Designed as a package for those wanting a bit of everything at an unbeatable price – our most popular tour.
Day 1
Arrive Auckland International Airport.
I personally meet and welcome all my clients, regardless of time or day of arrival and then deliver you to your 4+ star accommodation in central Auckland, New Zealands largest city. Activities are only limited by your tiredness from the flight. After settling you in we leave you to relax and unwind or enjoy one of the many activities we can recommend. As always, we are available 24/7 for any assistance you may require.
Day 2
Allowing you a good sleep in on your first day, Simon meets you late morning and we then travel for approximately 1 hour by car North of Auckland to Warkworth where we board our private helicopter for a days Heli Fishing. This is excitement plus – enjoy an exhilarating helicopter ride over the Hauraki Gulf in a Helicopter to Great Barrier Island where we land on private rocky outcrops and headlands and proceed to fish for a variety of species, including snapper, kingfish, john dory and trevally plus others. See the species page to learn more about the fish we are after. Your catch is professionally filleted and dressed for you and we can recommend many restaurants that will be happy to prepare this for you. We also welcome and love to have our guests at our own home for a home cooked meal should they wish during their stay. Later that day we return by helicopter back to Warkworth and then onto Auckland where we again deliver you personally to your Auckland hotel. The evening is yours to enjoy Aucklands sights and sounds at your own pace.
Day 3 - 6
Simon again meets you early morning at your hotel when we then travel by car to Lake Taupo, 3 hours south of Auckland. Check out our options page for many extra activities that can be included in our travels south. We then board a private light aircraft or Helicopter for approximately 30minutes bound for Tangahoe Station, a privately owned, private access only farm, completely isolated and based in the rugged and scenic Whanganui National Park. Nestled on the farm is a comfortable hunting lodge, complete with all comforts. The area boasts large numbers of Fallow and Red Deer with many trophies having come from this area. See our gallery for more photos from this area and the lodge itself. There are also large numbers of wild pigs and goats for variety. The next 3 nights/4days are spent at this wilderness retreat enjoying hunting at your own pace. Enjoy a leisurely hunt for a couple of hours every day, or hunt until you can’t walk anymore, we are ready for anything and it’s all included. Clay bird shooting is also available. All shot animals are butchered and packaged for you. See our google map to see just how remote and wild this area is. Access is helicopter or plane only – unless you want a 4 day walk!!!! Again, this choice of area is part of our continual efforts to obtain only the best genuine areas for our clients to hunt and stay. All meals are provided and are of top quality and genuine Kiwi cuisine. On the last day we are picked up, again by plane or chopper, and flown back to Taupo.
We then travel to Lake Rotorua, approximately 1 hour north of and stay at luxury lakeside accommodation relaxing after the previous days hunting and enjoying a number of sightseeing activities in the Rotorua area. The choice is yours.
Day 7
We spend the morning fishing on Lake Rotorua for the world class Rainbow and Brown Trout that the Lake is famous for. Our fishing is done by boat. Again, your catch is professionally cleaned and prepared for you. We again have the afternoon to sightsee and travel the 2.5 hours back to Auckland and back to your hotel.
Day 8-9
This is your time to quite literally do what you want, when you want around the Auckland area – explore the area at your own pace and all the exciting activities on offer. We appreciate that after your original flight, and then 6 days of excitement, you may be feeling like a rest! Again, Simon and Katya are available 24/7 for any requirement you may have and are more than happy to show you around, or help you plan your leisure time in Auckland
Day 10-13
Simon arrives bright and early and uplifts you from your hotel where we then travel by car north of Auckland for 3 hours to the internationally renowned scenic and fishing destination of Paihia in the Bay of Islands. We check into our luxury waterfront accommodation and spend the first day sightseeing and relaxing. That evening you have a choice of local restaurants. The next day we are picked up from our hotel and spend the day fishing for a huge list of different species by boat,– see our Species page for details on season availability of species we fish and hunt for. We return again to our hotel for dinner and festivities. The next day we repeat and again spend fishing and on the water. Diving is also available, as Simon is also a qualified PADI Instructor. There are several wrecks in the area in addition to opportunities for hunting crayfish. That evening is again spent in luxury accommodation, seaside at Paihia. Day 13 we drive back Auckland for your last night in Auckland.
Day 14
To airport
Price based on 2 fishermen/hunters is USD$9500 each.
Price includes
- All accommodation for the entire stay
- All airport transfers
- All transport associated with our activities
- All meals when away at Tangahoe Lodge Hunting
- All light aircraft/helicopter transfers
- Helicopter fishing in the Hauraki Gulf including lunch and all incidentals
- Days trout fishing Lake Rotorua including boat, fishing licences, and all gear
- 2 Days Sea fishing including boat and all gear
- All associated fishing and hunting and related costs
- Use of quality rifles and ammunition. Browning and Remington .243, .2506, 300winmag
- Transfers
- Photos of your holiday onto CD
- Dressing of animals and filleting of fish ( vacuum packed and frozen for your return flight )
- Simon as your personal guide for your entire stay and 24/7 availability
- Simons endless repertoire of jokes
Does not include
- Airfares to and from Auckland
- Alcohol/beverages
- Meals whilst in Auckland, Bay of Islands, and Rotorua (we assume you want Restaurants although most hotels have cooking facilities)
- Any airline or related costs associated with taking meat/trophys back home with you
- Insurance
- Additional activities not specified in above description
Work it out for yourselves - USD$9500 gets you 14 days of accommodation, food, transfers, fishing and hunting, helicopters/aircraft, most nights meals, 2 stay away trips plus heli fishing, covering some of the best territory in the North Island, plus all of the above for about USD$675 per day per person. We challenge you to compare this deal anywhere. No catches, no tricks. There’s a reason we are so popular! We aren’t into hidden costs, and a written pledge and guarantee are provided upon booking.