Travel packages for England cricket tour to New Zealand 2024. Includes flights, hotels, transfers, tour manager & Test Match tickets. ATOL Protected. 

Depart from your preferred UK airport for your flight to Christchurch.

In transit.

Arrive in Christchurch where you will be met and take a transfer to your accommodation – Wyndham Gardens Christchurch

Today  you will be met at your hotel and transferred to Christchurch airport for your flight to Queenstown. On arrival you will be met and take a private transfer to your accommodation. Based on budget, room type and accommodation preferences, we have a choice of hotel options subject to availability. 

Day at leisure to explore the Queenstown and its environs. We suggest taking a visit to Arrowtown a charming old gold rush village beside the Arrow River.  Arrowtown won the Most Beautiful Small Town in NZ And the Most Beautiful Street in NZ in 2023. Today Arrowtown has around 70 buildings and features left from the gold rush era. After the gold ran out, Arrowtown became a farm service town and in the 1950’s major restoration took place on the historic cottages. The full history of the town can be seen at the district museum on the main street.

09:30 Collect hire car (G MITSUBISHI ASX or similar) from downtown Queenstown. (office located 800m from your accommodation) and drive to Lake Wanaka. Approx. 70 KM by most direct route a little over an hour’s drive. Rest of the day at leisure.

Your accommodation is at the Bella Vista Motel Lake Wanaka

From Queenstown, you can simply follow the main road through the Kawarau Gorge to Lake Dunstan, and north around the Pisa Range to Wanaka. Alternatively, just beyond the turning to Arrowtown is the turning for the Crown Range Road on the left. This climbs steeply up into the Crown Range, giving you superb views back over the valley, with the Remarkables as a backdrop. The road follows the Cardrona River to Cardrona Township, where you can stop for a drink at the historic Cardrona Hotel before reaching Lake Wanaka. This is a shorter and much more scenic route (approximately 70 kilometres, 1 hour, 30 minutes).

 Sitting on the shore of Lake Wanaka and hula-hooped by the snow-dusted Southern Alps, Wanaka greets outdoorsy life with gusto. Another ace up the town’s sleeve is its closeness to Mount Aspiring National Park, a wilderness of beech forests, rugged rock faces, river valleys, and alpine lakes that open themselves up to plenty of water- and mountain-based activities.

In your hire car drive Franz Josef Glacier. Approx. 290 KM – approx. time 4 hours without stops. Your accommodation is at the Aspen Court Franz Josef Motel

Head north along the shores of Lake Hawea before following the banks of Lake Wanaka, which mirrors the Minaret Mountains towering above it. Heading up into the Makarora Forest the road follows the Makarora River through a spectacular alpine valley before tracking the course of the Haast River and turning west towards the coast through the Haast Pass. This journey passes many impressive waterfalls not far from the road. After cutting through the Southern Alps the road reaches the small village of Haast and heads north along the rugged west coast before heading inland at Knights Point, through the Paringa Forest and passed Lake Paringa. Once you have passed Jacobs River and Karangarua it is only a short way to Fox Glacier. You might like to take a short detour here to Lake Matheson signposted off to the left before continuing along the very windy road to Franz Josef (approximately 287 kilometres; six hours).

Shared excursion (maximum size group 11 persons) on Franz Josef Heli Hike including guide. Time to be confirmed – at the time of writing 12.30, 12.45, 1300 & 13.15 slots available.  

Today, you will go and explore the Franz Josef Glacier by taking a helicopter to the glacier, where you will land and have about two and a half hours to explore the rugged terrain. The Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers are two of the fastest moving in the world, sometimes at a rate of up to 20 m (66 ft) a year. This means that the terrain is ever-changing as crevasses close and new ones open. As your guide leads you on a route, you’ll see ice tunnels glowing a deep blue shade and steps up the ice have to be hewn with a pickaxe. You’ll have up to two hours of time to explore the glacier and your guide will tailor the walking and experience to fit your group. Please note that you’ll be required to complete a short step test prior to the heli-hike in order to gauge fitness levels.

In your hire car drive to your hotel in Greymouth Approx. 180 KM – approx. time 2.5 hours without stops. Drop off your luggage at your hotel and then take your hire car to car hire outlet in downtown Greymouth, approximately 8-minute walk from your hotel. Your accommodation is at the The Copthorne Hotel Greymouth

Heading north out of Fox or Franz Josef Glacier townships, you will soon be driving through the corridors of rimu and matai forests in the Waitaha and Kakapotahi scenic reserves. You will pass Ross, well known locally as the centre of the Ross Historic Goldfields, and then later the charming town of Hokitika. In this quaint port town, you will find the excellent Jade Museum and the William Steyn Gallery as well as numerous little cafés in which to take a break from the driving. Continuing north along the coast you cross the Taramakau River and reach the town of Greymouth (approximately 177 kilometres, three hours).

One of the world’s great train journeys through the Southern Alps of NZ aboard the TranzAlpine train covering 223 kilometres (139 miles).

Make you own way to Greymouth train station – approx. 5-minute walk – 400 metres

14.15 TranzAlpine Express departs – Scenic Plus Seat.

19.00 Arrive Christchurch station, make your way to the Christchurch accommodation.

Your accommodation is at  The Heritage Christchurch

Today make your own way to Christchurch airport for your flight to the UK.