New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

Due to First Light Travel we had an amazing experience in New Zealand! They know all the 'ins and outs' and made a package that was perfect for us. A lot of nice outdoor-activities such as kayaking, rafting, horse-riding and exciting hikes. Our contact with Judith - prior to and during our trip - was perfect.

We'll be back!

Groet Roland en Marieke - Holland

We greatly enjoyed our trip and appreciate all you did to make it special. We will be sure to pass your name on to our friends that have NZ on their bucket list.

Dianne and Bob - USA

Thanks to Shelley and First Light Travel for an amazing holiday in New Zealand! From the start, my experience with First Light could not have been easier. I simply mentioned how long I planned to stay and the types of activities I was looking for and voila! Shelly put together an itinerary that even had a native Kiwi I met on my holiday impressed.

I had an amazing, grassroots experience of this beautiful country filled with adventurous activities and unbelievable views! I highly recommend First Light Travel for anyone considering planning a holiday in New Zealand.

Jeff Faath, USA

We had a FABULOUS trip around New Zealand. Every activity we did was engaging, interesting and fun. Kasey did a phenomenal job of finding great companies to facilitate our excursions and organizing a trip that allowed us to see the most of New Zealand in our short timeframe. Thank you so much again for all of your great insight and help! -

Mandi & Oliver Kiefer - USA

Thank you Jo Taylor and First Light Travel for planning me the Holiday of my life! I gave Jo a brief description of what I was looking for and she gave me an itinerary that was better than anything I had imagined. My trip was just laid out for me, stress free. It was made so easy and beyond enjoyable. Jo Taylor exceeded my expectations. She made my dreams come true and added a few I didn't even know I had! I am so grateful and so happy that I traveled with First Light!

This was our first trip to New Zealand, it was the most incredible experience I've ever had! Working with Shelley was so easy and it was the first time using a travel planner. I will absolutely be back in touch for when we return for our South Island trip. It was amazing!

Hello Victoria. 

Everything that you booked for me went really smoothly and you accommodated all of my requests and changes. With my very best wishes and many thanks for making my dream vacation a reality,

Julia Mace - UK (photo while on a Lord of the Rings tour)

Thank you Shelly once again!!!! We really had a blast!

First Light Travel provides us with very reasonable and professional services to our travel in New Zealand. My family members and I were very happy with all the arrangements from First Light Travel. We are well-taken care and planned ahead by Traveling one point to another point and just provide them with the voucher without asking too many questions. We also have the Priority of check-in, check-out, and tour which will save us a lot of time.

Alan Yeong - Korea

Chrissy was super efficient in planning the itinerary based on some inputs that I gave her. We had to circle back only a couple of times before we had a winning itinerary. Everything went as planned without a glitch. I had very memorable 18 days getting a feel for the beautiful country.

Thanks Shailesh Phansalkar - USA

Nice Job Verity!!

Amazing! 19 days of pure excitement & exhilaration! Everyday was a new adventure with great accommodations & activities. Custom made itinerary organized perfectly based on our specific interests. "Hobbit" fever was free & we totally got wrapped up in it! First Light Travel is the perfect first impression of this fantastic country. We did not want to leave!

Every inquiry was replied to promptly and accurately despite the massive geographically distance between us. We became very confident in our decision to use a NZ based agency opposed to a local representative. The intimate knowledge of their own "backyard" gave us a travel experience beyond compare; certainly not one a local travel agent could arrange or we could put together ourselves.

Tomas Handfield & Leslie Peterson - Canada