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Pointing across the <strong>Avon <\/strong>River, you will see a chaotic, crazy and colorful mix glide by.<\/li>\n<li>Nowhere else do giant sperm whales, humpback whales and dolphins come as close to shore as they do in Kaikoura. On a whale watching excursion you will observe the hunters even closer.<\/li>\n<li>Explore the maze of peaks, bays, beaches and winding waterways of <strong>Marlborough Sounds<\/strong> by helicopter and get dropped off for a late picnic lunch.<\/li>\n<li>Let a water cab drop you off at <strong>Abel Tasman N.P. <\/strong>to explore the forested park&#8217;s inviting sandy beaches, meandering streams and mossy valleys on your own.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate blood-pumping activities like bungee jumping and jet boating in <strong>Hanmer Springs <\/strong>with a soothing dip in a thermal pool.<\/li>\n<li>Pause along the way for a photo stop in <strong>Lake Tekapo<\/strong> at <strong>The Church of the Good Shepherd<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>During your stay at <strong>Lake Pukaki<\/strong>, take a flight over <strong>Mount Cook <\/strong>for panoramic views of the sacred mountain and the bright turquoise Lake<strong> Pukaki <\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>From <strong>Tasman Valley<\/strong>, a Mac boat departs and travels through overwhelming ice landscapes to the imposing <strong>Tasman Glacier<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>From <strong>Queenstown<\/strong>, take part in a tasting in the surrounding young wine countries and take a fly-in excursion to <strong>Milford Sound<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Behind the rustic wooden door of <strong>The Bunker<\/strong> restaurant in Queenstown, intimate dinners, craft cocktails and late night house music await.<\/li>\n<li>Let the casual local lifestyle in <strong>Sydney <\/strong>wash over you and relax at the world-famous<strong> Bondi Beach<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This trip can be extended with a stay on the sun-drenched beaches of the <strong>Sunshine Coast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awe-inspiring natural landscapes topped off with a sun-drenched city break<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":236678,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"inspiration_categories":[],"country":[260],"continent_category":[257],"class_list":["post-90206","inspiratie_reizen","type-inspiratie_reizen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-new-zealand","continent_category-oceania"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/inspiratie_reizen"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407040,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiratie_reizen\/90206\/revisions\/407040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"inspiration_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/inspiration_categories?post=90206"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=90206"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=90206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}