Dec 16, 2017 - Departure from SFO to Auckland via United Airlines

Dec 17, 2017 - Arrival in Auckland
- Day in Auckland
- Hotel: Heritage Auckland
- Car Rental from Airport

Dec 18, 2017
- Drive to Tongariro National Park (2 nights)
- Hotel: Chateau Tongariro Hotel
- Activity: Waitomo Glowworm Caves

Dec 19, 2017
- Tongariro Alpine Crossing - Day Hike
- Dinner: At Hotel

Dec 20, 2017: Drive to Nelson, South Island
- Drive to Wellington
- Inter-islander from Wellington to Picton via Marlborough Sounds
- Lodging: Airbnb - Last Straw House (2nights)
- Dinner: Little India, Nelson

Dec 21, 2017: Day in Abel Tasman National Park
- Activity: Cruise Abel Tasman National Park with Abel Tasman Charters
- Dinner in Nelson downtown

Dec 22, 2017: Drive to Franz Josef Glacier
- Hotel: Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier
- Lunch: Denniston Dog, Westport 
- Dinner: Alice May, Franz Josef Glacier
- Stops: Westport & Punakaiki

Dec 23, 2017: Drive to Lake Te Anau
- Lodging:Distinction Hotel & Villas, Te Anau
- Lunch: Hard Antler Restaurant, Haast
- Dinner: in Anau - Pizza
- Stops: Lake Matheson, Lake Paringa, Ship Creek, Haast, Blue Pools
- Activities: 
  1. Hike Franz Josef Glacier (7am to 830am - Before Breakfast)
  2. Hike Around Lake Matheson
  3. Hike Blue Pool Track
  4. Stop at Thunder Creek Falls

Dec 24, 2017 - Milford Sounds & Routeburn Track
- Drive to Milford Sounds
- Lodging: Howden Hut
- Activities:
  1. Milford Sounds Cruise 
  2. Hike Routeburn track from Divide to Howden Hut

Dec 25, 2017 - Routeburn Track
- Hike Routeburn track and back to car
- Drive to Te Anau
- Lodging: Distinction Hotel & Villas, Te Anau
- Dinner: Christmas dinner at Kepler Restaurant

Dec 26, 2017 - Drive to Queenstown
- Lodging: Hilton Queenstown Resort & Spa (2 nights)
- Dinner:
- Activities:
  1. Shotover Jet
  2. Boat Taxi to downtown

Dec 27, 2017
- Activities:
  1. Golf at Queenstown Golf Course
  2. Drive to Glenorchy
  3. Day Hike Routeburn track to Routeburn Flats hut 
- Dinner:

Dec 28, 2017 - Drive to Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park
- Activities (Morning)
  1. Zipline, Queenstown
  2. Skyline Luge, Queenstown
- Lodging: Mt Cook Lodge (2 nights)
- Dinner: @Lodge

Dec 29, 2017 - Day in Mt. Cook National Park
- Activities: 
  1. Glacier Explorers (7am)
  2. Hike Hooker Valley Track

Dec 30, 2017 - Drive to Christchurch
- Activities:
  1. Horse Back Riding, Lake Tekapo
- Hotel: Crowne Plaza, christchurch (2nights)

Dec 31, 2017 - Day in Christchurch

Jan 1, 2018 - Return to SFO via Auckland