Testimonials for New Zealand tours & holidays

We loved everything, including the TransAlpine train, every accommodation, Franz Josef helicopter. Queestown and Milford Sound Tour, we also decided to fly back 😍 and then the magical Mt Cook experience🥰🥰🥰. The most comfy bed was at the Novotel at Christchurch Airport 😁
Shelby was exceptional, kind, helpful, and very professional. She designed the most amazing tour and made it so easy. Thank you so much. Warmest regards Vanessa

Our favourite parts of our trip were the 40 min Heli flight landing on Franz Josef glacier, as it was an incredibly exciting and stunning experience. The drive down the West Coast for the beautiful scenery, the mud bath in Rotorua is a must-do, fabulous feeling. The accommodation in Hokitika, as we had an ocean view room, plus the lovely apartment in Picton, were our top picks.
Overall we had a fantastic trip. Lucy was excellent at helping us with our ambitious itinerary. Her suggestions for various activities and helping us navigate a packed schedule by including some shorter driving days made our holiday one of the best ever! Thank you Lucy.

We enjoyed Kauri Coast and Paihia the most I’d say though the entire itinerary was great! The Waipoua Lodge was exceptional.
Our trip with NZ Self Driving Tours was wonderful. The staff did an amazing job working with us to design our trip and everything went smooth and according to the agenda. Response times to all questions/concerns were lightning fast and helpful. I cannot imagine seeing more of the North Island any other way! Mahalo from Hawaii!

Seeing and learning about the Kauri forests, being introduced to Maori culture and history, enjoying lovely boutique accommodation, great restaurants, and scenic driving especially along the coast such as the Bay of Islands and Mercury Bay. Loved Auckland with its many attractions.
We would like to thank Owen for his outstanding, friendly and timely service in organising the tour. Everything happened quickly and easily and enabled us to enjoy seeing and experiencing the north island of New Zealand.

All activities were great, loved them all, to pick one or two, the Doubtful Sound overnight and the Tasman Lake Glacier tours were a great experience.
Convenience of pre-planed accommodation and activities, along with the app made for stress free travel and full enjoyment. All bookings went without a hitch, Excellent communications with you Kayla, a great job, you’re a gem!

Highlights of our tour were the Te Pa Tu Cultural experience in Rotorua, whale watching in Kaikoura, the Milford Sound cruise and TranzAlpine train journey. These all provided completely new experiences for us, insights into Maori history and culture and breathtaking scenery throughout NZ, especially the South Island. Accommodation was excellent throughout, frequently allowing for some self-catering and always a very comfortable night's sleep.
Overall, we enjoyed wonderful experiences and a broad snapshot of New Zealand. On any future visit we would spend longer in national parks and wilderness areas, generally bypassing city areas.

Enjoyed so much on this itinerary , it was so easy to follow and the timing at each place was great. The extra info re things to see on our driving days was so helpful. All of the experience options we chose were amazing, I think the Te Anau glow worm experience was a highlight for me. All of the rooms were very comfortable although we did love the view from our bed at Hamner Springs
Thanks Chelsea and the other staff members who responded promptly via the chat when I did have questions

It's difficult to pick just one experience, as everything we did was amazing! However, a real highlight for me was visiting Hamilton Gardens, which has eighteen enclosed spaces depicting gardens from different times and cultures. It's the most fantastic botanical garden I have ever visited, and likely, will ever visit. Other highlights included the Sea Life aquarium in Auckland, an evening forest walk to view glowworms outside Rotorua, an evening tour of the nature preserve Zealandia in Wellington, Christchurch with its wonderful botanic garden, touring a glacial lake and star gazing at Aoraki/Mt. Cook and visiting Milford Sound in Fiordland. Our accommodations were very comfortable, giving easy access to everything we wanted to see. All in all, we could not have asked for a better tour of New Zealand!

It is so difficult to pick one stand out they were all amazing. The accommodation was amazing with the comfiest beds ever. Our trip to Arrowtown was amazing what a beautiful little town, the whale watching, Te Pa Tu Maori experience, all the boat trips how do you compare them. The whole package was outstanding and l can't thank Tia / Sammie enough for your outstanding effort you put into our trip. Sammie it was lovely to meet you in person, Dave and l thank you so much and we will be spreading the word far and wide over her in Aus.
The team at New Zealand Self Drive tours went above and beyond our expectations. Thank you David and Christine Parkinson

Mt cook national park was a breathtaking place to visit, as well as the beautiful scenery of the south island as a whole. Rotorua quickly became a favourite as well with the rich culture and Maori cultural evening was incredible to watch. All tours were tailored so well to what I wanted to experience, and the in app messaging was so quick and friendly, as well as the app itself was amazing to use for the entire itinerary and more.
An absolute incredible tour made by some amazing and friendly staff who do nothing but their best for you.