New Zealand Self Drive Tours & Holidays

Great support from Christina though we have last minute changes she still able to do it for us perfectly. Great service Chris 👍👍👍

Thank you so much for organising our great itinerary! We enjoyed every place we stayed and every activity that was organised. We loved the fabulous and awesome scenery, the lovely towns we drove through, the people we met along the way. We caught a bus to the Christchurch gondola, had great food at The Riverside Markets and thought that Christchurch would be a great place to live! Te Anau was lovely and the boat trip on Doubtful Sound was a highlight. However, just the smell of the ocean and a little bit of swell makes me seasick so I was glad to turn back for the rest of the trip. There were seals on the rocks and dolphins swimming along with the boat. We thought that The Dairy in Queenstown had such amazing décor, a very pleasant host and was so close to the Gondola and restaurants on the pier where we had some terrific meals. We also went to the Kiwi Sanctuary which was so close to where we stayed. We really enjoyed the Jet boat as well. Thank you very much for the wine - it was delicious. On our way to Queenstown, we stopped for lunch at the Bannockburn Hotel in Cromwell. Amazing food, wine, and great service. The drive through Arthur's Pass was incredible - I don't think the train would have been better! Franz Josef was very quiet with us being the only two guests at the motel. The manager was sick so we had breakfast in town at Full of Beans but Alice May was a standout at dinner the previous night - warm atmosphere, delicious meals, and lovely service. The trip to the glacier was special with terrific weather, perfect views and a very experienced helicopter pilot! The downside? Flying to and from New Zealand and jet lag! We vow to wait another couple of years but we would love to go to the top of the North Island in summer! Until next time!

Our first trip to NZ and arranged the North Island 10 day Highlights with Northern Explorer train trip. Absolutely fabulous. Our consultant Shelley Ryder was brilliant throughout the whole experience. She was always available and helped with the itinerary, checking all was well with flights and booking excursions whilst we were on the road. The train trip from Auckland to Wellington was awesome with its scenery and comfortable with good food and drinks. The accommodation was very good especially the Beachside resort in Whitianga. Accommodation in Auckland on the last night before departure was a small cramped room and bathroom, okay for one night and on way to the airport but wouldn't recommend if staying for several days. We were expecting the hire car to be a Toyota Corolla or similar but Europecar in Wellington provided a new MG HS car. Lovely and fresh and new but only 1.5L engine which found the mountainous sections of our road trip difficult. Lots of pulling over to let other cars pass. Also had a small boot which could only fit one suitcase so the second suitcase sat in the car with us. But overall we loved the trip and have recommended your company to my son now living in Auckland as he is keen to do a similar self-drive trip. We plan to return to NZ in 6 months to see family again and our plan is to use your company to arrange a South Island self-drive. Thanks again Shelley, well done.