Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Experience the very best of New Zealand on this two day West Coast adventure!
Tour highlights include Queenstown, Lakes Wanaka and Hawea, the wild West Coast and the world-famous Tranz Alpine Scenic Train. Hailed as one of the greatest train journeys in the world, the TranzAlpine Train will take your breath away on the journey to your final destination of Christchurch.
This is an Independent coach tour, where you travel on a combination of touring coaches and sightseeing services with commentary and/or point to point coaches which may not have commentary. You will be with different people on each part of the tour and different drivers. You have free time to explore on your own and are free to choose where and when to eat, meals are not included unless specified.
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TranzAlpine Scenic Train from Greymouth to Christchurch
All transport as specified in this tour package (small group or semi-private tours)
Breif commentary on transport
Shuttle to Glacier Valley
One nights accommodation in Franz Josef
Meals unless specified
Pre and post tour accommodation
Hotel drop-off on day two
Gratuities
Departure Point
Athol Street, Queenstown 9300, New Zealand
The Great Sights Coach departs the Athol Street Bus Station at 08:10. Please meet your coach here 15 minutes prior to this.
If your accommodation is a major hotel in the Queenstown CBD, it may be available for coach pick up prior. Please advise your Queenstown accommodation at the time of booking.
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Dan_E
16 Jan 2023
The many scenic views of mountains and lakes were enjoyed.
Franz Josef Bella Vista Hotel staff were excellent as was our driver Lyall.
Alice May Restaurant was excellent with great food and service.
We enjoyed the trip however we expected meals to be provided and a better itinerary for a two day one night $4000.00 excursion. I wouldn't recommend for the price paid.
The train naration was excellent.
My seat head phones didn't work so I had to relocate separately from my wife.
Victoria_P
22 Feb 2020
My friend and I booked this trip 10 months in advance and were fully confirmed. Three weeks prior to the trip, we were contacted to tell us that they didn’t have train tickets for us even though it had been fully confirmed and that now the train was overbooked. After several days of going back and forth with the tour company, they finally did get us the train tickets, but it took much time and effort on our part to make this right which should never have happened when we were booked so far in advance. In truth, I feel that we should receive a partial refund due to the poor service that we received. During the trip, you spend a lot of time on a bus on both days with few stops which I think is a bit misleading in the description. The glacier was nice to see and the train ride was interesting, but there was a lot of travel time involved.
Susan_B
15 Feb 2020
Beautiful trip. Too bad it was delayed due to heat on the rails which made the trip longer than anticipated. But safety first! Also food was limited and we did not know this prior to getting on board. But we were given complimentary ice cream....gotta love ice cream. Also our seats were double booked which caused confusion at boarding time. Workers tried to help. Commentary was good. We had people around us talking loudly and not listening to the commentary and this made it difficult to hear.
This tour in
Queenstown
is organized by
Discover New Zealand
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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