Northern Golf Trail - 7 Days / 6 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 Hotel Manuels in a Superior Lakeview Room for 2 nights including breakfast

Wairakei International Golf Club

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 Hawke's Bay
Depart this morning for the Hawke’s Bay town of Napier.  The major entertainment on the road from Taupo to Napier is the fantastic scenery.  There’s a bit of everything - rugged hills, beautiful valleys, gentle plains and huge vistas.  The town of Eskdale heralds your arrival in Napier.  In 1931 a devastating earthquake nearly levelled this city.  It was rebuilt in the style of the times, and is now considered the Art Deco Capital of the world.  It is also a region where local produce reigns supreme, from its award-winning wines to the freshest range of quality primary produce you will find anywhere. 

Stay:	Superior	Scenic Circle Te Pania Hotel in a Superior Room for 2 nights including breakfast
	Deluxe	The County Hotel in a Luxury Room for 2 nights including breakfast

Cape Kidnappers Golf Course

Day 6:  Golf at Cape Kidnappers 
Today enjoy a round of golf at New Zealand’s newest course, Cape Kidnappers.  Designed by acclaimed golf architect Tom Doak, the par 72 course is built on a 5000 acre sheep farm.  The course feels like an old-style Scottish course and was designed to blend in with the rolling coastal farmland.  It is not true links terrain; instead, the land tilts toward the sea as a series of ridges which jut out toward the edge of the cliffs.  The play is seaside golf at its finest.  You’ll hit heroic shots over the top of tea trees and play cautiously along the edges of deep ravines.  Every hole has a view of the Hawke’s Bay, and at the sixth and fifteenth it is possible to pull your approach off the very end of the earth, though it will take nearly 10 seconds of hang time for your ball to reach the ocean, 500 feet below.  Electric cart hire is included.

Day 7:   Depart Hawke's Bay
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 6 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 Cape Kidnappers 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