ANTIPODEAN ODYSSEY

NEW ZEALAND & TASMANIA

This trip crosses two of the Southern Hemisphere's wildest regions in one continuous arc. It opens in New Zealand's Southern Alps, lakes catching enormous sky, peaks cutting the horizon into something almost architectural. From there it's on to Tasmania, raw coastline, old-growth forest, and wildlife that redefines what remote actually means. Landscapes this cinematic get paired with experiences built specifically around you, across two islands that share almost nothing except their scale.

Note that everything you see here is an example of what your trip could look like. Your adventure will be tailored specifically to you.

WHEN TO GO

DURATION

NOV - APR

13 NIGHTS

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH

CURRENCY

NZ & AUS DOLLAR

ESTIMATED COST

$17,900

per person, excl. int'l flights

(based on two adults sharing)

Why this adventure

This trip is built for travelers who want genuine elemental variety alongside real remote comfort. New Zealand delivers the Southern Alps at full grandeur, crisp air, shifting light, alpine silence, all wrapped in real polish. Tasmania flips the register entirely, rugged coastline and ancient wilderness, with food that holds its own against anywhere in the world, real local history, and wildlife encounters that deepen the whole sense of place. Private guides and considered experiences run throughout, so nothing here feels generic. This is genuinely wild texture paired with real refinement, in equal measure both ways.

Journey flow

It opens in the Southern Alps, lakes, peaks, and high country setting a genuinely majestic pace from day one. Helicopter, foot, or boat, each outing here reveals something different, sweeping views one moment, an intimate pocket of wilderness the next. Then it's on to Tasmania, alpine crispness trading for raw coastal drama almost overnight. Cliff-lined trails, real artisan producers, evenings in lodges that feel genuinely hidden from everything else. The trip moves fluidly between two environments that couldn't be more different, held together by a shared thread of authenticity and real immersion rather than anything manufactured.

Take it farther

For travelers who want more, a glacier landing in New Zealand is worth the add for a rare, genuinely quiet vantage point on frozen wilderness. A private Tasmanian wildlife night tour puts rare species in view on their own terms. A chef-led foraging session, native ingredients across both contemporary and traditional cooking, adds real texture to the food side of the trip. Upgrading to a heli-transfer along Tasmania's eastern coast is worth it for an angle on that coastline nothing on the ground can match.

Customize this itinerary

Every trip we design is built around you: your pace, your curiosity, your definition of a good day. No set departures, no group tours, no one-size-fits-all anything. If this itinerary sparks something in you, let's talk about what that could look like for you specifically.

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Adventure highlights

HIGH COUNTRY HELI-EXPLORATION

Ridge landings and remote valleys well outside the usual routes, New Zealand's mountain world seen from an angle most visitors never get close to. A genuinely spectacular way to open the trip.

TASMANIAN COASTLINES

Pristine headlands, waves against rock formations that have been taking that beating for millennia, expert guides adding real ecological and cultural context to what would otherwise just be a beautiful walk.

ARTISANAL FOOD & WINE JOURNEYS

Cool-climate wine, coastal seafood, and real craftsmanship behind both, paired with visits to the actual farmsteads and producers doing the work. Tasmania's food scene punches well above its size.

SOUTHERN SKIES & SECLUDED EVENINGS

Some of the clearest night sky anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere, whether from an alpine terrace or a coastal retreat. These evenings carry as much weight as any of the daytime highlights.

How it unfolds

DAYS 1-6

THE SOUTHERN ALPS

The trip opens in New Zealand's high country, days built around helicopter access, foot, and boat, each revealing a different scale of the same landscape. Ridge landings and remote valley time balance against real downtime, letting the mountains' scale actually sink in before the trip shifts entirely.

DAYS 7-13

TASMANIA

A flight across the Tasman changes the register completely, alpine crispness trading for raw coastal drama. Days settle into cliff-lined trails, real time with artisan food and wine producers, and wildlife encounters that reward patience. The trip closes on its most atmospheric note, coastal isolation and genuine culinary weight carrying the final week.

Where you could stay

MINARET STATION

A remote alpine lodge accessible only by helicopter, tucked into a glacial valley on a fifty-thousand-acre working high-country farm along Lake Wanaka's western shore. Just four chalets, each with a private outdoor hot tub and king bed, connected to a central lodge by raised wooden boardwalks. The kitchen runs almost entirely on what the farm itself produces, and most on-site activities, heli-fishing, heli-hiking, farm tours by air, run directly off the property's own helicopters rather than requiring a separate excursion. Genuine seclusion, no road access at all, real high-country heritage behind the whole operation.

SAFFIRE FREYCINET

A striking, low-slung lodge on Tasmania's east coast, its stingray-shaped roofline rising out of former national parkland with direct views across Great Oyster Bay to the pink granite peaks known as the Hazards. Just twenty suites, Tasmanian oak and celery-top pine throughout, and a rate structure that folds in all-inclusive dining, beverages, and a rotating set of guided experiences, oyster farm visits, Tasmanian devil conservation work, honey harvesting straight from the property's own hives. It holds real international weight too, voted World's Best Boutique Hotel and carrying two Michelin Keys, a rare distinction for a lodge this remote.

THE LINDIS

A strikingly modern lodge set into the floor of the remote Ahuriri Valley, its low, rippled roofline built to echo the glacial landscape around it rather than interrupt it. Just eight rooms, two Michelin Keys, and a restaurant built entirely around what the surrounding valley and the property's own gardens actually produce. Quiet, architecturally distinctive, and about as far from a conventional lodge as this region gets.

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Every trip we design starts from scratch, built around how you travel and what you're actually after. No fixed routes, no shared departures, no compromises. If something on this page resonated, that's a good place to start a conversation.