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UPDATED FOR 2025 - Contact us with the dates you would like to come and we will arrange the tour around your interests and abilities
*Tours dates subject to accommodation availability during the peak season (December, January & February)
Explore Stewart Island! known as Rakiura "the Land of Glowing Skies"
See what New Zealand was like before people arrived, a lush sub-tropical paradise full of unique birdlife & marine mammals. Stewart Island, or Rakiura in Maori, offers us a real life glimpse of this prehistoric world.
Experience the best of Dunedin, the Catlins Coast and Stewart Island on this 7 day package holiday
Whats included?
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6 nights private accommodation hotel/lodge (Dunedin, Catlins & Stewart Island)
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all transport on tour including Stewart Island return flights (or ferry if preferred)
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meals; breakfast included each day, other meals and refreshments not included
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at least one special activity/attraction each day included *see below
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return flights to and from Stewart Island
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private airport transfers Dunedin Airport to & from Dunedin City
Attractions included in price...
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Ulva Island Bird Sanctuary guided tour (with Ulva's Guided Walks)
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Pelagic bird watching cruise (with Rakiura Charters)
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Kiwi Spotting Guided Tour (with Beaks & Feathers)
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Catlins forest walks, wildlife & bird watching with Iconic Tours
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Self guided day walk (Rakiura National Park) with water taxi
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Dunedin sightseeing & Larnach Castle with Castle Dining experience on last night!
Itinerary
Day 1
Meet at Dunedin Airport for your complimentary private transfer to your central city hotel. Brief citysights tour before check in. Refresh, relax and enjoy some free time in Dunedin on your first night.
*complimentary breakfast vouchers, Dunedin city map and events brochure provided
Day 2.
After a complimentary breakfast, depart Dunedin with Iconic Tours for a full day tour of the Catlins Coast. Exhilarating nature walks & wildlife, enjoy a picnic lunch at a secluded spot, arrive at Curio Bay mid-afternoon and check into your beach-front accommodation. Dinner at Curioscape Restaurant. *lunch & evening meals own cost
Day 3.
Enjoy a full cooked breakfast in the Catlins then head to Invercargill city, with couple of sighseeing stops along the way. Lunch at the Auction House Cafe.
After lunch Iconic Tours will take you to check in at Invercargill Airport for your 15 minute scenic flight to Oban, Stewart Island *max checked luggage allowance is 15kg per person
Upon arrival, Stewart Island flights provide a courtesy shuttle from the airfield to the flight office in Oban. Here you will be met and transported to your accommodation, providing a very short tour of Oban on the way. Free time to explore Oban township and choose from two or three options for dinner.
Day 4.
Full cooked breakfast (at South Sea Hotel restaurant), morning pelagic wildlife cruise, picnic lunch, afternoon guided walk on Ulva Island. Evening Kiwi Spotting guided tour.
Day 5.
Full cooked breakfast at South Sea Hotel Restaurant. Morning water taxi to Port William, self-guided (3 to 4 hour walk) on the Rakiura Track to Lee Bay, with taxi back to Oban.
*Alternative activity options:
1. (for less active walkers) private 2 hour sightseeing tour by Aurora Taxis
2. E-bike half-day or full-day hire
3. Freshwater River Cruise *subject to availability
Day 6.
Full breakfast, morning free time in Stewart Island... visit the new Rakiura Museum, browse the shops and galleries, or enjoy some of the beautiful short walks in the area. Fly Oban to Invercargill mid-day. Iconic Tours will meet you on arrival at Invercargill Airport and drive you to Dunedin. For your final night of the tour, stay at Larnach Castle Lodge. *includes a special 4 course heritage dinner inside the Castle and optional guided Castle tour
Day 7.
Enjoy a full cooked breakfast served in the old Stables. Check out Larnach Castle Lodge, scenic drive to Dunedin City. Private transfer to Dunedin Airport when required.
" 15 years of arranging tours to Stewart Island, I have come to love and respect the place, its nature and its people. I've built strong relationships with the local operators and have a good idea of how things tick on Rakiura, what works and what doesn't. Unpredictable weather, specatular skies, jaw dropping wildlife, you can expect to be amazed by the place every time you visit " Kim Hayward, Iconic Tours Dunedin
Call us now to book: 03 472 7776
or email bookings@iconictours.co.nz
