New Zealand is one of the world's great destinations for visiting. We believe there are so many ways you can tour our country. Whether you have interest in exploring New Zealand by rail, art and culture, the most amazing scenery, food and beverage or finding one of those hidden gems. We can take you there.
As well as our local tours in Christchurch, we also offer private and small group tours and guiding all over New Zealand. We have a wealth of experience in guiding private, family or small group tours around the North and South Islands as well as Stewart Island. We cater the tours to your interests and budget. We have contacts all over the country for accommodation, activities, adventure, culture as well as food and beverage tours.
Over the past 6 years we have successfully hosted a number of small group tours. We feel the small group vibe is the best way to travel New Zealand. We always ensure there is plenty of private time for guests as well as enjoying activities, meals and transport with the whole group. We do all the planning, booking and arrangements for you.
Our guiding style is to drive you all around the country, take you from A to B and leave you with plenty of time and space to enjoy the activities, tours, meals and experiences for yourselves privately.
Some of the popular itineraries, but not limited to, are as follows:
Private cruise ship shore excursion tours can be arranged as well in Timaru and Christchurch.
Contact us to find out more so we can discuss options.
These are some of our popular small group tours we host:
Ride the Rails is a 10 day rail adventure taking in New Zealand's finest scenery by rail. Since our tours began in 2020, they have proven to be very popular amongst domestic travellers with plenty of demand from overseas travellers as well.
Seats do sell fast. Our groups have a maximum of 20 guests
Ride the Rails is a fully escorted 10 day tour from Auckland to Dunedin.
Brand new inclusions for our enhanced tours, starting in 2026, are 1 night in Methven (following the TranzAlpine journey)
Flights and some meals are not included giving yourselves time to have a free evening for yourself or join other members of the tour party with your own evening arrangements.
Departure dates to be confirmed for 2026
This tour can be run privately and on demand. Contact us to ask for an itinerary
This fully escorted small group tour is a fabulous way of exploring the Central and Lower North Island.
We explore Wellington City, wineries in Martinborough, New Zealand's heritage capital Napier, Taupo, New Plymouth and Whanganui.
Our enhanced tour, restarting in 2026, will include a visit to Rotorua and it's incredible new Wai Ariki Day Spa, we will have an entry pass for that, plus an amazing cultural dinner, performance and hot chocolate watching the geysers at Te Puia.
This tour takes a maximum of 18 guests. All transport in a spacious van. We require a minimum of 8 guests to operate this tour.
Departure dates to be confirmed. Contact us to ask for an itinerary and further information.
This tour can be run privately on demand.
Flights to and from Wellington are not included.
This tour is the perfect way to sample the best of the deep south of New Zealand's South Island.
Dunedin – Catlins Coast – Bluff - Stewart Island - Invercargill - Te Anau – Doubtful Sound – Queenstown – Arrowtown
We will have a maximum of 15 guests on the tour. Minimum numbers apply.
What more could one possibly want from the south?
We can run this tour privately on demand.
Departure dates to be confirmed.
This is a brand new tour that we are looking to launch for the 2026 / 2027 summer season. We want this to become our signature tour with additions of our other tours being included as part of this tour. This tour is 21 days and covers both the North and South Island's extensively.
The tour will operate from Auckland and finish in Christchurch. We will take in the Bay of Islands, Waiheke Island and Auckland CIty, Waitomo Caves, Rotorua and Lake Taupo, Napier, Martinborough and Greytown in the beautiful Wairarapa and Wellington. Cross to the South Island before heading to Nelson and Golden Bay, Farewell Spit, Hanmer Springs, West Coast (Franz Josef and Fox Glacier), Wanaka, Queenstown, Te Anau, Fiordland and Christchurch. Minimum numbers apply.
We always encourage our tour guests to add additional nights before and/or after the tour to give yourself a chance to explore areas at your own leisure.
Details and an itinerary for this tour will come soon.
