Discover Central North Golf - 8 Days / 7 Nights

Day 1:   Arrive Auckland
On arrival at Auckland airport you collect your rental vehicle before making your way to your accommodation.  Known as the 'City of Sails', Auckland is New Zealand's largest and most vibrant city offering an array of cosmopolitan experiences.  Enfolded by two huge harbours, Auckland is an environment that's alive with cultural excitement and sea-flavoured challenges.

Stay:	Superior	Sky City Hotel a Run Of House Room for 2 nights including breakfast
	Deluxe	Hyatt Regency Auckland in a Residence One Bedroom for 2 nights including breakfast

Gulf Harbour Country Club

Day 2:   Golf at Gulf Harbour
This morning travel to the Whangaparaoa Peninsula, just north of Auckland and enjoy a round of Golf at the fabulous Gulf Harbour Country Club, which was the venue for the 1998 World Cup of Golf.  Spectacular finishing holes, ocean views, rolling terrain and classic, traditional values all combine to make Gulf Harbour one of the most exciting golf layouts in New Zealand.  Located on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula just north of Auckland and designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, this 6,400 metre, par 72 course meanders through native grasses and vegetation and has a natural look and feel from start to finish while four sets of tees assure playability for every calibre of golfer, from beginners to professionals.  Electric cart hire is included.

Day 3:   Auckland to Taupo
As you depart Auckland today, suburban scenery gradually gives way to the farmland of South Auckland, an area favoured by bloodstock breeders.  The Waikato River will then accompany you for much of your journey through the green countryside to reach Hamilton, a city carved in two by the mighty Waikato River.  Your journey then continues through the fertile Waikato region before arriving at the popular lakeside resort of Taupo, home to New Zealand’s largest lake and the spectacular Huka Falls.

Stay:	Superior	Wairakei Resort in an Executive Room for 2 nights including breakfast
	Deluxe	Millennium Manuels Taupo in a Superior Lakeview Room for 2 nights including breakfast

Wairakei International Golf Course

Day 4:   Golf at Wairakei International
This morning enjoy a round of golf on the magnificent parkland course at Wairakei International. Set in the heart of Wairakei Tourist Park with its rising steam and thermal attractions, this magnificent par 72 parkland course measures 6444 metres/7047 yards and lies on 450 acres of natural rolling countryside, offering magnificent tree-lined fairways and large greens.  Add this to the natural contours of the land, three water hazards and 108 well placed bunkers and you get a course that plays long and demands accuracy.  Wairakei is also It is home to New Zealand’s most famous par five, the 14th, known as The Rogue, named after a geyser which used to erupt in a nearby field.  The course is also ranked by the prestigious US Golf Digest Magazine to be in the top 20 courses in the world outside the USA.  Electric cart hire is included.

Day 5:    Taupo to the Coromandel
Departing today you head north before making your way towards the East Coast of the North Island to reach the prosperous city of Tauranga, which sprawls along the edge of an attractive harbour.  You then travel through Orchard Country and enjoy the fresh green scenery of the Athenree Gorge before you reach historic Waihi and continue on to the town of Pauanui, set beside the Pacific Ocean.

Stay:	Superior	Pacific Harbour Lodge in a Chalet for 2 nights including breakfast
	Deluxe	Lakes Resort in a Villa for 2 nights including breakfast

Day 6:   Golf at Lakes Resort

Lakes Resort Golf Course

Today enjoy a round of golf at Lakes Resort, Pauanui, which is the result of a single minded focus on the creation of a golf course which would be private and uninterrupted.  It's also one of New Zealand's newest golf resorts and the course is both testing and rewarding for all levels of golfers.  Nestled in a sun drenched valley and surrounded by forestry, Lakes Resort is the site of New Zealand’s premier golfing resort, lying amidst the preserved pristine landscape where forest covered hills blend in to some of the most spectacular wetlands seen on the Coromandel Peninsula.  Electric cart hire is included.

Day 7:   Coromandel to Auckland
As you travel the road to Thames, which clings to the edge of the coast, you’ll enjoy amazing views and a constant procession of beautiful beaches fringed with Pohutukawa trees.  Then leaving Thames you’ll journey north over the famous Kopu Bridge, which was built in 1928 and has a Historic Places Trust listing.  You then continue over the Hauraki Plains to join the motorway at the foot of the Bombay Hills towards Auckland.  As you approach Auckland, you can’t miss the extinct volcanic cones that dot the landscape.

Stay:	Superior	Sky City Hotel a Run Of House Room for 1 night including breakfast
	Deluxe	Hyatt Regency Auckland in a Residence One Bedroom for 1 night including breakfast

Day 8:   Depart Auckland
Sadly your time in New Zealand comes to an end as you return your rental car to the airport 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 Aotearoa, New Zealand.


Inclusions - this package is inclusive of the following:

departures daily on request transportation by self drive rental vehicle including unlimited kilometres & daily insurance 7 nights accommodation on a choice of superior or deluxe breakfast daily 18 holes of golf at Gulf Harbour Country Club including cart hire 18 holes of golf at Wairakei International including cart hire 18 holes of golf at Lakes Resort including cart hire comprehensive day by day travel itinerary driving directions maps for the regions you are visiting and driving 24 hour on call assistance from a Luxury Vacations for the duration of your vacation