Oceania

New Zealand

1 ready-built itinerary1 fixed-departure tour

Agent brief

Overview

New Zealand is the long-haul itinerary that most rewards being built properly and most punishes being compressed. The country reads as small on a map and drives as a large one — the South Island alone absorbs ten days without padding — and the commonest failure in this market is an eight-night programme stretched across both islands, which delivers a client who spent most of their holiday in transit. We build to the realistic shape: South Island as the scenic core, with Queenstown as the activity base, Milford or Doubtful Sound as the fiord day, Mount Cook, Lake Tekapo and the Franz Josef glaciers; and North Island for Auckland, Rotorua’s geothermal and Māori cultural programmes, Waitomo and Hobbiton. Agents with a week should sell one island well rather than both badly, and we’ll say so at quote stage. Self-drive is a genuine option here in a way it isn’t in most of your markets, and for FIT couples it often beats a coach programme on both cost and experience. We quote it where it fits.

At a glance

Ground officeNo

Fixed-departure tours covering New Zealand

Priced and ready to sell — quote directly from the card, no net-rate request needed.

Group Tours

Fixed departure

Fiords, Fire & Ice | Experience New Zealand

9N / 10D

Next: 24 Apr 2027

Price / person

₹2,84,900

10% commission

Capability & practical info

On-ground

Fleet

Pending — fleet status

Ground office

Guide languages

Pending — guide languages

Min pax for SIC

Pending — min pax

What agents should know about New Zealand

Trade points

Best season: Dec–Feb is Southern Hemisphere summer and peak — the inverse of the Indian holiday calendar, which is a selling point for clients wanting to escape the Indian summer. Mar–Apr is excellent and quieter. Jun–Aug is ski season in Queenstown and Wanaka. Sep–Nov is spring and good value.
Connectivity: No direct India service. One-stop via Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Hong Kong or Australian gateways into Auckland or Christchurch. Total journey time is long — set client expectations on this.
Visa: Required for Indian passport holders — verify current process, documentation and appointment lead times before publishing, and state a realistic lead time. This is a documented-evidence visa, not a formality, and agents need to start early.

Operational notes

Currency: New Zealand dollar.
Levy: New Zealand charges an international visitor conservation and tourism levy, and an electronic travel authority applies to some nationalities. Confirm what applies to Indian passport holders alongside the visa and state the total cost.
Operational note — the biosecurity one: New Zealand enforces border biosecurity more strictly than almost anywhere. Food items, spices, seeds, wooden articles and used hiking or sports equipment are declarable, and undeclared items carry instant fines. Brief agents to brief clients. Indian travellers carrying home food are the single most common case.
Operational note: Milford Sound is weather-exposed and the road in closes for avalanche risk. Build an alternative and tell the agent what it is.
Operational note: Queenstown adventure activities — bungy, jet boat, skydive — are weight and health restricted and weather-cancelled. Confirm restrictions at booking rather than on the day.
Operational note: distances are the main costing variable. Quote realistic driving hours; Queenstown to Franz Josef is a full day, not a transfer.