Suggested tours

Your driver/guide Alan will enhance your journey with relevant comments tailored to your particular interests.

Full Day Tours

• Catlins Nature Encounter - Explore the rugged coast, Waipapa Point (shipwreck site) Slope Point, the southern most point of the mainland, Waikawa, Tautuku Beach and the Cathedral Caves (tide permitting) short walks through native bush to McLean Falls and Purakaunui Falls. Enjoy Nugget Point, Kaka Point Beach, wildlife (sea lions and fur seals) and return to Invercargill or drop off in Dunedin if required.
   
• Central Otago Tour (Invercargill to Queenstown) Varying routes all with spectacular contrasting scenery, and historic buildings. Take in the magnificent views of Lake Wakatipu, high country sheep stations and deer farms or, weather permitting, journeysouth will take you to the top of the ‘Old Man Range’ to view the unique plant life and rock formations.
   
• Milford Road Experience - Te Anau is The Gateway to Fiordland National Park, the ‘Walking Capital of the World.’ This tour will take you off the beaten track into the Hollyford and Eglington Valleys on the Milford Road. Enjoy this awesome journey without the bustle and the buses. The journey is the destination.

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Special Interest Tours

• ‘Lord of the Rings’ tour - Visit four film locations - Nen Hithoel where Merry & Pippin hid from the ORCS and Frodo and Sam crossed to the eastern shore for their journey to Mordor,  locate Silverlode River,  Anduin River and Fangorn Forest. Combine this with a spectacular 4WD journey to Walter Peak on the edge of Lake Wakatipu for a special day.
   
• Art Tour of Southland - Visit the galleries of local artists, Art South, Croydon Vintage Aircraft Museum, John Money Wing Eastern Southland Art Gallery, Andersons Park Art Gallery.
   
• Wildlife and Ecotours – guided tours of Southland’s wetland areas.  Options include Speight, Red Cliffs and Rakatu Wetlands  OR Waituna Lagoon (officially recognized under the  Ramsar Convention.)

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Half Day / 3-6 Hour Tours

• City and Surf - Oreti beach, Invercargill and Bluff - Film location of the ‘World’s Fastest Indian’ staring Sir Anthony Hopkins. View Invercargill’s historic buildings, Southland Museum & Art Gallery, the dignified Civic Theatre, the Invercargill Water Tower, Andersons Park Art Gallery and many more. 
   
• Wild South Coast - Historic fishing villages Riverton & Cosy Nook, sawmilling district and township of Tuatapere. Extensive journey through prime Southland farmland. Tour includes wetland areas.
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