Treetops Wild Food & Wine Package

Wild Food & Wine - A tastefully wild experience

Visit the exceptional Treetops Lodge and Estate this season and be treated to the ultimate in gourmet food experiences.

Our wild food cooking classes are guaranteed to tantalise your taste buds. You’ll learn to cook sumptuous meals using only the best local produce. We’ll give you the opportunity to match these mouth-watering dishes with some of New Zealand’s finest wines, and take you behind the scenes with the experts who create them.

This package is designed for food lovers who want to learn about wild food and give their palates a treat.

Day One:

• Arrive at Treetops Lodge by limousine, private helicopter or your own transport. You will be met by your host and given an exclusive tour of the lodge.
• Explore the estate property more extensively on a guided 4WD expedition into the heart of Treetops’ 2500 acres of native bush. Discover magnificent wildlife and unspoiled native bush. We’ll show you our deer, wild pigs and native and introduced game birds, and explain the best ways to prepare and cook each of them.
• A top local Maori guide will join you in the Great Room for pre-dinner drinks and delicious indigenous canapés.
• Enjoy a degustation dinner this evening. Degustation involves sampling small portions of our chef's range of signature dishes in one sitting. Comprising several courses, it will be complemented with a matching wine degustation.

Degustation is a French culinary term that means ‘a careful, appreciative tasting of various foods’. It focuses on the gustatory system, the senses, high culinary art and good company. Modern degustation comes from the French kitchens of the early 20th century.

Day Two:

• Enjoy a leisurely breakfast in the lodge’s conservatory while you appreciate the beauty of the flora and fauna that surrounds the lodge.
• Meet your Maori guide for a cultural tour of the estate grounds, including the native garden our chef has developed.
• In the Lodge’s open-plan kitchen, help prepare an indigenous lunch of traditional Maori recipes complemented by local herbs produced on the Estate.
• In the library before dinner taste some leading wines from Tohu Estate, New Zealand’s first Maori-owned vineyard, while sharing the stories of the day with our guests.
• Dine at the chef’s table this evening. Experience the atmosphere of the Treetops’ kitchen and sample a range of New Zealand wines.

Day Three:

• Enjoy a relaxing breakfast in your suite or in the Lodge’s conservatory.
• Walk to the spectacular Bridal Veil Falls, where you can enjoy a gourmet picnic lunch amid lush native bush.
• This evening you will experience gourmet wildfood dinner with some stunning wine matches across the courses and finish in front of a roaring fire in the Great Room.
• Depart Treetops by limousine, helicopter or your own transport.  We look forward to hosting you again in future.

  Recipes and a Treetops Lodge and Estate apron will be given to you as souvenirs to take away.

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Inclusions:

1. Pre-dinner drinks and canapés
2. 1x gourmet picnic for two
3. 2x gourmet dinners and two sumptuous breakfasts
4. Wild Food,Cooking presentation with our local Maori Chef
5. Wine match 1st night

Helicopter flights, photo safari, boating, Maori food trail and further onsite activities are optional and can be booked prior to arrival.

**Subject to Terms & Conditions (Below)

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Terms and Conditions:

• Arrival
  Whilst every effort will be made to ensure your room is ready earlier, our official check-in time is 2pm.  Luggage storage and use of the Lodge facilities will be available should we not be able to immediately accommodate you.
• Departure
  Departure time from your room is 11am. Guests are welcome to make use of the facilities should a later check-out time be required. Lodge staff will be happy to make these arrangements for you.
• Transfers / Pickups
  We would be more than happy to organize a private vehicle airport transfer and/or helicopter flights from any New Zealand destinations.  Prices are available on request.
• Terms & Conditions
  In order to confirm a reservation we require a deposit of 25% of the total stay.
  The deposits can either be made in the form of a bank transfer, bank cheque or credit card details and expiry date. 
  Reservations made within 7 days of arrival will be accepted with credit card and bank transfers.
  Surcharge applicable on December 25th (Christmas Day) and December 31st (New Year’s Eve) of NZ$300.00 per adult plus GST and NZ$150.00 per child plus GST (under 12 years of age) – for the 2010/2011 season.
• Cancellation
  In the event that we are unable to resell your room, the following cancellation policy applies:
  31 + days prior to arrival - No charge
  8-30 days - 50% of tariff for each night booked
  7 days or less - 100% of tariff for each night booked
• For reservations between 15 December 2010 and 15 January 2011:
  Cancellations made within 60 days prior to arrival incur a 25% cancellation fee for each night cancelled.  Cancellations made 30 days prior to arrival incur a 100% cancellation fee for each night cancelled.

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