I’ve always wanted to travel completely round the world and it seemed a perfect time to do it to celebrate a 50th birthday. We fly direct with Qatar Airways to Auckland, spend 10 days there across the North Island then back to Auckland to fly to the South Pacific, crossing the international date line so we leave New Zealand on a Sunday and arrive on Saturday. We spend another 10 days across Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora in French Polynesia / South Pacific before travelling onto Easter Island. We finish our trip in Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile, then fly back to the United Kingdom with British Airways.

Actual Detailed Itinerary:

• Day 1 Qatar Airways flight via Doha to Auckland, New Zealand

• Day 2 (Still) in flight

• Day 3 Arrive New Zealand, overnight Auckland Hotel Grand Windsor

• Day 4 Overnight Auckland Hotel Grand Windsor

• Day 5 Drive to Rotorua, overnight Peppers on the Point

• Day 6 Overnight Peppers on the Point

• Day 7 Overnight Peppers on the Point

• Day 8 Drive to Hawke’s Bay, overnight The Farm at Cape Kidnappers

• Day 9 Overnight Hawke’s Bay The Farm at Cape Kidnappers

• Day 10 Overnight Hawke’s Bay The Farm at Cape Kidnappers

• Day 11 Daytime Air New Zealand flight back to Auckland, Air Tahiti Nui (Qantas codeshare) flight to Papeete

• Day 10 This isn’t a typo, we cross the International Date line so leave New Zealand on Sunday and arrive to Tahiti on the Saturday night, overnight InterContinental Resort Tahiti

• Day 11 Ferry to Moorea Overnight InterContinental Resort And Spa Moorea

• Day 12 Overnight InterContinental Resort And Spa Moorea

• Day 13 Overnight InterContinental Resort And Spa Moorea

• Day 14 Fly Air Tahiti to Bora Bora, overnight Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

• Day 15 Overnight Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

• Day 16 Overnight Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

• Day 17 Overnight Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

• Day 18 Overnight Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora

• Day 19 Daytime Air Tahiti flight back to Tahiti, overnight InterContinental Resort Tahiti

• Day 20 Early morning Latam flight to Easter Island, Chile - Overnight Explora Rapa Nui

• Day 21 Overnight Easter Island Explora Rapa Nui

• Day 22 Overnight Easter Island Explora Rapa Nui

• Day 23 Daytime Latam flight to Santiago Chile, overnight The Singular Santiago

• Day 24 Overnight The Singular Santiago

• Day 25 Drive to Valparaiso, overnight Hotel Casa Higueras

• Day 26 Valparaiso, overnight Hotel Casa Higueras

• Day 27 Afternoon British Airways flight to London Heathrow, overnight flight

• Day 28 Arrive back in the UK

Useful website links:

• Airlines:

  • Qatar Airways https://www.qatarairways.com/en-gb/homepage.html

  • Air New Zealand https://www.airnewzealand.co.uk/

  • Air Tahiti Nui https://www.airtahitinui.com/uk-en

  • Latam https://www.latam.com/en_uk/

  • British Airways https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/home

• Hotels:

  • Grand Windsor Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand https://www.hotelgrandwindsor.com/

  • Peppers on the Point, Lake Rotorua https://www.peppers.co.nz/on-the-point/

  • Robertson’s Lodges, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers, Hawke’s Bay https://www.robertsonlodges.com/the-lodges/cape-kidnappers

  • InterContinental Resort Tahiti https://tahiti.intercontinental.com

  • InterContinental Resort And Spa Moorea https://www.ihg.com/intercontinental/hotels/gb/en/moorea/mozpf/hoteldetail

  • Four Seasons Resort Bora Bora https://www.fourseasons.com/borabora/

  • Explora Rapa Nui https://www.explora.com/easter-island-chile/

  • The Singular Santiago https://thesingular.com/en/hotel/santiago

  • Hotel Casa Higueras https://www.casahigueras.cl/en/el-hotel/?lang=en

• Other:

  • Hobbiton Movie Set Tours https://www.hobbitontours.com/en/