Bhutan Tour Package: The Kingdom of Happiness

Arrive in Christchurch. Private transfer. Botanic Gardens & Hagley Park. Punting on the Avon River. Overnight in Christchurch.

Drive Lake Tekapo (3.5 hrs) via Canterbury Plains. Church of the Good Shepherd. Tekapo Blue Lake views. Evening: optional Mount John Observatory, one of the world's best stargazing sites. Overnight Lake Tekapo.

Drive Mount Cook (1.5 hrs). Afternoon Hooker Valley Track walk: glacial lakes, swing bridges & views of Aoraki/Mount Cook (3,724m). Overnight Mount Cook.

Drive Wanaka (2.5 hrs). That Wanaka Tree: New Zealand's most photographed tree growing in the lake. Afternoon Roys Peak hike (4 hrs return, panoramic lake & mountain views). Overnight Wanaka.

Drive Queenstown (1 hr). Afternoon: Queenstown gondola & Luge ride. Optional bungee jumping at Kawarau Gorge (world's first commercial bungee site). Overnight in Queenstown.

Morning: Shotover Jet boat ride through Shotover Canyon. Optional skydiving or white-water rafting. Evening: Queenstown waterfront & dinner. Overnight in Queenstown.

Drive to Milford Sound (4 hrs) through Te Anau & Fiordland National Park. Afternoon Milford Sound cruise: Mitre Peak, Stirling Falls & fur seal colonies. Overnight Te Anau.

Drive to Franz Josef Glacier (3.5 hrs via Haast Pass). Guided glacier walk on Franz Josef, walk on the ice with crampons. Helicopter flight over the Southern Alps (optional). Return to Queenstown. Overnight Queenstown.

Morning at leisure in Arrowtown Heritage Village or Gibbston Valley Winery. Transfer to Queenstown Airport. Departure.