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Combining world-renowned golf courses with unforgettable sightseeing, this luxury golf tour brings you the best of the North Island. Stay at idyllic luxury lodge accommodation set in picturesque surrounds, enjoy a selection of gourmet meals, and play at three of the best golf courses in New Zealand.
The 10 Day North Island Independent Golf Tour includes the following courses:
Crafted to suit golfers who prefer to travel independently, this tour creates a seamless and thoroughly enjoyable travel experience from start to finish. The itinerary below includes a premium rental car for the duration of your stay on the North Island. However, this tour can also be modified to include heli or ground transfers.
Each destination also offers an enticing array of options for non-golfing partners, from sightseeing and adventure activities to spa treatments.
Your New Zealand golf tour begins with a domestic flight up to Kerikeri, where you will collect your rental car from the airport and make your way to Kauri Cliffs.
From the moment you arrive on the sprawling, remote working farm, the views dominate, with rolling terrain sloping down toward ocean cliffs that give way to the idyllic Bay of Islands. Take time to explore the property, which encompasses private beaches, walking trails, and a secluded spa tucked beside native forest.
Rosewood Kauri Cliffs welcomes guests with refined elegance and warm hospitality. The exquisite, spacious rooms open out to sweeping coastal views, with breakfast, a pre-dinner aperitif, and gourmet dinner included in your stay.
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Stay 3 nights at Kauri Cliffs.
With such a wealth of coastal splendour to work with, David Harman created an elongated course design that would best take in the oceanside views at Kauri Cliffs. Deep ravines and holes that play to the edges of cliffs add excitement and challenge, with firm, fast greens that flow through the magnificent undulating terrain.
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Venture into the beautiful Bay of Islands today on a four-hour private sailing charter. As you glide serenely through the clear waters of the bay, revel in the solitude and splendour of the subtropical paradise. The exclusive charter is yours to enjoy as you wish, whether that means sailing the length of the archipelago or anchoring at a private beach to partake in water-based activities.
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Make your way south to Te Arai Links, a new golf destination that boasts two separate courses that both rank within the world’s top 100.
You have the option to add on an extra round of golf this afternoon if you wish to experience both courses during your stay.
Stay at the sumptuous on-course accommodation at Te Arai Links, which blends seamlessly with the picturesque dunes. The spacious rooms take a subdued approach to luxury, incorporating natural materials and floor-to-ceiling windows to create a feeling of harmony with the surrounds. During your stay, enjoy a la carte breakfast daily.
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Stay 2 nights at Te Arai Links.
For your round of golf today, choose either the North or South Course.
First of the two to debut, the South Course commands stunning coastal views from almost every hole. Looping past windblown dunes and native grasses, the course—designed by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw—is a delight throughout, with exhilarating plays and carefully crafted greens.
Meanwhile, the North Course offers a point of contrast with unusual green shapes and dramatically undulating terrain. Designed by Tom Doak, this course is technically complex and invites consideration before each play.
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Journey to the heart of the North Island, a geothermally active region whose tumultuous past shows itself in volcanic peaks, geysers, mineral pools, and hot springs.
Solitaire Lodge, overlooking the shores of Lake Tarawera, offers a secluded and magnificent base from which to explore the region. Surrounded by native bush, the lodge opens out to views of the volcanic ridges rising beyond the crystalline waters of Lake Tarawera. Your stay includes breakfast, a light lunch, pre-dinner drinks and canapes, and a five-course evening meal.
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Stay 2 nights in Rotorua.
Today is yours to explore Rotorua and the surrounding region at your leisure. Excursions on offer around Solitaire Lodge include a hike to the magnificent Tarawera Falls, with a picnic lunch and boat transfers included; a scenic helicopter flight over Mount Tarawera and the geothermal crater lakes of Waimangu and Wai-O-Tapu, landing on Mount Tarawera; and e-bike rides on picturesque trails.
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Your final New Zealand golf destination is one to remember. Set atop a coastal peninsula that ends in sheer cliffs, Cape Kidnappers is consistently ranked among New Zealand’s very best courses.
Like its sister property, Kauri Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers is also home to a rugged working farm and a superb luxury lodge. Styled as a resplendent country retreat, Rosewood Cape Kidnappers surrounds guests in luxury, with rich furnishings and attentive service. During your stay, enjoy breakfast, a pre-dinner aperitif, and gourmet dinner.
Included today:
Stay 3 nights at Cape Kidnappers.
From dizzying clifftop fairways to daring shots across ravines, Cape Kidnappers is enthralling from start to finish. Designed by Tom Doak, the course plays along narrow fingers of land sliced through by bush-clad ravines. While the oceanside holes command the best views, the inland holes capture equal attention with technically complex terrain.
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Venture beyond the golf course today on a 4WD tour across the remote and spectacular property on a Cape Sanctuary tour. From rolling hillsides to lush coastal forest, discover the impact of the conservation efforts at New Zealand’s largest privately owned wildlife sanctuary. Take in panoramic views from Ocean Beach Cliffs and encounter abundant birdlife at the predator-free sea bird site.
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Drop your rental car off at Napier Airport for your departing flight.
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Get in touch with us at New Zealand Golf Tours to get itinerary ideas and our personal advice on the best golf courses, accommodation and activities for your budget. We plan both self drive and fully guided tours (with private drive/vehicle) or choose a combination of self drive and transfers. Much of our accommodation is on-site at New Zealand’s premier courses, promising an exceptional golfing experience.
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