Queenstown Incentive Programme.

The programme.

1. Day 1Queenstown

   Group arrivals into Queenstown Airport, met and coached to the hotel. Welcome dinner with a pōwhiri or mihi whakatau where the client wants a Māori welcome, arranged with appropriate cultural providers.

2. Day 2Queenstown

   Conference or business sessions in the morning. Afternoon on the lake or in the mountains — jet boating, a gondola ride or a guided walk — split by activity level.

3. Day 3Gibbston and Arrowtown

   A Central Otago wine afternoon in the Gibbston Valley, with Arrowtown’s gold-mining main street on the way back. Team activities can be built in.

4. Day 4Milford Sound

   Fly–cruise–fly to Milford Sound in small aircraft if the weather allows; if not, the reserve plan runs in Queenstown and the flight moves to day five.

5. Day 5Queenstown

   Free morning or reserve slot, then a gala dinner at a lakeside or vineyard venue.

6. Day 6Queenstown

   Staggered departures, with coach transfers matched to the flight manifest.

Drive and ferry times are approximate and depend on stops, weather and road conditions.

When to ask.

Twelve months or more for groups over 50. Queenstown has a limited number of hotels that take a large block on one property, and air capacity into the airport is a planning constraint.

Send the brief — party size, dates, hotel category and what the client cares about — to b2b@explera.co.nz and we will quote this programme, or the version you want, at net rates.

Other programmes.

Classic · 14 nights

North and South Island Classic

Auckland to Milford Sound in one direction — geothermal Rotorua, the Cook Strait ferry, Abel Tasman, the West Coast glaciers and Queenstown, with no leg doubled back.

Self-drive · 10 nights

South Island Self-Drive

A Christchurch-return loop through the Mackenzie Country, the southern lakes, Fiordland and the Otago coast — drive days kept to around three hours so the trip is not spent behind the wheel.

Campervan · 12 nights

South Island Campervan Loop

Twelve nights round the South Island in a campervan, with every night pre-booked at a holiday park so nobody spends the evening looking for a place to stop.

Culture · 7 nights

North Island Culture and Geothermal

Glowworm caves, Rotorua’s geothermal valleys and Māori cultural experiences, Lake Taupō and Art Deco Napier — the North Island in a week, with time given to the culture rather than a single evening show.

Luxury · 6 nights

Queenstown and Fiordland Lodges

Lake Wakatipu, Glenorchy, a night in Fiordland and Central Otago wine, from luxury lodge bases with a private driver — short transfers, no long drive days.

Incentive · 4 nights

Auckland and Hauraki Gulf Incentive

Four nights in Auckland with the Hauraki Gulf as the venue — harbour sailing, a Waiheke Island winery day and the black-sand west coast, all within an hour of the hotel.

Food & wine · 8 nights

New Zealand Food and Wine

Three wine regions in eight nights — Hawke’s Bay, Marlborough and Central Otago — linked by domestic flights rather than long drives, with cellar doors, producers and the Marlborough Sounds.

Ski · 7 nights

Queenstown and Wānaka Ski

Four ski areas from two bases — Coronet Peak and The Remarkables from Queenstown, Cardrona and Treble Cone from Wānaka — in the southern-hemisphere winter.

Walking · 9 nights

Guided Milford Track and Aoraki

The Milford Track on a guided walk with lodge nights, preceded by Aoraki / Mount Cook and Queenstown — the Great Walk most clients ask for by name, with the warm-up and the recovery built in.

Family · 8 nights

North Island Family Programme

Auckland, Coromandel beaches, Rotorua’s geysers and Hobbiton, paced for children — no drive longer than about three hours and two- or three-night stays throughout.