‘Grand Slam’ tour option from High Country Journeys is a winner!

Two seasons ago High Country Journeys introduced the ‘South Island High Country

Grand Slam’ tour to complement their original tour that started near Lake Coleridge and ended in Central Otago.

has become widely known as, is a seven-day/eightnight package that starts in Blenheim and takes in Molesworth Station and the North Canterbury high country then drops down through the Lake Coleridge/rakaia River region and on through the Mackenzie Country into the sprawling tussock lands of the Maniototo and Central Otago to finish in Cardrona or Wanaka. High Country Journeys is owned and operated by Ranfurly-based John Mulholland who says he has been absolutely ‘blown away’ by the response to the ‘Grand Slam’ tour.

“A lot of our clients are coming down from the

North Island anyway so it was a logical progression to offer them an option to do Molesworth on the way.

“Keeping our tours smaller and using iconic hotels and lodges such as Dansey’s Pass, Cardrona and Flockhill as well as local farmstays whenever we can is another reason they are so popular.” Adventure and a holiday

These packages are an adventure as well as a holiday that combine fine hospitality in very comfortable lodges, historic hotels and rural farmstays, great food, farming tales, high country yarns and four-wheeldriving through stunning scenery with passionate local guides who really know the country.

Also at the same time another tour option known as the ‘The Great Explorer’ which has some absolutely stunning tracks was also started mainly to cater for clients who wanted to come back and do a different tour.

This is a six-day/fivenight tour that starts near Lake Ohau and takes in the rugged tussock lands and majestic high country of the lower Mackenzie Country and Lindis Pass area, Central Otago and Northern Southland and also ending in Cardrona or Wanaka.

You will be able to drive your own 4WD vehicle (or a hired one) and travel at a more relaxed pace from station to station as part of a smaller more personal group of vehicles with radio contact in each one that has access to remote tracks, some only available to High Country Journeys.

If you have ever wanted to travel through many of the iconic South Island sheep stations and experience the isolation and majestic scenery of the high country in your own time, contact John and join a fully-guided self-drive or tagalong tour organised by High Country Journeys. Don’t delay though as spaces fill up quickly. with some tours booked out.