New Zealand Tour Packages
4 tour packages across New Zealand — each a fully-designed journey and a starting point, reworked around your dates, interests and travel style.
New Zealand tour packages
Every one of these is a starting point we tailor entirely to you — dates, pace, stays and everything in between. Pricing terms
FamilyAuckland and Rotorua — Five Nights with the Glow Worm Caves
- Five nights' accommodation — three nights in Auckland and two nights in Rotorua.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 6.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Auckland Airport to your hotel.
Five nights across Auckland and Rotorua on New Zealand's North Island.
AdventureThe Whole South Island — Ten Nights from Kaikoura to Queenstown
- Ten nights' accommodation — Christchurch, Kaikoura, Nelson, Franz Josef and Queenstown.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 11.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Christchurch Airport to your hotel.
Ten nights circling the whole South Island from Christchurch.
AdventureQueenstown to Christchurch — Five Nights with Milford Sound and Mount Cook
- Five nights' accommodation — Queenstown and Christchurch.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 6.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Queenstown Airport to your hotel.
Five nights from Queenstown to Christchurch with no backtracking.
CulturalAlps and Glaciers — Eight Nights from Christchurch to the West Coast
- Eight nights' accommodation — Christchurch, Queenstown and Franz Josef.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 9.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Christchurch Airport to your hotel.
Eight nights taking in the Southern Alps and the West Coast glaciers.
When is your New Zealand?
Warm days, light until after nine, every road and walking track open and Milford at its most reliable. Also the busiest and dearest window: New Zealand's own school holidays run from mid-December to late January and campervans, lodges and the Milford cruises fill. Book early rather than cheaply.
The best all-round season and the one most travel designers recommend. Settled weather, the crowds gone, and in April the poplars and willows of Central Otago and Arrowtown turn gold. Still warm enough in the north for the beaches, still open in the south for the glaciers and the fiords.
The ski season above Queenstown and Wānaka — Coronet Peak, the Remarkables, Cardrona — which falls neatly in Indian school holidays. Rotorua's hot pools and Auckland are mild. The Milford Road can close for avalanche control, so build in a spare day. Matariki, the Māori new year, has been a public holiday since 2022 and falls in June or July.
Snow still on the peaks, waterfalls full of melt, lambs in every paddock and shoulder-season prices. The lupins around Lake Tekapo appear from late November. Weather is changeable — four seasons in a day is the local saying — and Auckland hosts its Diwali Festival in October.
Planning New Zealand with us
Researched, not resold
Every destination we offer is researched and vetted by our team before we recommend it.
Quoted in writing
Every journey is quoted individually and in writing before you commit, so you know what is included before you decide.
Designed around you
Each journey is a starting point. Dates, pace, stays and routing are reworked around how you actually want to travel.
New Zealand visa — what you need to know
Indian passport holders need a Visitor Visa from Immigration New Zealand before travelling. India is not on New Zealand's visa-waiver list, so the NZeTA — the electronic travel authority you may have heard friends on other passports mention — does not apply to an Indian passport. The application is made online at apply.immigration.govt.nz, or through the New Zealand Visa Application Centres run by VFS Global in India.
Fee and processing, as Immigration New Zealand publishes them Immigration New Zealand states the Visitor Visa cost as from NZD 441, which its fee and levy table breaks down as a NZD 300 visa fee, a NZD 41 immigration levy and the NZD 100 International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy paid alongside the application. The IVL is not refunded if the application is declined. No rupee amount is published; the Visa Application Centre charges its own service fee separately. On timing, the Visitor Visa page states that 80% of applications are decided within two weeks, and the wait-times page — updated weekly — currently shows an average of one week and most completed within two. These are measured processing figures and not a guaranteed end-to-end timeline: document gathering, any request for further information and the return of a paper-lodged passport all sit outside them. Applications are made online at apply.immigration.govt.nz or through the VFS Global Visa Application Centres in India. Fees and timeframes are set by Immigration New Zealand and change; confirm both when you apply. Final visa decisions remain with the relevant authorities.
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Oceania tour packages
Other tour packages across Oceania — different countries, the same starting-point approach, and easy to combine with New Zealand.
FamilyMelbourne, Gold Coast and Sydney — Nine Nights on Australia's East Coast
- Nine nights' accommodation — three nights each in Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 10.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Melbourne Tullamarine Airport to your hotel.
Three cities in nine nights — Melbourne, the Gold Coast and Sydney.
FamilyCairns in Three Nights — The Great Barrier Reef and the Rainforest
- Three nights' accommodation in Cairns.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 4.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Cairns Airport to your hotel.
A full day on the Great Barrier Reef, with a choice of coral cay or outer reef pontoon.
CulturalUluru in Two Nights — The Red Centre Short Break
- Two nights' accommodation at Uluru.
- Daily breakfast, from Day 2 to Day 3.
- Airport transfers on arrival and departure between Ayers Rock Airport and your accommodation.
Sunrise at Uluru from a dedicated viewing area.
CulturalDarwin to Adelaide by Rail — Nine Nights Across the Red Centre
- Nine nights — three nights' hotel accommodation in Darwin, three nights aboard the train, and three nights' hotel accommodation in Adelaide.
- Daily breakfast, from Day 2 to Day 10.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Darwin Airport to your hotel.
Three nights aboard the north–south rail journey across the Australian interior.
CulturalMelbourne in Four Nights — Great Ocean Road, Phillip Island and the Yarra Valley
- Four nights' accommodation in Melbourne.
- Daily breakfast at the hotel, from Day 2 to Day 5.
- Private airport transfer on arrival, Melbourne Tullamarine Airport to your hotel.
Four nights in Melbourne with three full day trips in three directions.
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