Join us for our new five-day 4WD tour to the vast landscapes of North Otago. This tour includes a guided trip up the Godley River beside Lake Tekapo, 3 days with our local Maniototo guide who will tell us all the history and local tales. 4WDing on historic trails with views over the vast plateaus of Otago including the Hawkdun Range. We visit two well-known Merino farms, the Pool Burn Dam, the Vulcan Hotel at St Bathans, the Hayes Engineering Works and try your hand at the ancient game of curling in Nasby at the international curling rink and visit Dot’s Riverstone Castle. We will stay at Mt Cook Station Shearers Quarters, Danseys Pass Hotel and Wedderburn Cottages. A tour not to be missed. Two-way radios supplied.
Meet in Tekapo, tour returns to Christchurch
8am
To confirm your place, you will need to fill in our Booking Form and Memorandum of Understanding document and return it to us and pay a $300 per person deposit.
We can send you an invoice with bank details for online banking or we can process Visa or Master Card credit cards either give us a phone call with your details or fill in your card details on your booking form. We will send you a receipt and pre-trip documents detailing what to bring, departure times etc.
Deposit, Cancellation and Refund Policy: Should you have to cancel there is the option of transferring to another tour date, or we will reimburse you $200 and retain $100 as a booking fee.
Final payment is due one month prior to your tour departure date. For cancellations received after final payment Final payment is due 1 month prior to your tour departure date. Cancellations received after final payment has been made – 50% of trip value will be refunded. We recommend that you take out comprehensive travel insurance.
12.30pm After you’ve had a bite of lunch, meet your lead guide and vehicle in Tekapo, before commencing our high-country 4WD trip with local guide to follow him up the Cass Valley northwest of Lake Tekapo via Glenmore Station.
Enjoy getting into some spectacular South Island scenery, views of the Hall Range immediately below Rankin Pass, and the nearby Huxley Glacier.
The route up the Cass Valley passes close to the Glenmore homestead and works its way up the braided Cass River named for Thomas Cass, Chief Surveyor of Canterbury Province from 1851 to 1867.
After the tour we drive to Mt Cook Station Shearers quarters for the night, enjoy a BBQ dinner cooked for you under the stars.
Inclusions: D
After a farm style breakfast, we drive through Lindis Pass into Clyde, down through the Manuherikia Valley to St Bathan Vulcan Hotel for lunch.
Meet up with our local guide for the next couple of days. From here we will travel into the heart of Maniototo for a farm tour at a merino stud one of New Zealand’s top studs.
We then make our way to Danseys Pass Hotel and a lovely meal at the historic hotel.
Inclusions: B, D
After breakfast we start our 4X4 drive with our local guide for the day through the Hawkdun Range stopping in Nasby to try your hand at old Scottish game of curling.
From Nasby we make our way to the Wedderburn Lodge and Cottages for a two-night stay and dinner at the Wedderburn Hotel.
Inclusions: B L D
Travelling from Wedderburn we make our way down through the small farming settlement of Oturehua to the Hayes engineering plant for morning tea and a tour of the historic site.
Making our way down the Ida Valley to Moa Creek and onto the old Dunstan Trail, past the Poolburn Dam and back into the Maniototo Valley for a farm tour, dinner out in Naseby tonight.
Inclusions: B L D
After breakfast we break camp and head north through the townships of Oamaru, enjoy the Riverstone Castle tour and lunch at Riverstone Kitchen before driving to Christchurch.
Inclusions: B
We thoroughly enjoyed the inaugural Otago 4WD Tag-Along Tour in April 2024. Travelling up the Glenmore Valley was very poignant besides its beauty. The McKenzie Country & Maniototo region and all in between just awesome. How could we forget our stay at Mt Cook Station.
George was a wonderful guide, I thoroughly enjoyed his chatter and especially visiting his hideaway up in the hills.
