This morning visit historic Olveston House - a 35 room Jacobean Manor with an extensive collection of antiques and New Zealand paintings.  Enjoy a guided tour and learn about New Zealand family life at the turn of last century.  Departing Dunedin we journey north to Moeraki Beach with its unusual boulders.  According to Maori tradition, the boulders are gourds and calabashes washed from the great voyaging canoe Araiteuru when it was wrecked upon landfall in New Zealand some 1000 years ago.  Stop at Oamaru, a historic town renowned for its distinctive cream limestone buildings then continue inland passing beautiful glacier fed lakes of incredible colour.  This afternoon we arrive in the heart of MacKenzie Country, surrounded by majestic mountain scenery and wide open tussock grasslands.

(NOTE: To take advantage of the beautiful weather on this day, our Tour Manager and Coach Captain took us on to Mt. Cook National Park and a memorable view of Mt. Cook from The Hermitage Hotel.  This was originally planned for the following day, but we were glad we moved it up.  The weather the next morning was not nearly as clear.)

MacKenzie Country Inn

Corner Wairepo and Ostler Roads

Twizel, New Zealand

PH: (64) 3 435 0869

FAX: (64) 3 435 0857

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