If you wish to uncover the sheer surprise of New Zealand we’ve acquired some nice information. Stray excursions simply acquired even higher! As a part of our twentieth birthday celebrations, we’ve been reminiscing concerning the 1000’s of pleased travellers who’ve taken our excursions since 2002. Now that we will journey once more, we’re decided to make up for misplaced time with even higher, extra distinctive and distinctive excursions.
Whereas the New Zealand border was closed, we have been busy taking our bus excursions to the following degree. And by subsequent degree, we imply we skipped a number of ranges and went straight to the highest ground. These new bus excursions are out of this world. That’s extra thrilling locations, upgraded lodging and much more unforgettable experiences.
Some issues haven’t modified although. Similar nice selection and worth, identical implausible guides, identical alternative to make lifelong friendships and see one of the best New Zealand has to supply.
Are you able to go to the following degree? Expertise our new excursions!
Within the new world of journey and tourism, we’re specializing in our Stray Journeys small group excursions. These excursions are a protected and pleasant solution to journey New Zealand, and so they provide the possibility to actually get to know your journey buddies. So a lot of our travellers of the final 20 years have stayed in contact with their Stray mates. Not solely did they take pleasure in one of the best ways to expertise New Zealand – they made an entire set of latest mates for all times!
Bye bye hostels, helloooo cozy resorts & nation lodges
It’s time to say goodbye to cramped hostels and over-filled dorms. Your lodging on all our excursions is a mixture of sensible resorts mixed with alpine and nation lodges and cabins.
As at all times, a comfortable seat on the good Stray coaches is included, in addition to a breakfast to start out every action-packed day, with extra journeys, actions, occasions and different meals in distant places additionally included inside your tour bundle.
Higher than any plain previous bus cross
Exploring New Zealand on a Stray tour is the best solution to stand up near the superb sights Aotearoa has to supply. Image this, you spend weeks digging by means of dozens of journey guides and blogs to create your individual journey, you then want to determine the place to remain and which actions are literally price it (plus paying full retail on these actions).
If you’ve lastly created that route, you’ll want to work out the right way to get there. Rent a automobile or a campervan? Fairly costly with the rising costs of petrol in New Zealand, to not point out the sizeable carbon footprint you’d be leaving. Take public transport from A to B? You’d need to do a number of additional planning as this gained’t take you door to door from every lodging. Plus you gained’t get any commentary about all of the superb locations you’re visiting. Public transport is only a bus cross to go from A to B and that’s it. Fairly boring.
Now image this selection as an alternative: You e-book a seat on a Stray Journeys tour. All your lodging, breakfasts every day and some actions are instantly sorted for you. You’ll have transport on daily basis, you’ll get nice suggestions on which issues to do in every location and also you’ll be experiencing every little thing with different Stray-ers on the Coach. Sounds good, doesn’t it?
A Stray bus cross actually is one of the best New Zealand bus cross choice to see heaps of New Zealand. It’s so rather more than taking you from A to B.
What to anticipate on our new excursions
This 12 months you’ll have a selection of excursions designed to match your free time and finances. Select to discover simply North Island or South Island or take a mixed Island tour to find the entire of New Zealand.
Highlights embody stylish, boutique resorts, beachside and waterfront resorts, a Māori lakefront lodge and an alpine chateau. You could possibly expertise the TranzAlpine prepare journey, a glacier boat journey or a cruise on the Milford Sound.
- Ruru:18-Day tour to see all of it in New Zealand. Ruru begins in Auckland and ends in Christchurch. Hike a few of New Zealand’s finest tracks, kayak at dawn, style a scrumptious conventional hangi meal, bathe in a sizzling thermal stream surrounded by native bush, discover nationwide parks, social gathering in Queenstown and stargaze in an Worldwide Darkish Sky Reserve. Take a look at the full itinerary of the superb Ruru Tour.
- Takahe: 11-Day tour of the South Island. The Takahe tour begins & ends in Christchurch. There may be additionally the choice to start out from Wellington/Picton. This South Island tour takes you from the golden sands of Abel Tasman Nationwide Park to the West Coast’s glaciers and rainforests, the social gathering and journey capital of Queenstown, to the “Roof of Aotearoa” Mt Cook dinner Nationwide Park. See the tour information of this superb Takahe tour.
- Kereru: 11-Day tour from Auckland to Christchurch. Embark on a wild experience from Auckland to Christchurch! For those who’re trying to discover the candy spots of New Zealand in a shorter time-frame, that is for you. The world’s finest scenic prepare experience – TranzAlpine is included for an epic ending of your journey! Take a look at the full itinerary of the superior Kereru Tour.
- Kaka: 9-Day South Island tour that begins & ends in Christchurch. The Kaka tour is all concerning the surroundings! Every day delivers extra breathtaking views, epic mountain climbing and insane landscapes. Hop aboard a scenic prepare journey throughout the Southern Alps, then aboard the Stray bus to soak up the icy glaciers of the West Coast, attain new ranges of adrenaline in Queenstown, stare upon Lake Tekapo and hike within the spectacular Mount Cook dinner Nationwide Park. See the tour information of this implausible Kaka tour.
- Pukeko: 8-Day North Island tour from Auckland to Wellington. You may be exploring all the highest sights, from the geothermal “Sulphur Metropolis” – Rotorua to our favorite place to sit back, Blue Duck Station. For those who’re brief on time and wish to see one of the best of the North, this North Island Tour has acquired you lined. Take a look at the full itinerary of the superb Pukeko Tour.
Are these excursions hop-on-hop-off?
Our new excursions are utterly totally different – totally different as in higher – than the basic hop-on-hop-off excursions. We imagine change is nice and these new excursions are undoubtedly good.
As we’ve proven you in our weblog put up about how we’ve taken hop-on/hop-off bus excursions to the following degree.
Hop-on/hop-off excursions are nonetheless on maintain in the intervening time and the brand new excursions right here for you. As an alternative of planning to hop on and off, coping with bus timetables and reserving additional lodging, we’ve calculated one of the best quantities of time so that you can spent in every location and included all of your nights there. It’s far more enjoyable and means you may make probably the most out of your time in NZ. Much less worrying, much less planning and simpler so that you can spend time having enjoyable!
Finest solution to journey with no driving licence and see heaps of New Zealand
New Zealand might look small in comparison with our large neighbour Australia, but it surely certain is greater than you assume. Heaps of travellers are wanting to enter New Zealand to hit the highway to see all of it.
However what when you don’t have a driving licence? Are you able to journey with no driving licence in New Zealand? (psst, the reply is YES). Or perhaps you do have a driving licence however you don’t really feel comfy driving on the opposite facet of the highway. No worries. Stray Excursions to the rescue! On our new bus excursions, we’ll do the driving so you possibly can sit again, calm down and socialise along with your new mates.
Your Stray tour offers you the chance to see extra of New Zealand. In addition to taking in all of the “must-see” points of interest and locations, we nonetheless stray off the overwhelmed monitor to point out you the wild and undiscovered elements of New Zealand.
There are many choices for additional (optionally available) actions, together with mountain climbing, biking and touring experiences in unbelievable locations, in addition to an even bigger selection of white-knuckle journey alternatives.
Creating reminiscences & friendships that final a lifetime
If you take a Stray journey, it’s greater than a tour. It’s an expertise… you’ll see undiscovered New Zealand by yourself personal, air-conditioned coach with a gaggle of mates. Our superb Stray guides are very a lot part of what we’re about. Like-minded adventurers who will share with you nice anecdotes and assist you create an unforgettable journey of a lifetime.
However most of all it’s about discovery. Discovering a singular nation, discovering new and thrilling experiences and discovering new individuals and friendships. Stray has been serving to travellers uncover extra for 20 years. Take a look at a few of our travellers’ tales on Fb.
Tales from earlier Stray travellers
Christine took a Stray tour in 2003 and nonetheless retains in contact with 4 units of mates within the UK and Sweden to speak about their adventures and driver, Chops, almost 20 years later!
Michael remembers his 2006 Stray tour with the “legends”, Nemo and Vino. One in every of our Stray travellers even ended up getting married to her information!
So, begin planning your journey to New Zealand with Stray. Uncover one of the best of New Zealand with a small group of like-minded journey buddies. We welcome solo travellers, mates, {couples} or teams – you’ll make reminiscences and friendships that may stick with you without end.
Hop on board the Stray bus to discover New Zealand on our new excursions
Now we’ve made the expertise even higher, so that you’ll get much more out of your subsequent Stray tour. We will’t wait to see you all once more and we hope you’ll be a part of us for the experience of your life! Evaluate our new excursions and e-book your seat as quickly as doable. There are nonetheless seats left on our excursions in June, July and August 2022, so what are you ready for?