This tour plays the best courses in the South Island and gives you the opportunity to experience some of the most dramatic of New Zealand’s landscapes and adventures as well as superb food, wine and hospitality.
Queenstown ~ adventure and wine capital
Fly to Christchurch International Airport or directly to Queenstown.
For four days you will stay at Millbrook Resort with its own par 72 golf
championship course designed by New Zealand's renowned master golfer
Sir Bob Charles. Set in a spectacular alpine amphitheatre, Millbrook is
designed to embody the relaxed New Zealand country lifestyle.
Begin your stay with practice on the putting green, a session in the spa or fitness centre, relax in the lakeside café or jet boat on the nearby Shotover River. Dinner is at the Clubhouse Restaurant at the resort.
Play Millbrook
Tee off this morning on Millbrook’s own course. After play, lunch can be
enjoyed at the resort’s lakeside restaurant. Dinner this evening is booked
at Saffron Restaurant in historic Arrowtown.
Fly over to Milford Sound then enter Middle Earth
Today there are opportunities to immerse yourselves in some of the most
stunning scenery in the world.
Options include:
Fly across Lake Whakatipu into the heart of the Fiordland National Park to
the breathtaking Lake Quill and the 2500 ft Sutherland Falls. View the
famous Milford Track - one of New Zealand’s popular wilderness areas en
route to Milford Sound. Following all this you experience a glacier landing,
one of the most awe inspiring experiences with ice formations and
crevasses to astound. Time for lunch at remote musterers’ cottage before
your return. Fly across Mt Aspiring National Park over the famous
Moonlight and Shotover Canyons before landing at Glenorchy for your next
adventure.
You saw the movie, now explore the set. Peter Jackson selected the Dart Valley area for three key locations for the movie. Take a short walk and then a jet boat excursion into the awe inspiring world of the Lord of the Rings. This excursion can be combined with the heli adventure. The helicopter can deliver you to Glenorchy, near Paradise, for your jet boat adventure.
A wine tasting at Peregrine Winery or at Bannockburn may appeal to you, followed by a leisurely lunch at the acclaimed Amisfield Winery overlooking Lake Hayes.
Alternatively spend the day playing another 18 holes at Millbrook or at the local Arrowtown course. Dinner this evening is booked at the resort’s Millhouse Restaurant
Golf at Jacks Point
Today we tee off at Jacks Point Golf Course. The course is bounded by the Remarkables
mountain range and Lake Wakatipu. It traverses through wetland to the lake edge
encountering steep bluffs, indigenous vegetation and wildlife. It is designed to work
with nature, not against it. Fairways are designed with minimal excavation and careful
plantings to complement the natural environment, but also to give the golfer a fighting chance.
For our final night in Queenstown, we are booked at the Bistro at Amisfield Winery for dinner. Continuing the principles of their winemaking philosophy "Grown Not Made" the country style bistro at Amisfield Winery provides a daily changing menu of organic and locally sourced produce. Their chef has created a menu to compliment our range of estate grown wines to be enjoyed in our architecturally award winning winery or in the stunning courtyard setting. We recommend the ?Trust the Chef? menu selection.
Terrace Downs
A mid morning flight transfers us to Christchurch where we transfer to Terrace Downs High Country Resort where
we are based for two nights. After a quick lunch we tee off in the early
afternoon. The golf course is designed to thrill golfers of all competency
levels. It is set at an altitude of 450m against a backdrop of snow-dusted
Alps and golden tussocked foothills that are a hunting, jet boating, hiking,
4wding, horse riding, skiing and fishing playground. It is not difficult to
imagine the Lord of the Rings cities that were built into this landscape.
The course is rated among the top three in New Zealand. The views are awesome, challenging you to keep your eye on the ball.
Terrace Downs or exploring the high country
A game is scheduled for mid morning. However people may choose to
select from a range of wonderful activities and excursions in the local hill
country region.
Clearwater Resort
Today we depart Terrace Downs for your final stay - at the luxurious
Clearwater Resort near Christchurch. We tee off late morning. The course
combines elements of links golf inspired by the great Scottish courses
with parkland golf, more reminiscent of Florida.
Christchurch Golf Club
Today we play Christchurch Golf Club at Shirley.
For our final night we dine again at the
restaurant at Clearwater Resort.
Haere Ra ~ until the next time!
Depart from Christchurch Airport.
