Independent Golf Tours

Golf Tours New Zealand

These New Zealand golf tours offer great golf, easy touring and great New Zealand sightseeing.  Who needs an excuse to play golf, but if you do then here is a good one! Come and check out New Zealand golf courses! They are world-renowned and in fact there are six New Zealand golf courses in the world Top 100.

New Zealand Travellers' World has designed a comprehensive range of self drive New Zealand golf tours, taking in the best of New Zealand's resort golf courses, championship golf courses and local golf courses. These New Zealand golf vacations are a great way to meet local New Zealanders and enjoy some warm, local New Zealand hospitality. Our range of New Zealand golfing packages offer a New Zealand self drive vacation with the added bonus of playing New Zealand golf.

New Zealand’s famous courses include world-renowned Kauri Cliffs in subtropical Northland, Millbrook Resort in the alpine Queenstown region, Clearwater Resort on the plains near Christchurch and Wairakei Resort in the heart of the geothermal area near Lake Taupo.

There is no shortage of big names amongst our New Zealand golfers. Michael Campbell, local New Zealand golfer who is now a national hero as holder of the 2005 US Open. Sir Bob Charles, Greg Turner and David Smail are all well known on the international golfing circuit.

Not surprisingly, New Zealand golf courses can be found everywhere. There are now some 400 New Zealand golf clubs and courses nationwide and they provide the perfect holiday recreation for golf vacations in New Zealand.

Choose from our range of 11 New Zealand golf tours. They range from 3 day regional short breaks to 20 day full New Zealand tours. All of these golf vacations are self drive, include accommodation, green fees & sightseeing and depart daily to suit your schedule.

Each New Zealand golf vacation offers a choice of hotel, apartment or motel accommodation.

Rooms will be reserved as follows at the properties listed on each itinerary.

	Hotels	Motels	Apartments
Single travellers	single	studio	studio
2 travellers	twin/double	twin/double	twin/double
4 travellers	2 x twins/doubles	2 x bedroomed unit	2 bedroomed apartment

Accommodation is on a room only basis. If the properties specified are not available, we will substitute similar standard accommodation and advise you at the time of confirmation.

Hotels
We have carefully selected full service 3 ½ - 4 star hotels and resorts in convenient locations visited in our itineraries. Guest rooms have private ensuite bathroom, tea/coffee facilities, TV/radio, phone & heating. Bar and restaurant services are available.
If you would like to upgrade your accommodation at any places, please let us know and we will be pleased to provide a quote.

Sample Hotel Properties
	Copthorne Hotel, Anzac Avenue,  Auckland		Wairakei Resort, Taupo
	Edgewater Resort, Wanaka		The Rocks Hotel, Punakaiki
	Southern Cross Hotel, Dunedin		PeppersClearwater Resort, Christchurch
	Spencer on Byron, North Shore		Copthorne Oriental Bay, Wellington

Motels/Apartments
Our selected motels/apartments offer good value, quality accommodation. Most have kitchen/kitchenette facilities complete with utensils to make self catering convenient. All feature tea/coffee making facilities, private bathroom, phone, TV/radio and heating.
If you would like to upgrade your accommodation at any places, please let us know and we will be pleased to provide a quote.

Sample Motel Properties	Sample Apartment Properties
City Centre Motel, Christchurch Blue Peaks, Queenstown Fairway Motel, Wanaka Punga Grove Motel, Franz Josef Motel Moray, Dunedin Waves Motel, Orewa Ventura Inn,  Rotorua  Karaka Tree, Taupo Airedale Hotel, Auckland	City Life   Auckland     Spencer on Byron, Auckland Fino Casementi, Christchurch Garden Court, Queenstown Quest,  Taupo  The Atrium  Mount Maunganui  Pebble Beach, Napier  Glen Fern Villas, Franz Josef

Each of our New Zealand golf holidays offers a choice of high quality rental vehicles. Our preferred supplier is Thrifty Car Rentals. 

Vehicle options:

Toyota Camry (or similar)
Standard 2.0-2.4L - ICAR
4 or 5 door, automatic, air conditioned, radio with CD player, air bag(s), central locking.

Toyota Previa (or similar)
Luxury Van 2.4L - LVAR
5 door, automatic, air conditioned, radio with CD player, air bags, ABS brakes, central locking.

For further information about rental conditions, inclusions, exclusions, insurance, licence requirements etc please click here.

We’ve included some sightseeing activities and specified these in each itinerary. But not too much because you might like to play more golf! Optional golf locations are indicated in each itinerary. Green fees are included for the number of days specified. We will prebook these rounds for you. If the specified golf course is unavailable, we will substitute another course and advise you accordingly. Contact details for prebooked golf courses will be included in your itinerary so you can phone direct and reconfirm the day before your game.
Green fees are non-refundable unless the course is closed and alternative courses are unavailable.