Akaroa Walk
Accommodation
Day One
- Bed and breakfast accommodation with local hosts. Comfortable private rooms with shared bathrooms.
Day Two
- Bed and breakfast accommodation with local hosts. Comfortable private rooms with shared bathrooms.
Day Three
- Waterfront accommodation in self-contained units with ensuite facilities.
Please note accommodation is double or twin share. If single room accommodation is requested, an additional fee of $395 per person is payable to cover this requirement for the duration of the walk.
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Food
You will enjoy great local cuisine; continental breakfasts and hearty packed lunches during the day, and either restaurant meals or wholesome home-cooked fare prepared by your host/hostess in the evenings.
If you have any dietary issues or food allergies, we are happy to cater for these, please advise the office of details when you make your booking.
Alcohol is not included in the tour cost, but is available for
purchase with your evening meal on nights 1, 2 and 3. |
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Fully Guided
Our guides are very experienced, friendly walkers and bikers who love to share their knowledge of New Zealand’s flora and fauna and local history. They all hold current first aid certificates, passenger driving licences and are the very best people to ensure your experience will be one to remember. |
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Exclusive to Tuatara Tours - Tour Kit Bag
To ensure you get the very best out of your journey with the least of fuss, we provide you with a calico kit bag full of useful goodies on the morning of your tour departure.
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Your Tour Kit Bag Contains the Following
Contents may vary from time to time!
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- Tuatara Tours cap
- Tuatara Tours cup
- Tuatara Tours drink bottle
- Tuatara Tours hand sanitiser
- Tuatara Tours tissues
- Tuatara Tours lip balm and sunblock
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- Tuatara Tours emergency whistle
- Tuatara Tours brochures
- Field & History Guide of the area
- Bag of Tuatara scroggin
- Bag of Tuatara energy plus confectionary
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Luggage
Tuatara Tours transports all your luggage for the duration of the tour.
All you carry is a small day pack with your personal gear, drink and lunch.
We do the Rest |
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What Do I Bring
For your own safety there are a few things that you must bring yourself: |
- Footwear with good ankle support – we recommend good hiking boots
- Thermal top wool or polypro
- Thermal bottom wool or polypro or long trousers
- Waterproof parka with hood
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- Waterproof overtrousers
- Fleece jacket or woollen jersey
- Woollen or fleece hat
- Gloves
- Medium size day pack
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- Woollen socks
- Dressing gown
- Hat, sunglasses
- Drink bottle – at least one litre capacity (we supply you with one bottle, but you may wish to bring another)
- Swim wear
- Sunscreen & insect repellent
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- Flannel
- Camera and charger
- Small personal first aid kit including blister block or similar, Motion sickness medication, anti-histamines for bee stings
- Casual attire for the evenings
- Any other personal items
- Your sense of humour
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Safety and Risk Management
To ensure maximum safety for all, our guides are certified first aiders and fully qualified drivers. Tuatara Tours operate under a Safety and Risk Management Plan which is regularly audited and approved by a qualified and independent auditor. |
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Book now for Next Season!
2018 / 2019
2018
Sunday 11 November (full)
Wednesday 12 December
2019
Wednesday 6, 27 February
Wednesday 13, Sunday 24 March
Sunday 7 April
Another date in mind?
We can build a tour especially for your group, please enquire for dates available.
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Akaroa Walkers Said...
“We have done 5 other catered walks and rate this one right up there with any of the others.Well organised,great itinerary,great guide. Food exceptional and excellent accommodation"
Diane and Stephen, U.S.A,
March 2017
"Really enjoyed the sense of having achieved the goal without too much difficulty. The tour was well organised and everything seemed to flow seamlessly. Well done!"
Rosemary, NSW, December 2016
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The Akaroa Walk is an icon among New Zealand walking tours. At 39 km, it is a very achievable journey over 3 days of fantastic scenery, taking you from Christchurch, the Gateway to the South Island, to the charming historic settlement of Akaroa on Banks Peninsula.
This New Zealand walking tour offers spectacular panoramic views from the crest of the Godley Head and Crater Rim walkways, a stroll amongst ancient totara forest on the Otepatotu Reserve Track and a close-up view of the twin volcanic craters of the Lyttelton and Akaroa Harbours and the many smaller bays and coves that surround them.
The Banks Peninsula region is also host to a large number of bird species that shelter amongst the pockets of native trees and shrubs, while a marine mammal sanctuary in Akaroa Harbour protects the rare Hectors Dolphin.
The Akaroa Walk incorporates some of the best historical walking tracks in Canterbury. Among these is the Bridle Path Track, the original route travelled by Christchurch’s first European settlers in their arduous journey from the port of Lyttelton to the settlement of Christchurch, carrying clothing, food, and all their earthly possessions. Now you can retrace their footsteps, albeit with only your day pack.
Another walking trail surveyed as a traveller’s road but never constructed is the Summit Road Walkway, used by turn-of-the-century farmers and landowners as they journeyed from bay to bay on Banks Peninsula. In the spirit of the early pioneers and accompanied by one of our informative local walking guides, you will learn about the forces of nature that shaped this stunning landscape and the people that came to tame it, the legacy of the early Maori inhabitants and the influence of the French and English colonists still evident today.
Akaroa is a delightful place to spend a few days after your walking tour, consider extending your stay and enjoy a few days exploring the village at leisure, with its many fine galleries, craft shops and cafes. Your Akaroa Walk experience includes return transport to Christchurch at the end of your journey as well as all meals on tour, portage of luggage so you only need walk with a day pack and accommodation each night in locally owned and operated Lodges and motels