA HARBOUR - KAURI FOREST - AUCKLAND
Then it is off to Hokianga Harbour, huge dunes are expecting us across the harbour. We allow time to explore the Kauri Forests, including Tane Mahuta - the giant of the forest - a giant almost 2000 years old. We make our way back to Auckland, where we will be back in the evening.
