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Akaroa Idyll
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Alternatively, you can view the non-Flash version . If you love nature, history, learning, walking, relaxing, Akaroa is the place to be. Few places in New Zealand have as interesting a history - both natural and human - as Akaroa. There is so much to see in its fauna and flora, its geology, its Maori and European history - eight days will certainly not be long enough. But it will be a start! We have a great venue for our accommodation and have developed a programme that you will enjoy.
Itinerary at a glance The programme is based on day trips in a comfortable 4WD coach. Activities include historic town walks, a harbour cruise on the beautifully restored ketch, the Fox II spotting Hectors Dolphins, a whole day at Hinewai Reserve (Banks Peninsula's "National Park"), museum visits in Akaroa and Okains Bay, and two days exploring the outer bays of the peninsula.
Site Details Day 1 – Pick up from Christchurch from 12 noon. Kaituna Valley, Little River. Arrive French Farm, our accommodation base for the week. Day 2 - Onawe Peninsula, Akaroa, Akaroa Harbour Day 3 - Akaroa, Akaroa Heads Day 4 – Hinewai Reserve Day 5 – Okains Bay, Little Akaloa Day 6 – Akaroa, Onuku, Day 7 – Barry’s Bay, French Farm, Te Kao, Wainui, Carews Peak. Day 8 – French Farm, Birdlings Flat, Ellesmere/Te Waihora, return to Christchurch by 12.30pm
Accommodation & Meals
We will be staying in French Farm, a small settlement on the western side of Akaroa Harbour. Our accommodation is Bantry Lodge, built in the 1880’s by William Chelswell White (Viscount Berehaven) who had bought the land from Thomas Baker, the founder of an “Outward Bound” style school at French Farm. Accommodation is doubles, twin and singles. Single requests may not always be able to be met. The accommodation is of a very good standard.
This 8-day programme will run 13 - 20 March 2012. Refer to Odyssey Travel's website
for details & price. Phone: Australia 1300 888 225, New Zealand 0800 440 055 For further information contact Marita & Warren at Tussock & Beech Ecotours (phone 03 303 0880, 022 468 2002).
Check out this link to view images captured during previous Akaroa Idyll programmes: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029298&id=1154457693&l=7afcedc3e9 View a short video clip of Hector's Dolphins, filmed from the Fox II (http://www.akaroafoxsail.co.nz/index.html) on an Akaroa Idyll programme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0szj8REi7w |
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