Reviews of Highlights of the South Island Self Drive Tour

Highlights we loved: the glacier helicopter ride and hike, and hiking in so many national parks. Trains were awesome! Having someone meet us and take us to different places—like from the hotel to the airport—was such a luxury. They were always at least 15 minutes early, so we learned to plan for that. Most were very chatty, which we loved. All the accommodations were much more luxurious than we’d normally book for ourselves. The hosts were awesome—personable and helpful.

This was the perfect trip. Fantastic accommodation and great timing. Saw so much but never felt pressure to move on. Would highly recommend and will be certainly using again next time.

We had what can only be described as, a perfect holiday! Your detailed itinerary, choice of accommodation, recommended routes and suggestions for sight seeing, were absolutely first class! We have no doubt they made our holiday as perfect as what it was. It felt totally effortless for us. We used your itinerary and all the suggestions on it, allowing us to maximise the amount we got to see and do in such a short space of time! Your service was beyond our expectation and our intention is to return to this beautiful country. When we do, we will most certainly be using your service again A huge thank you as you made our holiday perfect!

We are so grateful that we chose to go with First Light Travel. It was so easy that we were taken care through the planning, from our arrival in New Zealand and during our driving tour that we didn’t want it to end. We got to experience so many wonderful parts of New Zealand without worrying about a thing. Accommodation, activity choices and little upgrades were exactly what we hoped. We had an amazing family trip thanks to First Light Travel.