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Canadian Flight Centre Staff Trained in New Zealand Products
Frontline Travel Sellers from Flight Centre Canada were brought to New Zealand for training in May to experience the New Zealand products they sell.
The group started their famil in Christchurch where they were met by Johnston's Coachlines who provided the transport and commentary in the South Island. The first activity was a behind the scenes Kiwi Tour at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve where visitors can get close to New Zealand's national icon, the Kiwi. The afternoon was spent at the International Antarctic Centre, followed by an evening at SOL Square (South of Lichfield).
En route to the Southern Alps, the group stopped at Alpine Springs, Spa and Winter Park in Tekapo where visitors can soak in hot pools, have a spa treatment, or go ice-skating for the more energetic. Aoraki Mt Cook is New Zealand's tallest mountain and located in the Southern Alps. The village of Aoraki Mt Cook is also home to the Sir Edmund Hillary Centre which showcases the region and it's people.
Queenstown was the next stop, with a lunch and tastings at Gibbston Valley Winery, a bungy jump at AJ Hackett Kawarau Bungy and a cruise on Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw to Walter Peak High Country Farm.
The group were treated to a day trip to the magnificent Milford Sound with Red Boats. They saw glacier scarred rock walls that rise 1,200 metres vertically from the sea and waterfalls that tumble from hanging valleys and crash into the Sound far below as well as the wonders of Mitre Peak.
More Queenstown activities followed, with Shotover Jet; the world's most exciting jet boat ride, and Nomad Safaris "Best 4 x 4 by far tour".
The group then flew back to Auckland and got a 360 degree view of New Zealand's largest city from the Sky Tower. They also experienced Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World where visitors have the opportunity to see penguins, stingrays and swimming with sharks. They spent the afternoon sampling wine at some of the best vineyards on Waiheke Island, an island in the Hauraki Gulf, just 30 minutes from Auckland by ferry.
Lastly, the group were able to enjoy a coffee cruise on Pride of Auckland, a fleet of purpose built sailboats on the sparkling waters of Auckland Harbour.
