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Full Day Marlborough Sounds Mail Boat Cruise

Full Day Marlborough Sounds Mail Boat Cruise

Sightseeing Cruise - Havelock - Starting from $109.00 per person

Join this guided full day tour in the historic Pelorus Mail Boat as it delivers mail, groceries, freight, and people to this stunning and remote inland waterway. The people living here have no road access and no mains electricity. A real-life cruise providing an essential service to the residents of the largest part of the Marlborough Sounds. More...

3-Day Landsborough Rafting Tour from Queenstown

3-Day Landsborough Rafting Tour from Queenstown

Multi-day Tour - South Island - Starting from $1999.00 per person

Immerse yourself in the rugged wilderness of the West Coast on a 3-day guided rafting adventure.  Paddle grade 3-4 rapids of the Landsborough Valley, through dense rain forest, taking in hanging glaciers and wildlife.  Three course meals, NZ wine and helicopter transfers included. A perfect mix of tranquility and pure adventure waiting for you! More...

Lyttelton Shore Excursion: Christchurch Sights with Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Lyttelton Shore Excursion: Christchurch Sights with Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Ports of Call Tour - Christchurch - Starting from $110.00 per person

Combine a half day city tour of Christchurch taking in not only the damage to the city by several earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 and the rebuild currently taking place, but also the remaining historic landmarks and the existing beauty of this picturesque city together with admission to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve with a fully guided tour of the reserve including Kiwi viewing. More...

Peninsula Encounters - Standard tour - Penguins, Seals, Sea-lions and Albatross

Peninsula Encounters - Standard tour - Penguins, Seals, Sea-lions and Albatross

Adventure Tour - Dunedin - Starting from $122.00 per person

Our knowledgeable guides deliver commentary of activity. Our private conservation area ensures exclusivity with brilliant opportunities to photograph Hooker's Sea lions, Yellow-eyed Penguins, Blue Penguins, a breeding colony of New Zealand Fur Seals and other sea bird colonies.  At Taiaroa head from a cliff face we watch and observe Royal Albatross flying about the headland and from the ocean. A further 25-30 other estuarine and marine bird species are seen during the experience around the... More...


Kayak the Waikato River Taupo

Kayak the Waikato River Taupo

Kayaking - Taupo - Starting from $80.00 per person

Waikato River Float

Cruise lazily down the Waikato River, New Zealand’s longest river, on this gentle kayak tour. The tour starts near the control bridge in town and meanders down the slow moving crytal clear waters of the Waikato River. Kayak past stunning cliff faces, lush native forests, islands, river wildlife and swimming holes. You will kayak under Taupo Bungy’s platform where hopefully someone will be hurling themselves down into the water. Cheer them on! Towards the end of... More...


3-Day Deep South Adventure from Queenstown

3-Day Deep South Adventure from Queenstown

Multi-day Tour - Te Anau - Starting from $375.00 per person

Our Three day Bottom Bus tour is one of the best ways to see the Bottom of the South Island.
In a minimum of three days you can experience the adrenaline in Queenstown, take in the breathtaking scenery with a cruise on the majestic Milford Sound in the Fiordland National Park, explore the Catlins wildlife and wonders and bathe in the heritage of Dunedin.
Want to spend extra nights at one of our stops? No problem you can hop off for a night or two and get on our next bus coming through.... More...

Half-Day Dolphin Viewing Eco-Tour from Picton

Half-Day Dolphin Viewing Eco-Tour from Picton

Wildlife - Picton - Starting from $99.00 per person

Enjoy some of the majestic dolphins that visit the sheltered waters of the scenic Marlborough Sounds. Degree qualified guides will be there to ensure you (and the dolphins) have an enjoyable and safe experience. Whether you see a school of dolphins leisurely cruising along or marvel at their high leaps, back-flips and somersaults during social bouts, dolphins are a magnificent sight! Our Department of Conservation permits allows us to seek out and interact with all species of marine mammals... More...

21-Day Legendary New Zealand Tour

21-Day Legendary New Zealand Tour

Multi-day Tour - Auckland - Starting from $3788.06 per person

Starting from Auckland, we make our way down the beautiful and volcanic North Island to New Zealand's capital, Wellington, before catching a ferry to cross the Cook Strait to get up close and personal with the best of the South Island.

As with all our tours, we do include a few 'must-do' events, ranging from a Māori Cultural night, a pounamu (greenstone/jade) pendant carving experience, and learning to paddle a waka (Māori canoe) with your group.

We have a massive... More...

Koru Native Wildlife Centre Tour

Koru Native Wildlife Centre Tour

Maori - Picton - Starting from $20.00 per person

For the past 25 years your hosts have been heavily involved in conservation, its what they are passionate about! An up close experience of some of NZ native species that are bred for release and the conservation efforts to protect them in the wild. The Koru Tour will be an interesting and entertaining way to learn more about conservation in New Zealand. More...

3-Day Hollyford Track Guided Walk with Scenic Helicopter Flight

3-Day Hollyford Track Guided Walk with Scenic Helicopter Flight

Multi-day Tour - Queenstown - Starting from $1990.00 per person

Located in spectacular Fiordland National Park on New Zealand’s South Island, the Hollyford Track is one of the country’s greatest hiking trails, and you can experience its breathtaking setting on this 3-day guided walk. Your expert guide will lead you from the snow-capped mountains of the Southern Alps through ancient native rainforest, past pristine rivers and lakes, and to the remote sand dunes and surf of the rugged West Coast. The diversity of the landscape, vegetation and wildlife will be... More...

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