New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

Thanks Chrissy for organising our holiday and for all of your help with the trip, New Zealand is an awesome place and we are keen to go back in the near future.

Thanks Again! 

Nick and Joel Trent 

Howdy from Texas!

My wife Lynn and I had an absolutely incredible experience this past March, starting with trekking the Milford Track, then on to Australia, then back to New Zealand. The success of our trip was in very large part due to the amazing help and guidance given us by Miss Shelley Kirk; she is truly incredible! Not only did she put up with me for two years of planning and came up with the perfect itinerary, she really won our hearts when Lynn’s niece died very unexpectedly three days before our original departure. We needed to stay for the funeral, and Shelley did back flips to rearrange our trip, flights, boarding, etc. and truly saved the day. We love that gal!

Morris Hoover

Austin, TX

Ps

Really like your Facebook page!

This day down in the caves, Down Under in New Zealand exceeded even our highest expectation and convinced us that this country is actually one of the best on Earth and that when visiting the North Island, a stop at the Waitomo Caves is a must!

Remy de Jong

Nigel and Brent,

Thank you so much for all of the arrangements you made for us. We really had the most fantastic trip. It was a great mix of everything. Your country is so amazingly beautiful! The highlight for us had to be the Waitomo caves. First off, Angus and Rachael at Te Tiro Pioneer lodge are truly fantastic hosts. You might mention, they have a BBQ available for guests and they had breakfast included. This was easily our favorite place to stay. After spending the evening talking with them, we wished we had been booked with their blackwater rafting company (would have been a nice tie in).

That said, the Lost World Adventure tour was INCREDIBLE!!! We had an absolute blast! Our guides were fun, informative, and! challenged us throughout the trip, having us crawl through the tightest squeezes and climb the hardest routes. This was most rewarding single day adventure we had.

We also had a great time in Queenstown. We both did the Nevis Bungy (twice!), tried River sledding with Mad Dog, and hiked a bit of the Routeburn trail. Wish we'd had more time here to do some of the tramps around Milford Sound. I guess we'll have to come back!

Thank you for this trip, It has rejuvenated and reinspired us!

Jeremy & Elisabeth Palmer - USA

Hi Chrissy,

Here is a little slideshow of some pictures from our recent trip to New Zealand………. Cheers!

Steve and Susan Maxwell (USA)

From the awesome Milford Track to the Sydney Harbor Bridge climb, Shelley and First Light Travel arranged an absolutely incredible experience for us. Way too many adventures to list, all so very, very good! 

Thanks, team!

Morris & Lynn Hoover, Austin TX

Dear Steve,

I wish to express our gratitude to you and FLT for a job exceptionally well done. We enjoyed every day of this trip as it was planned to fit both young ones amongs us and the adults. All the activities were equally fun for all ages. Everything worked really smoothly and we were not much affected by the bad weather on the South Island. This was the best trip we ever had. Thank you!

Thanks again and all the best,

Blaženka Scheuer

Thank you First Light Travel!!! (especial thanks to Verity and Brent). New Zealand is a wonderful place that has SO MUCH to offer. FLT helped navigate through all the best adventures we had our heart set on. I loved having the voucher packet and the independence of being on our own on the open roads with a rental car (with the reassurance that we had someone looking out for us). We had some weather issues but were able to make the best of it because Verity/Brent were available to help us change plans (even last minute over New Years!). We accomplished a heroic amount in two weeks: both islands 10+ activities in different cities. We had so much fun! Yay for FLT!

Nicole Shanahan & Jeremy Kranz

Our trip to the North and South Islands was a trip of a lifetime, thanks to Shelley! Our itinerary was perfectly planned and paced. Our first week was organized around the Milford Track Guided Walk with Ultimate Hikes, and we traveled up the South Island before concluding our trip sightseeing in Rotorua and Auckland on the North Island. Our itinerary was the most detailed we've seen, replete with suggested activities, descriptions of our accommodations (including the owners' names-very helpful), and information about Air New Zealand baggage limits. The travel and activity vouchers made our trip a snap, and our accommodations were expertly hand-picked. Shelley was wonderful to work with. She was responsive, detailed, and quick to answer our numerous questions.

We would definitely recommend Shelley and would enjoy working with her again!

Robert and Mara

I had the most unforgetable & amazing journey! I couldn't imagine not using First Light Travel. The itinerary was very detailed, day in and day out. The itinerary also decribed what the places where known for, & gives you suggestions on things to do & places to go. It tell you the exact times & is very precise with everything else. I was impressed. There was absolutley no stress on my vaca..and thats very rare!!! Everything that was booked exceeded out standards!! We were 2 very happy customers! I would def use First Light Travel Again if I head back that way, and or highly recommend them. Chrissy Sun, was also exceptional. She was informative, got right back to me, answered all my questions, & chatted with me to see what fit my interests!!

Thannks Again for Everything! We had a blast!! 

Shannon Kelly & Gino Dipietro - USA