"The honour of sharing the Southern Alps with its vast valleys, rivers and ever-changing moods? Well, you can hardly call it a job", Mark's response when asked to describe his work. Mark was born and raised on a sheep, deer and crop farm in the Canterbury region outside Christchurch. He began experiencing the Southern Alps and Canterbury high country as a child on family 'Sunday drives'. These turned into more "manly" adventures as a teenager when he and his father went on hiking and four-wheel-drive trips, sometimes staying overnight in old Musterer's huts in the middle of nowhere. "But the stars kept you company at night".
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
One Day Option:
- Pick up from your central Christchurch accommodation.
- Private four-wheel drive safari deep into the Canterbury high country
- A photographers dream
- Off the beaten track beauty where humans rarely travel
- Learn the history and colourful stories of those who pioneered and have lived in the region
- Opportunity for bird viewing
- Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea, picnic-style by a lake, at a scenic spot or musterer'ss hut
- Two significant Lord of the Rings sites; Edoras and Helm's Deep
- Endlessly changing views of the Southern Alps, hanging glaciers, valleys and braided rivers
- Return to your central Christchurch accommodation at approximately 5:30pm
Pricing and Inclusions
Pricing for one day option
$1,275.00 NZD based on two passengers
Includes guiding, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.
When you book our Locals and Landscapes Guide Mark, a Donation of $10.00 Per Person will be donated to The Crested Grebe ConservationProject. Click the following link to see how your donation is helping New Zealand Encounters Conservation effort.
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