Christchurch, known as The Garden City, with its beautifully preserved gothic architecture, tree lined avenues and the gentle meandering Avon River is the base for this 5 day escape. Play two rounds of golf and enjoy a full day privately escorted wine tour.
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Package includes
- Personal assistance from Golfer's Dream Destination New Zealand Host
- 4 nights’ in your choice of accommodation
- Breakfast each Day
- 2 Rounds of golf including electric cart
- Full Day private wine tour
- Late model Rental Car including standard daily insurance or private escort
Tour itinerary
- Day 1
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Arrive Christchurch
On arrival at Christchurch airport, collect your rental car and proceed to your hotel. The most English city in New Zealand, The Garden City, with beautifully preserved gothic architecture, tree lined avenues and the gentle meandering Avon River. There are numerous parks and gardens to wander around, bars, cafes and restaurants in abundance, art galleries and theatres.
Christchurch
- Day 2
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Golf at Clearwater
This morning play a 18 holes of golf on the Clearwater Resort Course. There are elements of links and parkland golf at the Clearwater course with an abundance of water. Natural springs and crystal clear streams that are teeming with trout feed the resort’s 15 hectares of lakes. Water comes into play at 14 of the holes with numerous grass hazards of tussocks and marram grasses. There are five-position tees, including the championship tees, and is the home of the New Zealand PGA Championship.
Clearwater Golf Club
- Day 3
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North Canterbury Wine Tour
Today enjoy a privately guided tour the Waipara Valley, Canterbury's premier wine growing region, which is approximately 45 minutes north of Christchurch. Explore some boutique vineyards such as Waipara Springs, Torlesse, Canterbury House and Pegasus Bay, all producing a fine selection of both white and red wines. A winery platter lunch is included.
- Day 4
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Golf at Terrace Downs
Travel 1 hour south west for your 18 hole game this morning at Terrace Downs Resort in the Rakaia River Gorge. Magnificent scenery surrounds you as the quiet solitude of the countryside lets you relax and concentrate on your game. The course sits at an altitude of 450 meters, has four-position tees, generously wide fairways, but 70 bunkers, numerous grass hazards and eight lakes. Terrace Downs is a course that has gained a fantastic reputation in New Zealand golfing circles.
Terrace Downs Resort
- Day 5
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Depart Christchurch
Sadly, your holiday is at an end and you travel onto the airport today for your onward flight. Here, we bid you a fond farewell to your homeland and hope you leave with many happy memories of your stay in New Zealand.
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