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ITINERARY

Duration: 12 days

PRICE & DEPARTURES

From £1438

VEHICLES

EDMR 1.3 litre manual hatchback, 3 door, power steering, front wheel drive (Nissan Micra or similar).
CDAR 1.8 litre automatic sedan or liftback, 5 door, power steering, central locking, front wheel drive (Mitsubishi Lancer or similar).
IDAR 2 litre automatic sedan, 4 door, power steering, central locking, front wheel drive (Mitsubishi Diamante or similar).

Other car types are available. Please call for further details.

Self Drive Nature

South Island Nature Tour

Outline Itinerary [2/2]
Day 8:	Te Anau-Stewart Island (157 km) Follow the Waiau Valley to the south coast. Leaving your vehicle at the port of Bluff, take the ferry to Stewart Island, a must for naturalists. Recommended is the walk to Ackers Point to see little blue penguins and sooty shearwaters (between November and February). Two night stay at South Seas Hotel.
Day 9:	Stewart Island A full day to enjoy the wildlife of this remote island. Take a short trip to Ulva Island Nature Reserve, where you may see weka, and yellow and red crowned parakeets. In the evening join an excursion to see the brown kiwi – this is the only place in New Zealand where these timid nocturnal birds are reliably seen in the wild.
Day 10:	Stewart Island-Dunedin (217 km) Take the morning ferry back to the mainland and drive along the spectacular Catlins Coast to Dunedin. On the nearby Otago Peninsula you can see yellow-eyed penguins, royal albatrosses, cormorants and seals. Overnight at Adrian Motel.
Day 11:	Dunedin-Mt Cook region (331 km) Follow the coast road past the Moeraki Boulders to Oamaru and its penguin colonies. Look out for Hector’s dolphins, which can be observed from the shore, before heading inland to Mt Cook National Park. Overnight in Twizel at the Artemis B&B.
Day 12:	Mt Cook region-Christchurch (331 km) You may catch sight of an extremely rare black stilt as you drive north to the Canterbury Plains and city of Christchurch, where you return your rental vehicle and depart.