• Return economy airfares Auckland – Chatham Island including taxes on Air Chathams.
• 7 nights’ accommodation at Hotel Chatham with all tours and meals.
• Fabulous Operatunity concerts from your hosts for the week.
• Explore Chatham Island with amazing scenery, birdlife and fauna: Rangaiki Cliffs with 200-250m sheer drops and witness amazing views to Pitt and Mangere, the regenerated native forest of Kopi trees, Ocean Mail Beach Scenic Reserve, an 830ha conservation area, fur seal colony at Point Munning, stunning white beaches, Basalt Columns in Ohira Bay to see the massive olivine basalt columns, part of lava flows that date nearly 80 million years old, Cape Young with layered basalt and weathered cliffs, spectacular rock formations (Splatter Rock), the Chatham Island Oyster Catcher and the stunning Awatotara Reserve where the Parea (Chatham Island Wood Pigeon) as well as other bird life can be seen.
• Learn about how the locals live including Owenga, a fishing village, Kaingaroa township, see extensive farms with remarkable volcanic cones a feature of the landscape, the Stone Cottage, visit Waitangi, the Dix family farmland, Port Hutt, the deep water cove of Whangaroa Harbour.
• Discover the rich history and culture of this island with visits including: the commemorative statue of the last known, full-blooded Moriori, visit a local artist, Torotoro monument and the wreck of the Thomas Currell ship, an ex-WW2 minesweeper.
• Other experiences include Blind Jim’s to look for ancient, fossilised shark’s teeth on the lagoon shore, Nikau Bush, a 19ha reserve, Admiral Garden, sheltered gardens with water and sculpture features, Henga Scenic Reserve and Nursery, Chatham Island Museum with historical and interesting artefacts, Rock Carvings (Nunuku’s Cave) and remarkable Moriori dendroglyphs on limestone walls depicting stylised seals and other wildlife.
• All tours, transfers, tips, concerts, taxes, as listed in the itinerary are included.
• Hosted and concerts presented by Russell Dixon and Frances Ash.