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This 4-day tour starts in the Queenstown district, with awe-inspiring scenery and colourful history dating back to the goldfield pioneers. A journey of exploration along the sites & trails of the gold seekers, visiting historical settlements, and taking a guided tour of the Fox Glacier valley. On the last day, we will visit Shantytown in Greymouth, to discover the origins for the culture and character of New Zealanders.
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NEXT TOUR DEPARTURE: 09 March 2009
This tour gives you the opportunity to explore one of the most diverse walking trails in the world, the spectacular 'Te Ara Pounamu', known as 'The Greenstone Pathway'. This route has been followed for hundreds of years by Maori traders seeking precious New Zealand Jade greenstone. Blending geography with mythology, this tour is full of surprises and showcases the most stunning scenery. It really is the experience of a lifetime.
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Experience the way 'Coasters view the world! Start the afternoon with a Monteith's Brewery Tour, and then let us take the wheel as we follow the old trail of thirsty miners up the Grey Valley. Visit the Brunner Mine Site and hear the history of this tragic site. Call in to Blackball's renowned 'Hilton' Hotel and Salami Company, and sample the local brews at a typical West Coast pub. Hear the stories of the miners while you 'lay the dust' with a 'pony' of your favourite Monteiths.
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This fantastic NEW multi-day tour package includes 2 nights accommodation and takes in the amazing Punakaiki Pancake Rocks and spectacular Paparoa National Park, the coastal highway south to Franz Josef as well as walks, sightseeing and optional extras along the route on a fully guided and interpreted 3 day tour. Visit jade carving studios, experience a WALK ON THE GLACIER ICE and experience the fantastic TranzAlpine journey from Greymouth to Christchurch as the icing!
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The heaving swells of the Tasman Sea have carved the coastline of the West Coast for millions of years. Nowhere is the effect on the landscape more spectacular and profound than at Punakaiki. Experience the power of the sea as it surges into the sea caves and regularly blasts sea spray high out of the blowholes.
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It's 1864 and the 'rush' is on! Thousands of gold seekers staked their claims and scrambled through dense rainforest, rivers and streams in search of their fortune.
Experience it all at Shantytown, where history comes alive in a recreation of an early gold-mining township. Ride the old steam train, explore the Chinese dwellings and climb to the lookout.
'And there's still gold in them thar hills'. Pan for your own gold. You'll be assured of winning a small ‘colour'.
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In the South West New Zealand World Heritage Area huge rivers of ice, living remnants of the ice ages, carve a spectacular landscape from the snowfields of the Southern Alps to their terminal faces near sea level. Get up close and hear the glaciers creaking and cracking as they constantly grind down the valleys.
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