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2 | Week of: 5/6 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 5/8 | 5/9 | 5/10 | 5/11 | 5/12 | 5/13 | 5/14 | 5/15 | 5/16 | 5/17 | 5/18 | 5/19 | ||||
4 | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | ||||
5 | 7:30 AM | Land in Auckland at 7:10, collect rental cars | Milford Sound Full day tour | |||||||||||||||
6 | 8:00 AM | Early morning start to Wanaka Tree, 2 hours | ||||||||||||||||
7 | 8:30 AM | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 9:00 AM | 2.5 hour drive from Auckland to Hamilton | ||||||||||||||||
9 | 9:30 AM | Find a coffee, leave bags in cars | Brunch/Walk around/find activity | Drive to rafting spot | Drive 30 min to geothermal wonderland | |||||||||||||
10 | 10:00 AM | "Free" walking tour of Auckland ($20 tip pretty much required per person) | White Water Rafting | Time at Waiotupu Geothermal Wonderland | WETA Workshop tour (90 min tour + time for gift shop) | 4 hour drive to Christchurch | Maybe we can find a morning wine tour lol or walking tour | 3 hour drive to Lake Tekapo - 3 wineries alonf the way to make it fun? Straight 8, Red Leaf and Sirocco | Wanaka Tree Viewing | |||||||||
11 | 10:30 AM | Whale Watching Tour - 4.5 hours | Botanical Gardens, free | Drive to Cardrona Hotel | ||||||||||||||
12 | 11:00 AM | Leisurely brunch at Eastwood (they don't take reservations) | Quick breakfast at Cardrona Hotel | |||||||||||||||
13 | 11:30 AM | Quick Lunch | Head to Airport | |||||||||||||||
14 | 12:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||
15 | 12:30 PM | 1 hour drive to Queenstown | ||||||||||||||||
16 | 1:00 PM | 1 hour drive to glowworm caves | ||||||||||||||||
17 | 1:30 PM | Big lunch, possibly The Fainting Goat | Half-day LOTR tour - leaves at 1:30. Wondering if we can reach out and see if they'll do one slightly later for a private group? Or we can make this an option for the next day and people can choose | |||||||||||||||
18 | 2:00 PM | Glowworm cave tour | Unfortunately just have to drive 5 hours to Wellington here | NZ630 Departs 2:15 Lands 4:05 | ||||||||||||||
19 | 2:30 PM | 1 hour drive to Hobbiton | Be sure to get to port early so we don't fuck this up | |||||||||||||||
20 | 3:00 PM | Literally just walk around Christchurch and check out some breweries. We can follow this template but don't have to pay cause we can jsut do it ourselves | ||||||||||||||||
21 | 3:30 PM | Possibly some beach time? | Hobbiton experience including dinner | Penguin Tour | Layover in Auckland, we can all have alone time | |||||||||||||
22 | 4:00 PM | 2 hour drive to Rotorua | Drive to Redwoods Tree Walk | 3.5 hour ferry ride, Interislander, 4:00 | ||||||||||||||
23 | 4:30 PM | |||||||||||||||||
24 | 5:00 PM | Dinner at Ockhee, family-style with a set menu around $40-$50 per person | Choice of two Maori Experiences: Te Pa Tu (4 hours and includes dinner) or Mitai (3 hours, no dinner) | |||||||||||||||
25 | 5:30 PM | Tree Walk | ||||||||||||||||
26 | 6:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||
27 | 6:30 PM | |||||||||||||||||
28 | 7:00 PM | Star gazing at observatory | ||||||||||||||||
29 | 7:30 PM | Find dinner | Find dinner/check in | Made a reservation at Nest Kitchen for anyone still going | ||||||||||||||
30 | 8:00 PM | Late dinner at Hugo's Bistro then Auckland bar crawl | Travel home | ** Maybe something quick for dinner on the drive? Or it looks like Eat Street may be open late when we get back | Maybe a good winery to get dinner at? | Land in Chicago before we even leave | ||||||||||||
31 | 8:30 PM | Find dinner | Rata Tasting Menu as a last hoorah | |||||||||||||||
32 | 9:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||
33 | 9:30 PM | |||||||||||||||||
34 | 10:00 PM | |||||||||||||||||
35 | Town Accomodations are needed | Auckland | Auckland | Rotorua | Rotorua | Rotorua | Rotorua | Wellington | Picton | Christchurch | Christchurch | Lake Tekapo | Queenstown | Queenstown | ||||
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