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Hunting pants/shirts/vest (camo or neutral earth tone clothing)
 Wool & Cotton socks
 Warm windproof hunting jacket
 Quality grip sole leather boots
 Light hiking boots
 Rain jacket & pants (it can rain any day of the year in New Zealand!)
 Warm hat
 Baseball cap
 Warm gloves
 Sunglasses
 Digital or 35 mm camera & film
 Hunting binoculars
 Small daypack to carry rain gear, camera etc. while hunting
 Soft rifle case for vehicle transport while hunting
 Personal effects such as prescribed medicines
 Casual clothing & footwear for lodge & travel
 Flashlight & batteries
 Hunting knife
 Gun cleaning kit/lens cleaning kit

Optional

 Rifle - min. caliber .243 & 60 rounds of ammo
 Shotgun
 Video camera
 Spotting scope (all of our guides carry one)
 Fishing equipment

 Unless advised, sleeping bag and camping-out kit is not required,
as most of our hunts are lodge based.

Lodge guns include: (should you not wish to bring a firearm with you)
 

 7mm magnum bolt actions in both right & left hand, good scopes
 Remington 700 BDL 30.06 bolt action with 6x Leupold scope (my original camp gun)
 .243 bolt action scoped rifle for ladies or recoil sensitive hunters
 .220 Swift Ruger varmint rifle (long range wallaby gun)
 .22 magnum Ruger bolt action (for night spotlighting of small game)
 Selection of shotguns for bird hunting
 

TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS

Many options exist for travel from the Northern hemisphere to New Zealand and the South Pacific. 

For USA hunters, there are various direct (non stop) flights from the West Coast (San Francisco & Los Angeles) to  Auckland.  Stops can be arranged in various Pacific islands such as Hawaii, Fiji, Cook Islands etc.

We recommend Air New Zealand as the carrier of choice                                  Air New Zealand Website

                                                      

We can either meet your arrival flight to Christchurch and transfer you to Mount Cecil on the day of arrival, or you can elect to overnight on the day of arrival in a hotel and be picked up the following morning (which for scheduling of hunt dates, would be considered your day of arrival for your hunt). 

For European hunters, the option of flying through Asia is available to get to New Zealand or Australia.

 

TRAVEL AGENT INFO:

I have worked with the following agent for many years, his office is very experienced with New Zealand and can arrange before or after hunt tourist itineraries, rental vehicles, B&B, lodge or hotel accommodations, competitive international airfares etc.

As part of our continued commitment to New Zealand travel,
we have purchased our own building and moved our offices
to the second floor (See attached photo).

Our new contact information is:

            The Best of New Zealand Fly Fishing
            and
            The Best of New Zealand
           

            10544 W. Pico Blvd.
            West Los Angeles, CA 90064-2320

            Tel. (310 202-3900
            Tel. (800) 528-6129
            Fax  (310) 202-3907

Cheers, Mike

Michael D. McClelland
email:  mike@BestofNZ.net

Visit New Zealandıs most exciting fishing site:   www.BestofNZflyfishing.com
And, take a look at our non-fishing packages:  www.TheBestofNewZealand.com

 

Mike McCelland & staff at the new offices August 2005