New Zealand Winter Trips

Trips with Winter Departures

Trips that run during the winter period from May to September.

Hiking Safari

Volcanoes & Rainforest

  • 10 days @ NZ$1,880
  • Start/Finish: Auckland/ Wellington
  • Nights: Backcountry Huts, Camping

Get up close to New Zealand's most famous volcanoes, hike through ancient rainforest and river gorges during three multi-day hikes. Capture the true essence of geo-thermal activity in hot rivers, explore beautiful lakes, alpine...

Volcanoes & Rainforest map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Caving
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    Touring
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    Rafting
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Great Hike

Abel Tasman Track

  • 5 days @ NZ$1,910
  • Start/Finish: Nelson return
  • Nights: Lodges

Experience this world-famous Abel Tasman National Park in style, where gentle beech forests give way to golden sands and glistening water. Enjoy three days of walking the Coast Track and two "free" days at beachfront lodges exploring....

Abel Tasman Track map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Cruise
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Great Hike

Queen Charlotte Track

  • 5 days @ NZ$1,995
  • Start/Finish: Picton return
  • Nights: Lodges

A track of contrasts - walking from shoreline to ridgeline, glimpses of the hidden bays, coves and inlets that make up the Marlborough Sounds, dominate the day. By night enjoy the comfort of resort style accommodation, Marlborough wines...

Queen Charlotte Track map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Cruise
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Great Hike

Heaphy Track

  • 6 days @ NZ$1,595
  • Start/Finish: Motueka return
  • Nights: Backcountry Huts

The Heaphy Track is one of New Zealand's designated 'Great Walks'. Enjoy the scenery - forest and sub-alpine tussock grasslands, mountain vistas, through to lush jungle like lowland forest and Nikau palm fringed beaches and pounding surf.

Heaphy Track map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Bird Watching
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Hiking Tour

Winter South Island Adventure

  • 14 days @ US$4,025
  • Start/Finish: Christchurch
  • Nights: Lodges, Backcountry Huts

The Winter South Island Adventure is well adapted to suit the cooler conditions. Enjoy two incredible multi-day guided backpacking trips to alpine hot pools, glaciers and remote snowfields. Take on some of the best day hikes in the...

Winter South Island Adventure map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Day Hikes
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    Touring
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    Kayaking
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    Biking
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    Skiing
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Glacier Walking
   
Adventure

Telemark Ski or Snow Shoe Touring

  • 2 days @ NZ$680
  • Start/Finish: Tekapo return
  • Nights: Backcountry Huts

Cruising on skis over rolling hills and along snow-filled valleys, carving telemark turns down virgin slopes, convivial evenings beside a pot belly stove in a cosy mountain hut, the peace and serenity of the white wilderness - these are...

Telemark Ski or Snow Shoe Touring map
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    Skiing
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Adventure

Alpine Ski Touring

  • 5 days @ NZ$2,070
  • Start/Finish: Tekapo return
  • Nights: Backcountry Huts

Wilderness skiing at its best! Alpine Ski Touring amongst the glaciers of the Mount Cook and Westland National Parks. Kelman Hut at the head of the Tasman Glacier is accessed by ski plane from Mt Cook Village and provides skiers with...

Alpine Ski Touring map
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    Skiing
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
   
Beyond NZ

Tasmanian Overland Hike

  • 7 days @ NZ$2,790
  • Start/Finish: Launceston return
  • Nights: Backcountry Huts, Camping

The Overland track is Australia's premier extended bushwalk. The Cradle Mountain Lake St. Clair National Park is renowned for its beauty, featuring abundant wildlife, rare and unusual vegetation and dramatic scenery.

Tasmanian Overland Hike map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
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    Bird Watching
   
Beyond NZ

Larapinta Trail

  • 6 days @ NZ$2,440
  • Nights: Camping

The Larapinta is one of the best walks in Australia. On the high ridge lines of the West MacDonnell Range we gain a rare perspective of the vast flood plains and rocky outcrops that form this ancient land. We walk between eight and...

Larapinta Trail map
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
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    Snorkelling
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    Bird Watching
   
Beyond NZ

Explore Kakadu

  • 6 days @ NZ$2,690
  • Start/Finish: Darwin return
  • Nights: Camping

Kakadu National Park is a World Heritage Area covering some 20,000 square kms. Waterfalls tumble from the red cliffs of the Arnhem Land escarpment into shady pools; tranquil wetlands teem with animal and birdlife while 40,000 years of...

Explore Kakadu map
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    Day Hikes
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    Kayaking
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    Cruise
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
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    Biking
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    Glacier Walking
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    Scuba Diving
   
Beyond NZ

Pacific Island Sailing

  • 10 days @ NZ$3,990
  • Start/Finish: Various depending on voyage
  • Nights: Cabins

From May 2010 Tallship Soren Larsen will undertake a series of voyages to the very best of the tropical South Seas.

A true ocean passage takes us from Auckland to the Kingdom of Tonga via the volcanic Kermadec islands. In the islands...

Pacific Island Sailing map
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    Sailing
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    Marine Mammals
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    Bird Watching
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    Day Hikes
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    Snorkelling
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    Multi-day Hiking
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    Kayaking
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    Rafting
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    Caving
   
     
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