Enjoy breakfast at your hotel restaurant. En route stop at the Kawarau Suspension Bridge, to view bungy jumpers leap from the bridge, plummeting to within inches of the water below them (Optional). Continue to Arrowtown, which came into existence as a gold mining town in 1862 when gold was discovered a few hundred yards from where it stands today. Now an historic and picturesque settlement, Arrowtown is renowned for its old world charm with many of its original gold rush buildings still in use. After your visit, leave Arrowtown and coach to Tekapo. Enjoy a Chinese lunch. Continue through this windswept plateau of rolling tussock country, via the townships of Fairlie and Geraldine. The road then takes you across the patchwork quilt Canterbury Plains to Christchurch city. Transfer to Chinese restaurant to enjoy your Farewell dinner.
HTL: CAMELOT CATHEDRAL SQUARE HOTEL (3stars)
HTL: MILLENNIUM HOTEL (4.5stars) |