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New Zealand NORTH ISLAND GARDEN TOUR 2020 - Grand Pacific Tours
New Zealand
NORTH ISLAND GARDEN TOUR

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                                       INCLUDES TH
                                       Taranaki
                                        Garden
                                       Festival

2020
GUARANTEED departure 29 October 2020
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New Zealand NORTH ISLAND GARDEN TOUR 2020 - Grand Pacific Tours
Fully escorted featuring an array of unique gardens and the Taranaki Garden Festival                                                                                             TOUR CODE: GPG11

11 Day North Island Garden Tour
                                                                                   NO HIDDEN EXTRAS
                                                                               GARDENS VISITED                                                TOURING
                                                                               • Ayrlies Garden and Wetlands*, Auckland
                                                                                                                                              • Return airfares from your homeport
                                   Warkworth
                                                                                                                                              • Personalised Meet and Greet on arrival
                                                                               • Hamilton Gardens*, Hamilton
                                                                                                                                              • Return airport transfers in New Zealand
                                                                               • Henley Hotel Private Garden, Cambridge
                                                                                                                                              • 48 seat modern coach travel, 2 door access,
                                                                               • Rotorua Government Gardens, Rotorua
                                                                               • Private Garden Visits, Taranaki Garden Festival              restroom, reclining seats and panoramic windows
                                                                                                                                              • Professional Coach Captain and Tour Leader
                                                                               • Cross Hills Rhododendron Garden, Kimbolton
                                                                                                                                              • 10 nights 4 star accommodation
                                                                               • Wellington Botanic Gardens
                                                                                                                                              • 4 two night stays

                                                                               PREPAID ATTRACTIONS                                            • Hotel porterage

                                                                               • Sculptureum Experience                                       • All sightseeing and prepaid attractions

                                                                               • Te Wao Nui*, Auckland Zoo                                    • Comprehensive documentation pack

                                                                               • Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tour and Lunch                           • BONUS Garden Book: Flourish - New Zealand

                                                                               • Skyline Rotorua Gondola and Luge Ride                        women and their extraordinary gardens#
                                                                               • Agrodome

    2020 GUARANTEED DEPARTURE                                                  • Thermal Mud Pools and Geysers*                               MEALS
    29 Oct - 8 Nov 2020                                                        • Tamaki Mãori Experience
                                                                                                                                              • 10 cooked breakfasts including a specialty
                                                                               • Waitomo Glowworm Caves*                                      breakfast: Stratosfare Restaurant, Rotorua
    ALL INCLUSIVE TOUR PRICE                                                   • Wellington Cable Car
                                                                                                                                              • 8 sumptuous dinners including 1 specialty
    Fully escorted tour includes airfares, taxes,                                                                                             dinner: Mãori Hãngi and Concert, Rotorua
                                                                               • Te Papa, NZ’s National Museum*
    transfers in NZ, modern coach travel, 4 star                                                                                              • 2 lunches including a Shire’s Buffet lunch,
                                                                               • City sights tour Auckland and Wellington
    accommodation, most meals, sightseeing,                                                                                                   Hobbiton
                                                                               *Guided tour is included with 1 guide per 24 travellers.
    attractions + BONUS Garden Book#                                                                                                          • 1 delicious High Tea: Henley Hotel, Cambridge

                                                                                                                                              Note: Dinner on Day 1 not included for anyone arriving later than 8pm.
    TOUR PRICE INCLUDING AIRFARE
    Prices per person, twin share              Taxes**       TOTAL

    SYDNEY                 $4799           +   $195 =        $4994
                                                                                   ITINERARY
    MELBOURNE              $4799           +   $195 =        $4994
                                                                               (B) Breakfast. (L) Lunch. (D) Dinner. (SD) Specialty Dinner.   but detailed plantings by ponds & waterways. Use
    BRISBANE               $4799           +   $195 =        $4994
                                                                                                                                              of colour is a hallmark of Ayrlies, seen best in the
    GOLD COAST             $4799           +   $195 =        $4994
                                                                                                                                              lurid border where ‘hot’ colours are used to great
    CANBERRA

    CAIRNS
                           $5029
                           $5079
                                           +
                                           +
                                               $245 =
                                               $245 =
                                                             $5274
                                                             $5324
                                                                               1                                                              effect. This afternoon travel to Waikato’s most
                                                                                                                                              visited attraction, the Hamilton Gardens. A guided
                                                                               Arrive Auckland (D)
    ADELAIDE               $5099           +   $195 =        $5294             On arrival into Auckland you will be met by a                  tour of the themed gardens will transport you from
                                                                               Grand Pacific Tours representative and transferred             the peaceful Sung Dynasty Chinese Scholar’s
    HOBART                 $5099           +   $180 =        $5279
                                                                               to your hotel.                                                 garden to the Italian Renaissance garden followed
    LAUNCESTON             $5099           +   $180 =        $5279                                                                            by the grandeur of the Indian Char Bagh garden.
                                                                               Hotel Rydges Auckland (2 nights)
    PERTH                  $5349           +   $170 =        $5519                                                                            Your guide will share the story of how the gardens

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    LAND ONLY                                                $4499                                                                            were transformed from a rubbish dump into a
    SINGLE SUPPLEMENT                                        $1350                                                                            Garden of International Significance.
                                                                               Auckland Sightseeing (B)                                       Hotel Novotel Hamilton
    PRE / POST STAYS                       Twin share        Single            This morning enjoy the sights of Auckland,
    AUCKLAND

    WELLINGTON
                                           $140
                                           $160
                                                             $280
                                                             $320
                                                                               New Zealand’s largest city. Travel to Matakana
                                                                               to visit Sculptureum, an internationally unique                4
                                                                               art experience. Enjoy time to wander through                   Hamilton - Matamata - Rotorua
    Extra night rates are per person and based on room only. Subject to
    availability.                                                              the Garden of Creative Diversity and view the                  (B,L,D)
    Prices are in Australian Dollars. **Airline taxes are subject to change.   hundreds of displayed works in the Galleries.                  Today travel to Cambridge to visit the private
    Exact amounts will be confirmed by your travel agent at time of booking.
                                                                               This afternoon travel to the Auckland Zoo for a                garden of the Henley Hotel, nestled on 29 acres
                                                                               guided tour of Te Wao Nui, six stunning habitats               of parkland and features a camelia lined oval
                                                                               showcasing the native fauna and flora of New                   lawn and lakeside pavilion. You will be treated to
                                                                               Zealand. This evening is free to dine at leisure.              High Tea amongst the cherry blossoms (weather
                                                     INCLUDES
                                                                                                                                              permitting). Continue through picturesque
                                                 BONUS
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                                                                                                                                              countryside to Hobbiton for a buffet lunch followed
                                                 GARDEN                                                                                       by a guided tour of the Hobbiton Movie Set.
                                                 BOOK#                         Auckland - Hamilton (B,D)                                      Travel to Rotorua for a walk through the Rotorua
                                                                               This morning travel to Ayrlies Garden and                      Government Gardens before arriving at your hotel.
                                                                               Wetlands, one of New Zealand’s best-known                      Hotel Sudima Hotel Lake Rotorua
                                                                               gardens and a Garden of National Significance. It              (Superior Room. 2 nights)
                                                                               is characterized by sweeping lawns and informal
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TOUR HIGHLIGHT

       Taranaki Garden Festival
       The Taranaki Garden Festival was established in 1987 and continues to delight
       people from all over the world by offering an intriguing mixture of both unique
       and stunning gardens, each with their own story to tell. The region’s public
       gardens are festival gems, but it’s the private gardens, open exclusively for the
       festival, that are a must see.
                                                                                                              CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Pukekura, located in the heart of New
                                                                                                              Plymouth, a Garden of National Significance; stunning lakeside
                                                                                                              pavilion at Henley Hotel private garden; at Hamilton Gardens explore
                                                                                                              the themed gardens.

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Rotorua Sightseeing (B,SD)                             Taranaki Garden Festival (B,D)                         Palmerston North - Wellington (B)
Today begins with a gondola ride to the                Today you will visit a variety of impressive gardens   Travel to the nation’s capital, Wellington. Ride the
Stratosfare Restaurant where a buffet breakfast        all set around the legendary Mount Taranaki. You       Wellington Cable Car, one of the city’s most iconic
and spectacular views are on offer. There is also      will marvel at the majestic array of botanicals        attractions, to the Botanic Gardens. Enjoy time
time for a luge ride! Next stop is Agrodome for        on display at this premier garden event which          to view the protected native forest and colourful
an action-packed hour of farming entertainment         attracts thousands of visitors from New Zealand        floral displays with stunning views over Wellington
and education that’s unlike anything you’ve            and the world. A selection of small private            city. Join your coach for an extensive city tour
seen before. Travel to Te Puia for a tour of the       gardens and larger public gardens have been            which will highlight the history and culture on
boiling mud pools and awesome geysers that             chosen to showcase the unique planting and local       show here. This evening is free to dine at leisure.
Rotorua is famous for. Enjoy some free time this       gardener’s will be on hand to share the history        Hotel InterContinental Hotel (Deluxe Room.
afternoon before travelling to a Mãori village for     behind their garden.                                   2 nights)
an interactive and educational experience that
culminates with a cultural performance and
traditional Hãngi feast.                               8                                                      10
                                                       New Plymouth - Palmerston North                        Wellington (B,D)
                                                       (B,D)                                                  A highlight this morning will be time to explore
6                                                      Before we depart the Taranaki region, we visit         Gallipoli: A Scale of War exhibition at Te Papa,
Rotorua - Waitomo - New Plymouth                       one final stunning festival garden before travelling   New Zealand’s National Museum. Cutting edge
(B,L,D)                                                onto Whanganui for a shortstop. This afternoon         technology brings these stories to life through the
Depart Rotorua and travel to Waitomo for a tour        you will continue to Cross Hills Rhododendron          eyes of New Zealanders who found themselves in
of the Glowworm Caves where tiny creatures             Garden. Spanning 7 hectares, this park-like            extraordinary circumstances. Enjoy time at leisure
radiate their luminescent light. Enjoy lunch in this   garden includes one of the world’s finest              this afternoon. This evening enjoy a final dinner
native bushland setting before travelling to New       collections of rhododendrons and azaleas, which        with your new-found friends.
Plymouth, home of the Taranaki Garden Festival.        will provide a dazzling colour display. Continue to
This afternoon will be spent visiting one of the
festival gardens.
                                                       Palmerston North for your overnight stay.
                                                       Hotel Copthorne Palmerston North                       11
Hotel Copthorne New Plymouth (2 nights)                                                                       Depart Wellington (B)
                                                                                                              Having experienced some of the finest gardens in
                                                                                                              New Zealand, it is time to say goodbye. You will be
                                                                                                              transferred to the airport for your flight home after
                                                                                                              a memorable holiday.

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New Zealand NORTH ISLAND GARDEN TOUR 2020 - Grand Pacific Tours
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Enjoy the stunning views of Rotorua from the Skyline gondola ride; spend 2 nights in Auckland, a multi-cultural hub of food, wine, music, art and culture; enjoy a guided tour of the
Hobbiton Movie Set.

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New Zealand NORTH ISLAND GARDEN TOUR 2020 - Grand Pacific Tours
“Every day was another
enjoyable experience. We didn’t
expect to see so much.”
- R. & S. J. - Past travellers

                                  Kia ora
                                  Welcome to
                                  New Zealand
                                  G   rand Pacific Tours, the New Zealand
                                      Coach Holiday Specialist, is pleased
                                  to offer you the opportunity to travel to
                                  some of the North Island’s finest public
                                  and private gardens.

                                  Nowhere in the world will you find such
                                  a diverse range of plant varieties, both
                                  native and exotic, so easily accessible to
                                  the visitor. Your tour includes visits to
                                  an array of unique North Island gardens,
                                  some given the prestigious title of either
                                  International or National Significant
                                  Garden, a title highly sought after. The
                                  highlight will be the private gardens of
                                  the Taranaki Garden Festival.

                                  This tour provides a balanced mix of
                                  gardens and iconic New Zealand culture,
                                  sights and stunning scenery.

                                  We look forward to welcoming you on the
                                  11 Day North Island Garden Tour.

                                  Peter Harding
                                  Managing Director

                                  LEFT: Te Parapara Garden, located in the Hamilton Gardens,
                                  New Zealand’s only traditional Mãori productive garden.

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