Day Tours, Adventure Activities, and Nature Tours
New Zealand

Arthurs Pass / Tranz Alpine

Enjoy a real Canterbury experience. A wonderful and exciting day where you will experience transport by coach, train and jetboat. Travel through rural cropping areas and the scenic Arthurs Pass National Park. The TranzAlpine Train - rated one of the top six train journeys in the world with its numerous tunnels, viaducts and river canyons - will take you into the heart of the Southern Alps.

Enjoy lunch at a mountain chalet restaurant, marvel at the spectacular alpine scenery, meet the native New Zealand Parrot - the Kea, and take a short bush walk if you want. Travelling down from the mountains in the early afternoon, visit a real working sheep farm where you will see the sheep dogs working, sheep shearing and enjoy a farmhouse afternoon tea along with genuine New Zealand rural hospitality. A Jetboat ride deep into the Canyons / Gorges of the famous Waimakariri River will take you to areas inaccessible by foot. Return to Christchurch by coach across the Canterbury Plains to complete an unforgettable day out in New Zealand.