THE GREAT ESCAPE
Your Great Adventure
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What's included
Now - 30 April 2025
- ~8 nights’ accommodation
- ~8 Day Rental Car Hire
- ~Skyline Gondola Ride
- ~ International Antarctic Centre
- ~Return international flight ticket
- ~NZeTA (New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority)
- ~Others no mentioned
- ~ Travel insurance
Explore the world with our specially curated travel programs and arrangements. Sedunia Travel specializes in fully personalized travel arrangements to suit each traveling style whether it is Traveling in Group with Like-Minded People with Exclusive Private Arrangements or even Independent Adventures for those wanting to head off the beaten path and explore. Choose from one of our tried and tested classic itineraries or reach out to us to put together a fully tailor-made experience.
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ARRIVE CHRISTCHURCH
Depending on your preferred travel choice, you will either be met and privately transferred or self drive to your accommodation. Christchurch is set between the deep blue Pacific Ocean and the mighty snow-capped Southern Alps. This is a vibrant, ever-changing city with inner city parks and gardens delightfully interwoven by the meandering Avon River. Enjoy admission to the International
Antarctic Centre today or tomorrow for an icy insight into this astounding continent. Overnight: Christchurch
CHRISTCHURCH – GLACIER REGION
Depart across the Canterbury Plains, a fertile patchwork made with every shade of green, through the spectacular scenery of Arthurs Pass National Park and on to the West Coast. New Zealand’s rugged West Coast is a wild and untamed place known for its rivers, rainforests, glaciers and geological treasures. Here, mighty rivers of solid white ice, relics of the world’s last ice-age, tumble down the
rocky valleys. Overnight: Glacier Region
GLACIER REGION
A temperate climate at a low altitude make Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers among the most convenient to visit in the world. Steep valleys bear scars from where glaciers have retreated and advanced over millenia and here, the ice age is still underway. Today is a free day to add your preferred activity. Visit Punakaiki Pancake Rocks or, for an absolute bucket list experience, add a scenic flight with a glacier landing and a thrilling hike to your itinerary. Overnight: Glacier Region
GLACIER REGION – QUEENSTOWN
Travel through wilderness towns, waterfalls and river scenery on today’s scenic journey to Queenstown. We recommend stopping for a break, and to stretch the legs, at Makarora’s Blue Pools before continuing on to Wanaka and Queenstown. Overnight: Queenstown
QUEENSTOWN
Magnificent vistas and majestic mountains dominate this compact alpine resort town and with such an expansive natural physical environment it is not surprising that Queenstown has been described as the Adventure Capital of the World. Make your way to the Skyline Base for a Gondola Ride to the top of Bob’s Peak and enjoy some spectacular panoramic views high above Queenstown. You might like to add some Luge rides to your bucket list for some extra fun. Then head down to the waterfront to board the iconic TSS Earnslaw steamship for a scenic cruise across Lake Wakatipu to Walter Peak Farm. Here you will enjoy a gourmet BBQ lunch before return to Queenstown central. Overnight: Queenstown
QUEENSTOWN
Today is a free day to add some of the endless optional activities on offer. Overnight: Queenstown
QUEENSTOWN – TEKAPO / MT COOK
Today’s journey takes you to a scenic wonderland with golden tussocks, snow -capped mountains and turquoise lakes. Hug the shores of beautiful Lake Pukaki to a rugged land of ice and rock, home to Aoraki Mt Cook, New Zealand’s highest mountain. Overnight: Tekapo or Mt Cook
TEKAPO / MT COOK – CHRISTCHURCH
Be sure to stop for a while at Lake Tekapo where the ‘Church of the Good Shepherd’ takes pride of place against the backdrop of a vivid blue glacier-fed lake. Then continue northeast where braided rivers and familiar plains will signal your arrival back into Christchurch.
CHRISTCHURCH DEPARTURE
Arrangements conclude today with a departure transfer or return of your rental car.
- The printed rates include: Basic Daily Insurance and unlimited mileage.
- Duration of Hire is calculated on a 24 hour clock, eg collection midday, return following day by midday constitutes a one day hire.
- Insurance Excess/Liability Reduction: Basic daily insurance is included in the daily rental rate. An excess is payable in the event of an accident or damage to the vehicle. This excess amount may be reduced by purchasing an optional Liability Reduction plan (payable direct to the rental company on collection of vehicle). A credit card imprint is taken for the bond on initiation of the hire and destroyed at the termination of the hire
provided the vehicle is returned in the same condition it left the depot. - Airport Arrivals/Departures: On arrival guests make their way directly to the rental car counter to check in and
collect their vehicle. If an airport counter is not available, alternative instructions will be given in your travel documents. On departure, the vehicle is parked in the rental car allocated parking and keys returned as per instructions in your travel documents. Certain city or ferry locations may charge for drop off outside of regular
hours – this will be advised at the time of booking confirmation (and payable directly to the rental company). - Age Requirements: For most categories, drivers must be 25 years of age or older. For some car categories guests aged 21-25 years are able to hire a vehicle but a surcharge will apply. Please ask your Kiwiway consultant.
- License: A current valid full driver’s license must be provided in English – if the driver’s license from the country
of origin is not displayed in English then an official International Driver’s License must be presented. - Credit Card: A credit card must be provided by the main driver, issued in that driver’s name, on collection of
the rental car. An imprint of the card will be taken, a hold placed on a certain amount (advised by the Rental Car Operator at the time) as security and any charges owing at the end of the hire including extras purchased or unfilled fuel tanks will be charged to that credit card. - Interisland Hires: Vehicles may not be taken onto the ferry. Therefore the hire will terminate in one island and start again with a new vehicle on arrival (eg Picton and Wellington ferry terminals). Guest’s luggage is checked in at the ferry terminal as it would in an airport terminal and the transfer is very easy and hassle-free.
- Additional Extras: All extras are payable by the client directly to the rental car provider on collection of the vehicle but may be pre-booked to ensure the item is reserved:
a) Remote Location Fee (applicable locations will be advised at time of quoting/booking)
b) One-way fee (for hires less than 3 days on most car categories)
c) Baby/Booster Seats – legally required for all children up to approx. 7 yrs. (depending on weight).
d) Ski Racks/Snow Chains (in the Queenstown region snow chains must be carried by law from May to
October)
e) GPS Units not included.
All reservations are subject to confirmation and the rental car company reserves the right to substitute a similar
vehicle if the one reserved is not available.
| Date | Room Type | Single / Twin | Triple | Child (With Bed/ No Bed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCT23-APR24 | Standard (2 pax) | RM9988 / RM6558 | - | RM5998 / RM3278 |
| Standard (3 pax) | RM9238 / RM5808 | RM5188 | RM3888 / RM2908 | |
| Standard (4 pax) | RM8868 / RM5438 | RM4818 | RM3638 / RM2718 | |
| Superior (2 pax) | RM11588 / RM7358 | - | RM4928 / RM3678 | |
| Superior (3 pax) | RM10838 / RM6608 | RM5678 | RM4428 / RM3308 | |
| Superior (4 pax) | RM10458 / RM6228 | RM5308 | RM4178 / RM3118 | |
| First Class (2 pax) | RM13598 / RM8358 | - | RM5598 / RM4178 | |
| First Class (3 pax) | RM12848 / RM7608 | RM6368 | RM5098 / RM3808 | |
| First Class (4 pax) | RM12468 / RM7238 | RM5998 | RM4848 / RM3618 | |
| MAY24~SEP24 | Standard (2 pax) | RM 8998 / RM 5998 | - | RM 4018 / RM 2998 |
| Standard (3 pax) | RM 8308 / RM 5298 | RM 4778 | RM 3548 / RM 2648 | |
| Standard (4 pax) | RM 7958 / RM 4948 | RM 4428 | RM 3318 / RM 2478 | |
| Superior (2 pax) | RM 11358 / RM 7168 | - | RM 4808 / RM 3588 | |
| Superior (3 pax) | RM 10648 / RM 6468 | RM 5548 | RM 4338 / RM 3238 | |
| Superior (4 pax) | RM 10298 / RM 6468 | RM 5198 | RM 4098 / RM 3058 | |
| First Class (2 pax) | RM 13048 / RM 8078 | - | RM 5418 / RM 4038 | |
| First Class (3 pax) | RM 12348 / RM 7378 | RM 5938 | RM 4948 / RM 3688 | |
| First Class (4 pax) | RM 11998 / RM 7028 | RM 5578 | RM 4708 / RM 3518 | |
| OCT24-APR25 | Standard (2 pax) | RM 10558 / RM 6988 | - | RM 4678 / RM 3498 |
| Standard (3 pax) | RM 9758 / RM 6198 | RM 5648 | RM 4148 / RM 3098 | |
| Standard (4 pax) | RM 9368 / RM 5798 | RM 5248 | RM 3888 / RM 2898 | |
| Superior (2 pax) | RM 13008 / RM 8278 | - | RM 5548 / RM 4138 | |
| Superior (3 pax) | RM 12218 / RM 7478 | RM 6248 | RM 5018 / RM 3738 | |
| Superior (4 pax) | RM 11818 / RM 7088 | RM 5848 | RM 4748 / RM 3548 | |
| First Class (2 pax) | RM 14538 / RM 8978 | - | RM 6018 / RM 4488 | |
| First Class (3 pax) | RM 13748 / RM 8188 | RM 6848 | RM 5488 / RM 4098 | |
| First Class (4 pax) | RM 13358 / RM 7788 | RM 6448 | RM 5218 / RM 3898 |
