New Zealand Itinerary (February 9 to March 10)

Day

Date

Itinerary

Overnight

Hotel

Mon

9

Dep NW 645. 4:45 p to Auckland via LAX

Tue

10

Enroute. (12 hrs)

Wed

11

Arr. Auckland 5:50a. Rent car

Russell

Brown Lodge B&B

Thu

12

Bay of Islands

Russell

Brown Lodge B&B

Fri

13

Return to Auckland

Auckland

BarryCourt Motel

Sat

14

Train to Wellington. Dep 8:30a. Arr 7:30p

Well'gton

Bay Plaza Hotel

Sun

15

Ferry to Picton. 9:30a. to 12:30p.

Train to C'church. 1:40p to 7p.

C'Church

Airport Plaza

Mon

16

Rob/Karm Arr.9:05a. NZ 512.

C'Church

Rockvilla B&B

Tue

17

Drive down East Coast

Dunedin

Larnach Castle

Wed

18

Otago Peninsula (Albatross, penquins)

Lawrence

Sunnybraes

Thu

19

Overnight stay on sheep farm

Lawrence

Sunnybraes

Fri

20

Drive to Q'town.

Q'town

The Dairy B&B

Sat

21

Bus to Te Anau. 2-4pm. Chk in 6pm.

Te Anau

Travelodge

Sun

22

Hike to Glade House

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Glade House

Mon

23

Hike to Pompolona Lodge

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Pompolona Ldg

Tue

24

Hike to Quintin Lodge. Sutherland Falls

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Quintin Lodge

Wed

25

Hike to Mitre Peak Lodge.

MilfordTrack

Mitre Peak Ldg

Thu

26

Milford Sound cruise. 11am flt to Q'town

Wanaka

TeWanaka Ldg

Fri

27

Drive along West Coast to Franz Josef

Franz Joseph

Glacier Lodge

Sat

28

Cross South Island back to C'Church

Arthur's Pass

The Chalet

Sun

1

Rob/Karm dep 4:30p. NZ532.

C'Church

Airport Plaza

Mon

2

Picton

The Gables B&B

Tue

3

Ferry to Wellington

Hastings

Hawthorne B&B

Wed

4

Taupo

Cottage Mews Mtl

Thu

5

Rotorua

Wylie Ct.Motel

Fri

6

Dep.Auckland. NZ48. 8:55p. (4 hrs)

Arr. Rarotonga. 1:55am. Same day

Rar'tonga

Pacific Resort

Sat

7

Rar'tonga

Pacific Resort

Sun

8

Rar'tonga

Pacific Resort

Mon

9

Dep.RAR for Honolulu (6 hrs) and LAX (6 hrs)

Rar'tonga

Pacific Resort

Tue

10

Arr. MSP. 10:30p (4 hrs)

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