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New Zealand skiing vacations are a great way to see this amazing country.

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New Zealand skiing vacations take you to the premier Southern Hemisphere ski destination.

Perfect conditions, a favourable exchange rate, and a wide choice of venues, combine to make New Zealand a wonderful place for your ski or snowboarding adventure.
From mid June to early October, skiers and snowboarders can enjoy perfect conditions at fields on both the North and South Islands.

Skifields are located at:

North Island

Mount Ruapehu

Whakapapa, Tukino (club skifield), Turoa

Taranaki

Manganui (club skifield)

South Island

Nelson Lakes

Rainbow, Mount Robert

Canterbury

Fox Peak (club skifield), Hanmer Springs Ski Area (club skifield), Mount Lyford, Mount Potts (heliskiing and snowcatting only), Mount Hutt, Mount Dobson, Ohau, Porter Heights, Tasman Glacier (Heliski), Temple Basin (club skifield), Broken River (club skifield), Craigieburn Valley (club skifield), Mount Cheeseman (club skifield), Mount Olympus (club skifield),

Otago

Coronet Peak, Invincible Snowfields (helicopter access only), The Remarkables, Round Hill, Cardrona Alpine Resort, Treble Cone, Snow Park, Snow Farm (cross-country skiing only),

New Zealand Skiing Vacations

Through our partnership with Haka Tours, haka tours logo we are able to offer a wide range of New Zealand skiing vacations.

Haka Tours have been operating for several years, and have established a reputation for providing fun, action packed guided skiing vacations.

As an example, their South Island Snow Safari will take you to 6 different ski fields in 7 days! Wow! And skiiers and snowboarders are both welcome!

Here is what a happy customer had to say:

“My Snow Tour was the best part of my 18 days in NZ. Steve the guide was an absolute legend... The trip was so relaxed but did so much. We were always stopping to do and see little things along the way which make it an awesome trip instead of just a good one. The whole tour was just like a road trip with the mates." - John, Australia

Check out what others had to say about Haka Tours HERE.


Their New Zealand skiing vacations are suitable for skiers and snowboarders of all abilities.

And if you are looking for an adventure tour combined with your New Zealand skiing vacation they can help.

7 Day South Island Snow Safari

Departs Christchurch, Ends Christchurch or Queenstown

The ultimate in New Zealand skiing tours. You will ski or snowboard 6 of best ski fields in the Southern Alps. You can also customise your holiday with discounted heli-ski options in Wanaka and Queenstown. A break on day 5 in Queenstown leaves you free to ski or to max out with some thrilling activity options such as white water rafting, ski diving or bungy jumping!

3 Day Wild Weekender Snow Fix

Departs / Ends Auckland

Make the most of your weekend. A 3 day New Zealand ski vacation to Mt Ruapehu.

Your weekend begins with a 4pm Friday departure and concludes with a late night Sunday return. This trip operates every weekend from July to October.

You can take this trip on its own, or you can add it to a Haka NZ Adventure Tour.

Self Drive New Zealand Skiing Vacations

Departs Christchurch or Queenstown

Do you want to do your own thing?

Why not drive yourself on your own personal skiing vacation?.

Haka Tours can offer you packages that include your car hire, accommodation and snow pass. And you can access all major South Island ski fields on one super flexible pass!

You can choose ski or snowboard packages ranging from 3 to 10 days plus a range of up-grades.

Click on the banner to see the full range of Haka Tours





Click on the link to see the full range of New Zealand skiing vacations.


Check Resort Conditions Live

Use our handy widget to check current conditions at your favourite resort. Just click on the country at the top of the widget, then select New Zealand from the list. You can then scroll down for the resort of your choice.

The widget features snow cams and stills from all of Mountainwatch.com's snow cams from the 20 major resorts in Australia and New Zealand, Mountainwatch.com's independent daily snow reports, written by locals, and quick 3 day forecasts including temperature max/min and weather conditions.

You can also click through to Mountainwatch.com's detailed 7 day forecast by a qualified alpine meteorologist.

This is Australia and New Zealand's most accurate snow and mountain forecast, also giving you snow accumulations (24 hour and snow base), and live weather conditions including temperature and wind.

Our thanks to Mountainwatch.




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