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Tour Date
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9 - 17 April 2011 |
Autumn in the South
Island Lakes District
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NEW ZEALAND |
It would be difficult to find
a more idyllic setting for holidaying and sketching than the
picture-perfect landscape of the Lakes District of the South Island of
New Zealand in Autumn.
We start and end our programme
in Queenstown, which rests beside Lake Wakatipu at the foot of the
Remarkables mountain range.
The scenery is stunning as we
cross plains, alpine basins, mountain passes, bare brown hills, fertile
valleys, vineyards, pristine lakes and rivers and dramatic gorges carved
by great rivers.
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Enjoy the beauty of historic
Arrowtown, where autumn trees blaze with colour in the main street. You
will experience the Blue Pools of the Haast Pass where we will enjoy a
picnic lunch with spectacular views of the Main Divide.
We travel through World
Heritage Sites at Aoraki-Mount Cook National park with unique alpine
scenery.
The natural beauty of the
settlement of Glenorchy, provides us with ancient beech forests
and rugged mountains where many scenes of Lord of the Rings was
filmed.
For more
information, including a detailed itinerary and costs, click here.
Also view
www.artwaysnz.co.nz
Click here
to see images from the recent
New Zealand Holiday
Sketching Tour. |
Highlights of the New Zealand South Island Lakes District:
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Gondola to the highest
point in Queenstown
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Stunning mountain and
lake panoramas
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Visit salmon farm and
see trout in natural habitat
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Lunch at the Hermitage
with views of Mt Cook to sketch
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Intense blue ice fed
waters of Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki
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Sketching stops each
day at ultimate destinations
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Relaxed pace
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Programme Leader with
intimate knowledge of the area
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International tutor
Included in the Tour cost:
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Meet and greet at
Queenstown Airport and hotel transfer
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8 nights accommodation
including breakfasts and dinners, 4 lunches
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Services of programme
leader Barbara Alp and tutor Leonie Norton
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All transportation and
fuel costs for tour
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Transfer from hotel to
Queenstown Airport for departure
Not included in the Tour
cost:
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Airfares or other
travel costs to Queenstown
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Snacks, morning and
afternoon teas, lunch on 4 days
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Drinks with meals
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Entrance/sight seeing
fees for optional 'excursions'
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Travel Insurance
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Laundry, telephone,
internet expenses, Visa where applicable
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Art materials, any
items of personal nature
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Extra fee for airport
transfer or accommodation before 10 April or after 18 April (can
be organised)
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