New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

First Light Travel made planning easy and stress-free with prompt, accurate service and exceptional value. Our itinerary suited us well, though the Abel Tasman walk was quite challenging—important to note for future travelers. Overall, a wonderful and well-organized New Zealand adventure!

Planning was a breeze with First Light Travel—everything was accurate, seamless, and tailored to our interests. We loved Hobbiton, Doubtful Sound, glacier tours, and more! Great value and unforgettable experiences. Highly recommend for a stress-free, adventure-packed New Zealand holiday.

First Light Travel and our agent Jessika Turc Planned an unbelievable itinerary for our month long visit throughout New Zealand. We took their plan and drove both the North & South Islands. Every detail from wonderful & unique accommodations to private transfers, rental cars & activities. We could not have done this trip without their very detailed layout. It worked like clockwork…no glitches at all! Thank you First Light Travel.

First Light Travel created a well organized and well designed itinerary which allowed us to concentrate on the beauty and novelty of New Zealand. he suggested and provided activities were suitable to our interests and abilities. Given that this was a self driving tour, we had a great deal of flexibility to go where and when we wanted to. As a result, we were less dependent on organized activities than would be the case with a larger group. Nicole strongly suggested that we do the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise which was a very good idea.

There were no worries about surprises awaiting us. The trip proceeded like clockwork. Thanks for the good work.

First Light laid the groundwork for a fantastic four weeks in New Zealand. It was a wonderful adventure without any of the stress that often accompanies long trips. They took the time to learn what we wanted, made excellent recommendations, and then organized all the details perfectly. We would definitely use them again.

Thank you Heidi for collaborating with us on what was one of the greatest international destinations we have ever visited. We felt totally comfortable and prepared with all of the detailed information you provided us. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and cannot wait to return to New Zealand again.

We've used several companies over the years to travel with and First Light Travel is among the top travel agencies that we have experienced. Our time in New Zealand was almost magical due to their planning. Everyday was like a new adventure to experience and we looked forward to the variety of activities that were scheduled.

Loved it all but sea kayaking and swimming with dolphins were our absolute favourites Kirsty did a brilliant job of listening to our wish list and packing in our requests without making us feel rushed. We even managed to add a few extras along the way!

One recommendation I must make if anyone is staying in Blenheim the restaurant at the Chateau Marlborough was next level. We ate there all 3 nights and each time it was fantastic with great service too. There was a change of our itinerary due to sale of accommodation a few weeks before departure but the alternative offered was excellent.

First light travel were a joy to work with from start to finish. I normally do all our research and reservations but as we had an incredibly busy year including moving states, retirement and family obligations I chose to use a travel agent. I have no regrets it was so easy and everything went according to plan. . I highly recommend and would use FLT again.

We absolutely loved Hobbiton, the redwood tree walk, and the Glacier Explorers Tasman boat trip. Also really enjoyed the bike trip in Queenstown and loved Onsen Hot pools. The Milford full day trip in a small coach + boat trip was the way to go vs. self driving. The 2 kayak trips - Okarito and Abel Tasman were definitely highlights!! All the wine tours were also really wonderful. All of the Sydney stuff was also great. Zoo + Biking + Opera House. - awesome.

Our experience with you - guiding us through the planning process was amazing. I had lived there and travelled pretty extensively years ago. As I began this on my own - I quickly became overwhelmed. You listened, made great recommendations, shifted things around to suit our needs and thankfully booked everything for us. You really made the experience stress free. We are grateful! I would definitely work with you all again and we have already recommended you to friends considering trips to NZ!