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Half Day Private Skippers Canyon Photography Adventure

Journey with us into wild and remote Skippers Canyon. We'll take you on a photographic adventure into some of New Zealand's most spectacular and majestic landscapes and a ride through a window into our colourful gold mining past. This tour is perfect for photography enthusiasts, from beginners to the more advanced. Your guide will bring alive the history and the stories of this rugged region.  Includes take home guide to camera settings and guide to composing great photos. Whatever your level of proficiency they help you find inspirational vantage points and subjects and then work with you, giving you compositional tips and tricks, showing you the camera settings you need to compose amazing images. capturing a vision you'll be proud to take home.
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From $153.26
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Milford Sound Discovery Tour

This is effectively your own Private Tour for your small group or family group, gather your friends together and travel with us. We have been operating to Milford Sound for 15 years. We make your day special, unique photo stops, gourmet picnic lunches, personal service.
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See Details → Duration :11 hours 30 minutes
From $406.62
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Queenstown's Ultimate Off-Road Experience

The best way over half a day to capture the highlights of this region’s stunning scenery and showcase why this place is an adventurer’s paradise. The beauty in this unique itinerary is the combination of sightseeing and straight out adventure all in one action packed afternoon. Starting in our Landcruiser’s and the capable hands of experienced local guides you will get very personalised tour to visit world famous areas like Skippers Canyon and Arrowtown followed by multiple river crossings up the Arrow River to experience a Lord of the Rings movie location and try your hand gold panning in hopes of taking home some gold. We then take it up a level when you strap in and drive, or be passenger with the guide, our top of the range sports buggies around our exclusive off-road playground through the hills and forests overlooking Queenstown. These forest trails have been designed to thrill and reward with breath taking views only a lucky few get to sample.
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From $330.93
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Private Tour Queenstown to Christchurch via Mt Cook & Tekapo

Travel in a luxurious minivan with this tour from Queenstown to Christchurch via Mt. Cook & Lake Tekapo, and reach your destination relaxed & refreshed. It is a great alternative to enjoying New Zealand landscape, making frequent stops for photos on the way. Highlights • Private tour means more personal service from the guide • Savor a delicious buffet lunch with spectacular views at the Hermitage Hotel • Explore one of the many alpine walks in Mount Cook National Park • Admire Lake Pukaki, the largest lake in Mackenzie region, and stunning alpine scenery • Visit the iconic Church of Good Shepherd and Bronze Sheepdog Statue in Lake Tekapo
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From $6255.71
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AuthenticAs Discover Queenstown - Professional Photography & Exclusive 4WD Tour

This tour is for those that want the best views and location for photography that Queenstown can offer. It takes in history, culture and geography and gives you stunning images of you and your family or friends enjoying the private experience of a bespoke tour. We specialise in sustainabilty, photography and local kowledge.
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From $422.67
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New Zealand: Experience it ALL in 9 Days, 1st Class Custom Tours

You absolutely will not find another tour out there as packed with activities and attractions as this one, provided by CharlieTheTraveler. You will also not find another tour out there that offers it all "FIRST CLASS," yet for a relatively low price. We have thousands of travelers taking this specific tour every year-and that's because no competitor can beat us on quality, price & substance: ► 2 Flightseeing Tours, 1 Over Milford Sound & 1 Over Mount Cook ► Jet-Boating Top-Speed Along a Turquoise-Colored River ► A World-Famous Suspension Bridge Jump (optional) ► Zip-Lining ► Cable Car Ride Over Stunning Landscape ► 4-Wheel Driving in a Scenic Valley (seasonal) ► Boat Rides Around Icebergs (seasonal), Fjords & a National Park & Inside a Cave ► A Cruise on a Historic Steamship ► Visits to Boiling Geothermal Sites ► Bathing in a Mud Spa ► Glacier-Hiking ► A Tour of Lord of the Rings’ Movie Set ► A Show Demonstrating Centuries-Old Native Rituals
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Grand Alpine Helicopter Flight - Queenstown

Spectacular views of Queenstown and the surrounding landscape. Exclusive landing on Humboldt mountain range.
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See Details → Duration :40 minutes
From $392.23
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AuthenticAs Skippers Canyon - Professional Photography & Exclusive 4WD Tour

The Skippers Road is a historic route we travel via 4WD. Built during the gold rush we drive high above the Kawerau River giving you a historic context of what life was like for the original settlers of Skippers Canyon, sharing stories, tales and showing you relics from the past.
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See Details → Duration :4 hours 30 minutes
From $852.14
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AuthenticAs Photography - Mountain & Lakes Engagement Package

We provide 4WD Luxury Landrovers with hundreds of Department of Conservation concessions to explore the best romantic locations for Engagement Shoots. We can guarantee as professional photographers using the best of Nikon technology we can provide you with a beautiful set of images defining the mountains, lakes and historic scenary that Queenstown can offer.
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From $577.45
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Queenstown's Ultimate Off-Road Experience

The best way over half a day to capture the highlights of this region’s stunning scenery and showcase why this place is an adventurer’s paradise. The beauty in this unique itinerary is the combination of sightseeing and straight out adventure all in one action packed afternoon. Starting in our Landcruiser’s and the capable hands of experienced local guides you will get very personalised tour to visit world famous areas like Skippers Canyon and Arrowtown followed by multiple river crossings up the Arrow River to experience a Lord of the Rings movie location and try your hand gold panning in hopes of taking home some gold. We then take it up a level when you strap in and drive, or be passenger with the guide, our top of the range sports buggies around our exclusive off-road playground through the hills and forests overlooking Queenstown. These forest trails have been designed to thrill and reward with breath taking views only a lucky few get to sample.
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See Details → Duration :4 hours
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AuthenticAs Paradise - Professional Photography & Exclusive Guided 4WD Tour

We photograph your tour professionally, so you can sit back and relax. From posed photographs through to candid ones, we'll be helping you feel relaxed in this beautiful place creating images you'll treasure for decades to come. All of our tours are private and our Land Rovers have full leather interiors. You won't be sharing the vehicle with anyone other than your guides and your party. Nor will we be rushing, we want you to wind down. We are DOC concession holders, SMS Safety Management Audited and NZTA Licensed Operators, so you can relax knowing you're in very safe hands.
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From $1158.91
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The Ultimate Milford Sound Experience by Helicopter from Queenstown

Allow 4 Hours Landings: West Coast Beach, Glacier, Milford Sound, Alpine Lake Stroll on a deserted beach, soar among mountains and dine at an alpine lake suspended above Fiordland. Learn of the age old glaciers and prehistoric rain forests in a habitat seldom frequented by man. This relaxed and interpretive expedition distills the essence of New Zealand's most dramatic scenery. Enjoy a delicious gourmet picnic lunch & beverage hamper in one of the worlds most beautiful locations
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From $6286.99
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Mount Cook Day Tour from Queenstown

Venture out on a one-way sightseeing tour from Queenstown to Christchurch via Mt Cook and experience the splendor of the New Zealand Southern Alps. Enjoy spectacular sights of the glacier-fed Lake Tekapo, the farmland of Canterbury Plains and New Zealand's tallest mountain Aoraki (Mt Cook), situated in a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your Mount Cook day tour concludes in the largest city in South Island New Zealand, Christchurch.
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See Details → Duration :12 hours
From $156.39