Last-minute deals to New Zealand

Head off in a campervan sleeping three on an 11-night journey round the North Island, for £939pp, including vehicle hire and return flights from Heathrow to Auckland via Los Angeles and transfers. Depart 15 August. Qantas Holidays (020 8222 9104).

From 16 August you can fly to Auckland with Korean Air for £677 return. Includes one stopover in Fiji or Seoul. Five departures a week from Heathrow. Offer ends December. Austravel (0870 166 2070; www.austravel.com).

A sedate steamboat cruise or a heart-stopping bungee jump: anything's possible in Queenstown (South Island); 12 nights self-catering cost £1,184pp, including return flights from Heathrow to Christchurch via Singapore and transfers. Book by 15 August, daily departures between 16 August and 30 September. Travelbag (0870 890 1458; www.travelbag.co.uk).

If the thought of an economy flight to Auckland makes you queasy, book business class with Cathay Pacific, £2,645 return for travel between 21 August and December. Airline Network (0500 747 757).

Sail round the Kaikoura peninsula, South Island, backed by snow-capped mountains, on a day trip spotting sperm whales and fur seals. Kuoni (01306 747 008, www.kuoni.co.uk) includes it on a two-week package for £1,142pp (room only); six nights at the four-star Mercure Hotel in Auckland, seven at a three-star hotel in Christchurch, flights from Heathrow. Departs 24 August.

Discover thermal springs at Rotorua, remote beaches in Wairarapa and rural towns of Martinborough on a nine-day self-drive tour of the North Island for £1,454pp (room only). Includes return Air New Zealand flights from Heathrow, eight nights in three-star accommodation and car hire. Weekend departures between 1 and 16 September. Hayes and Jarvis (0870 333 0065).

Visit the Coromandel Peninsula from the Pacific Coast highway, a Maori concert in Rotorua and the Hawke's Bay wineries on a self-drive tour of the North Island, which also includes Auckland, Napier and Wellington. Nine days cost £1,483pp B&B in three-to four-star accommodation, with six days' car hire and flights from Heathrow on 10 September. Bridge the World (0870 444 1716; www.bridgethe world.com).