Luxury hotel holidays to Central South Island New Zealand

Luxury holidays to Central South Island New Zealand: luxury hotel holidays, touring holidays and special interest holidays

An Expressions tailor-made holiday to the Central South Island allows travellers to explore an amazingly varied region of New Zealand. It contains both the dry and flat farmland of the Canterbury plains just outside Christchurch and the highest mountain in New Zealand, Mount Cook, always snow-capped at 3764 metres and is at the heart of the Mount Cook National Park that has nineteen mountain peaks over 3000 metres and where glaciers cover 40 per cent of the area of the park. In between you have the alpine landscape of Arthur’s Pass, amid beech forest, tussock-covered meadows, cool lakes and ski fields. Much of the pasture is for sheep, often hardy merino who provide fine wool for luxury international fashion brands. To the west of the Alps the warm, wet climate produces lush rainforest at lower levels and at higher altitude the rainfall creates the famous glaciers of the Westland National Park; the Fox and the Franz Josef, a wonder of the world in that nowhere else at this latitude have glaciers advanced so close to the sea.

Our bespoke, luxury holidays can be

● Single centre or multi-centre
● Long or short stays
● Combine a number of different hotels in different regions
● Utilise a variety of transport arrangements to New Zealand and within New Zealand, combining flights, hire-car, rail, ferries, cruises, helicopters and private transfers

Our special interest holidays to Central South Isl

● Wine and food holidays
● Art, culture and heritage
● Wildlife and nature experiences
● Private guided sightseeing
● Tramping and walks
● Fiord cruises
● Water activities
● Spa holidays
● Golf
● Mountain biking

Included in all our holidays

● Concierge service
● Handcrafted helpful hints and local information provided with all our holidays
● Personal service by your sales consultant who looks after all aspects of your holiday

Call us on 01392 441245

Highlights of the Central South Island

Whale and dolphin watching at Kaikoura by plane or sea, followed by a local crayfish lunch, Christchurch with its botanic gardens, Arts Centre and Art Gallery, Drive or take the train across the Southern Alps, Enjoy a scenic flight over Mount Cook, Tramping in the unspoiled alpine scenery of Arthur’s Pass with its mountain beech, alpine daisies, bellbirds and keas, Discover the natural beauty of the lush rainforests and deserted beaches with their Fiordland crested penguins near Lake Moeraki, Walk on the glaciers of Fox and Franz Josef.

Central South Island travel information

There are regular flights from London to Christchurch with British Airways. Flight time to New Zealand is 24 hours on average.

Car hire

With our holidays we include a Hertz group J car (Ford Escape or equivalent four-wheel drive), although smaller and larger cars are available too.

Our bespoke, luxury holidays can be

● Single centre or multi-centre
● Long or short stays
● Combine a number of different hotels in different regions
● Utilise a variety of transport arrangements to New Zealand and within New Zealand, combining flights, hire-car, rail, ferries, cruises, helicopters and private transfers

Our special interest holidays to Central South Isl

● Wine and food holidays
● Art, culture and heritage
● Wildlife and nature experiences
● Private guided sightseeing
● Tramping and walks
● Fiord cruises
● Water activities
● Spa holidays
● Golf
● Mountain biking

Included in all our holidays

● Concierge service
● Handcrafted helpful hints and local information provided with all our holidays
● Personal service by your sales consultant who looks after all aspects of your holiday

Call us on 01392 441245

Here you will find a map of Central South Island showing the locations of the hotels that we offer

Our bespoke, luxury holidays can be

● Single centre or multi-centre
● Long or short stays
● Combine a number of different hotels in different regions
● Utilise a variety of transport arrangements to New Zealand and within New Zealand, combining flights, hire-car, rail, ferries, cruises, helicopters and private transfers

Our special interest holidays to Central South Isl

● Wine and food holidays
● Art, culture and heritage
● Wildlife and nature experiences
● Private guided sightseeing
● Tramping and walks
● Fiord cruises
● Water activities
● Spa holidays
● Golf
● Mountain biking

Included in all our holidays

● Concierge service
● Handcrafted helpful hints and local information provided with all our holidays
● Personal service by your sales consultant who looks after all aspects of your holiday

Call us on 01392 441245