KEY POINTS:
Under $150
Christchurch's three-star Hotel Ibis is offering "Slam Dunk Your Breakfast" packages - dropping room rates from $270 to $140 a night with a chance to win your breakfast.
On the web: www.wotif.com/hotelW49197
Under $850
Two people can celebrate Queen's Birthday with a Queen Charlotte Birthday Bash in the Marlborough Sounds, staying three nights at the Portage Resort and walking part of the Queen Charlotte Track. Priced at $820 for two people, the package includes accommodation from May 31 to June 2, dinners, cocktails, and return boat transfers from Picton.
Contact: The Portage Resort, 0800 762 442. Email leilani@portage.co.nz
Under $1200
From the freshest salmon to the finest sauvignon, Southern Wilderness Walking Tours specialise in dishing up gourmet delights.
Book before this Sunday for a 2009 adventure on the Heaphy Track, or within the Nelson Lakes National Park, and you'll save $100 each.
Choose from four-day or five-day walking tours of the Heaphy at $1195 and $1295 each, or a four-day Nelson Lakes walk for $1250. All walks are catered and guided.
On the web: www.heaphytracknz.com
Under $11,000
A 20-day tour exploring two of Africa's least-visited countries - Zambia and Malawi - departs from New Zealand in August, but must be booked by June 6. The tour includes jeep and boat safaris in remote national parks, and visits to Victoria Falls and Lake Malawi. Priced from $10,990 each.
Contact: Travel Smart (06) 758 5712.
