Deluxe North & South Islands
The following sample schedules are designed to provide our clients with an insight into the many options available that best highlights New Zealand. Each schedule is intended to offer unique features and can be customised to your specific requirements.
For current pricing & customised tour options please contact Golf Tourism Australia
Duration
12 days / 11 Nights
Golf
Kauri Cliffs, Kerikeri, Wairakei, Cape Kidnappers, Millbrook, Queenstown, Terrace Downs, Christchurch
Sightseeing
Maritime Park, Treaty Grounds, Dolphin Seeker, Gardens, City tours, Wineries, Gannet Colonies, Art Deco, Milford Sound, Jet Boating
Hotels
Kauri Cliffs Lodge, Huka Lodge, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Millbrook Resort, Otahuna LodgDay 1
On arrival at Auckland Airport you will be met by Golf Tourism Australia representative who will assist you with your luggage and transfer to your transportation.
Day 1
Today sightsee in the Bay of Islands.
Overnight: Kauri Cliffs Lodge: Deluxe Suite – including breakfast
Day 2
Golf today at Kauri Cliffs. Designed by David Harman this world class course also offers unparalleled spectacular ocean views. Situated high above the ocean, 15 of the holes look out on the Pacific Ocean. Immaculately presented, it is a fantastic experience to play and the memories will last forever.
Overnight: Kauri Cliffs Lodge: Deluxe Suite – including breakfast
Day 3
Today play Kerikeri. Rated as one of the finest courses in the North, it is a challenging layout that is always in top condition. Situated in New Zealand’s citrus growing capital, this private club is fun to play and the native bush surrounding the course abounds with birdlife.
Overnight: Kauri Cliffs Lodge: Deluxe Suite – including breakfast
Day 4
Today sightsee in Taupo.
Today fly to Taupo Airport.
Overnight: Huka Lodge: Lodge Room – including breakfast
Day 5
Today play Wairakei International. The best inland course in the country, it has been rated by Golf Digest in the top 100 in the world. It provides everything one could wish for in a golf course. The signature hole is the 615 par par 5 14th, aptly named ‘The Rogue’, a very demanding hole.
Overnight: Huka Lodge: Lodge Room – including breakfast
Day 6
Today sightsee in Napier.
Overnight: The Farm at Cape Kidnappers: Deluxe Suite – including Dinner and breakfast
Day 7
Today play Cape Kidnappers. Renowned architect Tom Doak’s first project outside of the U.S.A., Cape Kidnappers is perched on fingers of land nearly 500 feet above Hawke Bay, this vertigo inducing course, creased by ravines and patrolled by gannets, belongs more to heaven than earth. It is seaside golf at its finest, you’ll hit heroic shots over the tops of tea trees, and play cautiously along the edges of deep ravines, every hole has a view of the Bay. Enjoy your game and enjoy the setting. You will never play golf somewhere like this again.
Overnight: The Farm at Cape Kidnappers: Deluxe Suite – including Dinner and breakfast
Day 8
Today fly to Queenstown Airport.Today sightsee in Queenstown.
Overnight: Millbrook Resort: Village Inn Room – including breakfast
Day 9
Today play at Millbrook. Designed by internationally renowned New Zealand professional golfer and former British Open winner, Sir Bob Charles. Millbrook’s golf course is an exceptional golfing experience, set against a spectacular alpine backdrop and fashioned from the original terrain, this course provides exciting and demanding golf.
Overnight: Millbrook Resort: Village Inn Room – including breakfast
Day 10
Today play Queenstown (Kelvin Heights). Built on a wooded peninsula protruding into Lake Wakatipu, it is known as one of the world’s most scenic courses. Both a photographer’s and golfer’s dream, it demands accurate driving and true iron shots. The hardest part however is to concentrate on golf rather than the mountain beauty.
Overnight: Millbrook Resort: Village Inn Room – including breakfast
Day 11
Today fly to Christchurch Airport.
Today sightsee in Christchurch.
Overnight: Otahuna Lodge: Executive Suite – including breakfast
Day 12
Play today at Terrace Downs. Located in the foothills of the Southern Alps, Terrace Downs is set in spectacular mountain scenery. Downs is a long way from the sea but it looks and feels in parts like a links course. Elsewhere it plays like a parkland course. This golf course has some of the most scintillating views of any in New Zealand.
Overnight: Otahuna Lodge: Executive Suite – including breakfast
Day 13
Today play Christchurch. This is the 2nd oldest club in New Zealand and has stood the test of time exceptionally well. A links type course with immaculate greens it has in the old traditions a great mix of long holes and exciting, delicate short ones. (P.J. Boatwright of the U.S.G.A. stated in 1990 that it could worthily hold the U.S. Open Championship).
Overnight: Otahuna Lodge: Executive Suite – including breakfast
Day 14
Depart New Zealand from the Christchurch Airport.
