The Long White Cloud Tour
Nineteen days. The whole country, one logbook. From Fiordland to Cape Reinga.
New Zealand was first discovered about 1000 years ago by the great Polynesian navigator Kupe, who named the islands Aotearoa: 'Land of the Long White Cloud'. You will fly the length of the Long White Cloud on this tour.
This tour includes all the highlights of our eight and eleven-day itineraries, plus many in the North Island. Less mountainous than the South, the North Island has a central volcanic plateau, still active with boiling mud pools, geysers and steam vents. It is also a major centre for Maori art and culture.
Visit Te Papa in Wellington, the wine regions of the East Coast, remote East Cape, the Coromandel Peninsula and Hauraki Gulf. Fly the 90 Mile Beach to Cape Reinga at the very northern tip, and enjoy the semi-tropical Bay of Islands. Beginning at one end of the country and finishing at the other, the Long White Cloud makes excellent use of every minute you spend in New Zealand.
Tour highlights
- Everything in both South Island tours
- The active volcanic plateau: geysers, mud pools and steam vents
- Te Papa museum and Wellington harbour
- East Cape, Coromandel Peninsula and the Hauraki Gulf
- 90 Mile Beach to Cape Reinga, the northern tip of New Zealand
- The Bay of Islands and semi-tropical Northland
Your itinerary
The southern chapters
Your tour opens with the full southern experience: Queenstown arrival, Geordie Hill welcome, Milford Sound, the Big Bay beach landing, Croydon Aircraft Company, Dunedin, and the Southern Alps flown north.
Crossing the strait and the volcanic plateau
Cross Cook Strait to Wellington and Te Papa, then fly north over the central volcanic plateau, still alive with geysers, boiling mud and steam vents. Visit the temperate wine and fruit regions of the East Coast.
East Cape, Coromandel and the Hauraki Gulf
Fly to remote East Cape, then the Coromandel Peninsula and the island-studded Hauraki Gulf. Coastal flying, beaches and marine life on a scale that keeps surprising even experienced guests.
90 Mile Beach, Cape Reinga and the Bay of Islands
Fly the length of 90 Mile Beach to Cape Reinga, the very northern tip of New Zealand where two oceans meet. Finish in the semi-tropical Bay of Islands, having flown the entire length of the Long White Cloud.
