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Old Oct 13, 2018 | 10:52 am
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poisonsag
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We did ended up making some changes due to change of plan last minutes changes are in red

Day 1: Reach and explore Auckland city, sleep in Auckland (Reach AKL, take rent a car and drive to Waitamo caves, sleep near waitamo area)
Day 2: Rent a car and visit hobbiton, rotorua, sleep in rotorua (Early morning drive and tour of hobbiton, after the tour drive/tour of rotorua, sleep at rotorua)
Day 3: Return rent a car, fly from Rotorua to Queenstown, explore and sleep in Queenstown (Return rent a car, fly to Queenstown, do spa @ onsen pools and Gandola (skyline))
Day 4: Drive to Franz Josef via Wanaka, sleep in Franz Josef (No change)
Day 5: Glacier heli hike and lake Matheson, sleep in Franz Josef (No change)
Day 6: Hike at Roberts Point Track, sleep in Franz Josef (No change)
Day 7: Drive back to and sleep in Queenstown (Drive back to queenstown via Wanaka, sleep in queenstown)
Day 8: Explore more of Queenstown, sleep in Queenstown (Do Jetboat tour in queenstown, any other tips for what to do near/in queenstown for 2nd half of the day?)
Day 9: Day tour to Milford sound from Queenstown, sleep in Queenstown (Tour: https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-ze...mt-cook-combo/) (No change, i wont be driving here, we have booked a tour)
Day 10: Day tour to Mt. Cook Village, sleep in Queenstown (Tour: https://www.greatsights.co.nz/new-ze...mt-cook-combo/) ((No change, i wont be driving here, we have booked a tour)
Day 11: Visit Te anau (Glow warm caves) and sleep in Queenstown (Skipping Te ananu since now we are doing Waitamo caves, instead we will be doing bungee jumping and drive to glenorchy, any other tips for what to do near/in queenstown if time permits)
Day 12: Take the bus to CHC and explore Christchurch (time permitting), sleep in Christchurch (I will be driving to CHC earning morning and at CHC we are planning to do Punting on the Avon)
Day 13: Return the car and fly back to USA (No change)

How does it look now? Thanks again everyone!! HUGE HELP!!
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