30th April - 7th May 2021 |
Friday 30th April New Zealand – Norfolk Island
Dinner Transfer to Auckland International Airport for your flight with Air Chathams to Norfolk Island. Flight time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. On arrival at Norfolk Island you are met and transferred to your hotel, the Paradise Hotel and Resort. Relax and unpack for your 8 day stay.
Dinner this evening is at the hotel. Saturday 1st May Discover Our World Tour This evening enjoy a delicious Island Fish Feast.
Sunday 2nd May Leisure DayScrumptiously fresh, local fish is prepared the local way and accompanied with a range of seasonal island dishes including those passed down from Polynesian fore-mothers. This extends even to dessert. The feast kicks off with entertainment, by a local singer and Tahitian-style dancers. You will have an eagle-eyed view of the tiny crescent-shaped beach and the magnificent spread of ocean stretching to the far horizon (venue subject to change if the weather becomes inclement). Cooked Breakfast & Dinner This morning return transfers are available to church and the island markets.
Remainder of the day is at leisure to relax by the pool or join an optional tour. Dinner this evening is at the hotel. Monday 3rd May Norfolk Today & Historic Kingston TourCooked Breakfast & Dinner Learn how Norfolk Islanders live in the 21st Century and the essential services that make life on a tiny South Pacific island possible. How do they bring petrol and gas to the island; power their world; deal with waste; forecast the weather; keep themselves informed and make a global contribution? The Norfolk Today Tour will make it all clear! You will visit parts of the island that few tourists ever see, you will meet the locals who make sure these daily miracles and services keep happening. This is a real behind the scenes experience, which shows the true workings on Norfolk Island.
This afternoon, learn about World Heritage Listed Kingston. Hear about the first settlers, the Polynesians who came 900 years ago, learn about the First and second settlements and the facts and legends associated with each. Learn how Norfolk became home to the descendants of the infamous Bounty mutiny. Walk through the historic cemetery. Dinner this evening is at a local restaurant. Tuesday 4th May Taste of Norfolk TourCooked Breakfast & Dinner Taste of Norfolk will take you to a bee keepers’ home where you will view flow hives and learn about the fascinating local honey bees and view their incredible flight path to their hives. Next stop will be a beef and dairy farm where you will learn about supplying milk to make local cheese and fresh milk for the market place. Your hosts will also give you a taste of local beef sausages. Last visit will be a cooking demonstration and you will see a traditional yorlor stone which came from Pitcairn Island on the Morayshire in 1856, you can have a yorlor on the stone to create green banana fritters flavoured with local honey, sit back and relax. You will meet 3 passionate locals. Enjoy!
Dinner this evening is at the hotel.
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Wednesday 5th May Leisure Day
Cooked Breakfast & Dinner
Free day for shopping or an optional tour.
This evening enjoy the Commandants' Dinner. Thursday 6th May Your Choice
Cooked Breakfast & Dinner Today pick your tour: Colleen McCullough Home Tour Garderners Delight Dinner this evening is at the hotel or upgrade to the Progressive Dinner.
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