Hot deals: Go back to nature with big mammal watching

Under $3090

Get to Canada for the orca and bear watching in May or June this year from $3085 a person, twin-share.

The package, with return flights from Auckland (add $100 a person for travel from Wellington or Christchurch) includes four nights' accommodation in Vancouver plus tours such as the Vancouver Trolley Hop Tour, the Whistler Resort Day Tour and a four-day, three-night Whales and Bears tour.

Airport taxes and surcharges are not included.

Contact: House of Travel, freephone 0800 838 747.

Under $1000

Seven-night packages to sunny Samoa this month are priced at $999 a person, twin-share, and that includes return airfares from Auckland and all return airport transfers.

For travel from Wellington or Christchurch, add $100 a person.

The package is available only for travel until the end of the March.

Airport taxes and surcharges are not included.

Contact: Flight Centre, freephone 0800 354 448.

Under $370

The legendary collections of Andy Warhol are going on show in Melbourne.

Collecting items and records that mattered to him, Andy Warhol had filled 66 cartons, which he named "time capsules" by the time he died in 1987.

The contents total some 3000 objects, many of which will be on display in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.

Return flights and two-night accommodation packages to Melbourne are available from $365 a person, twin-share, for travellers flying from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.

Travel must be taken between April 1 and August 31 this year, but the package is on sale only until next Monday, March 21.

Airport taxes and surcharges are not included.

Contact: Flight Centre, freephone 0800 354 448.

Under $155

Stay in the luxurious, park-like setting of the Clearwater Resort in Christchurch with a special deal at the Outrigger that includes cooked breakfast, daily newspapers and a lazy middle-of-the-day checkout time.

This package is available from Saturday evening, March 12, inclusive.

The package is priced at $150 for two people to stay at the Outrigger, where you can enjoy lake views, play golf, tennis or petanque or go fly-fishing.

Contact: Wotif, freephone 0800 441 092 or book on-line at the Wotif website (link below).