Explore New Zealand’s Finest Public and Private Gardens

Grand Pacific Tours, the New Zealand Coach Holiday Specialist, is pleased to offer you the opportunity to travel to some of the North Island’s finest public and private gardens in 2020.

The 11 Day North Island Garden Tour provides a balanced mix of gardens and iconic New Zealand culture, sights and stunning scenery. Nowhere in the world will you find such a diverse range of plant varieties, both native and exotic, so easily accessible to the visitor.

Your tour includes visits to an array of unique North Island gardens, some given the prestigious title of either International or National Significant Garden, a highly sought after title. A highlight will be the private gardens of the Taranaki Garden Festival. Established in 1987, it continues to delight people from all over the world with an intriguing mixture of unique and stunning gardens, each with their own story to tell.

Travellers will have the opportunity to visit at least seven gardens of New Zealand, including the Henley Hotel Private Garden in Cambridge, a new edition to this year’s itinerary. The Cross Hills Rhododendron Garden in Kimbolton is another highlight. Spanning seven hectares, this park-like garden includes on of the world’s finest collections of rhododendrons and azaleas, which will provide a dazzling colour display.

Past Travellers comment, “Every day was another enjoyable experience. We didn’t expect to see so much.”

This tour is not just for avid nature lovers, Grand Pacific Tours have included attractions for everyone such as a Hobbiton™ Movie Set Tour with a buffet lunch. Hobbiton™ is well-known as ‘middle earth’ featuring in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies.

Other key attractions include the Sculptureum Experience in Matakana, a guided tour of the Waitomo Glow Worm Caves and the Tamaki Maori Experience while visiting Rotorua.

With a professional Coach Captain and Tour Leader taking care of everything, travellers can sit back and relax onboard the modern 48 seat coach with two door access, restroom, reclining seats and panoramic windows. The all-inclusive package includes airfares, taxes, return airport transfers in New Zealand, modern coach travel, 4-star accommodation, 21 meals including breakfast daily, sightseeing and prepaid attractions.

Travellers will also receive a bonus garden book, Flourish, which features the Ayrlies Garden and Wetlands in Auckland, one of the gardens visited on tour. Passionate green thumbs will delight in this popular coach holiday with the opportunity to meet like-minded people and share these garden experiences.