Frontier Regional & Union #38 School New Zealand Tour 2024

Depart Boston and take an international flight to New Zealand (1 or 2 stops)

Today is a full travel day (cross the international time zone)

Arrive into Wellington airport today and meet your expert Haka Educational Tour Guide. You will then transfer to your accommodation and take an evening stroll with your guide and enjoy your first dinner in New Zealand.

Take a walking orientation of the waterfront city with your guide before learning to paddle a native Māori waka (war canoe) to experience a local tradition first hand.

Then take an educational tour of Zealandia, the world’s first fully fenced urban eco-sanctuary. Learn about NZ’s natural history and the conservation being undertaken in the heart of the city.

Today you will travel to Taupo with scenic stops en-route.

In the late afternoon your will boat a boat to cruise on the lake to the unique Māori rock carvings.

This morning visit the impressive Huka Falls waterfall. Then follow the river up stream for a dip at Spa Park, home to natural hot pools. Then travel into rural New Zealand for an overnight stay in a local marae (Māori meeting house), and learn more about Māori customs and the significance of the land. You'll also try your hand at some Māori arts (the Haka & poi), and enjoy a dinner cooked in the traditional Māori way before some storytelling about local legends.

After breakfast you will get to take part in a selection of cultural activities with the locals. These may include weaving, fishing, eeling and more.

After lunch the group will continue on to Rotorua where you will take a guided tour of Te Puia, New Zealand’s Māori Arts and Crafts Institute. Explore the geothermal valley, visit the Kiwi House (the New Zealand native bird) and see Māori carving and weaving first hand.

This morning will get suitably wet with some breathtaking white water rafting along the Kaituna River.

Afterwards you will travel to Hobbiton to explore the famous movie set from Lord of the Rings.

Then on to the beautiful beaches of the Coromandel for an evening of relaxing by the waves!

This morning join a Cathedral Cove kayak tour. Considered one of the best kayaking trips in the country, you will paddle through amazing sea caves and explore volcanic islands in the Marine Reserve.

Then learn how to make your own pendant through techniques passed down through generations of Māori people before travelling onto Auckland.

Take a morning walking orientations of some of Auckland sights including Mount Eden (flight time dependent).

The transfer to the airport for your international flight home (not organised by Haka Educational Tours).