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Discover New Zealand With Your Own Private Guide

Luxury, tailor-made journeys across New Zealand with your own local driver-guide, handpicked accommodation, and unforgettable experiences.

New Zealand Guided Tours

Private
Driver - Guide

Your own expert local guide, dedicated exclusively to you throughout your entire tour

A Journey Made
for You

No fixed itineraries. Your dedicated New Zealand travel expert designs a private journey around your interests, preferences and pace

Local Experts
Since 2008

Long-standing New Zealand specialists with first-hand knowledge of the destinations, accommodation and experiences we recommend

Support at
Every Step

Based in New Zealand, we offer personalised support while planning and throughout your journey, so you can travel with confidence

New Zealand Guided Tours

“A journey you’ll remember
for the rest of your life.”

Dan from USA

DISCOVER NEW ZEALAND

Travel New Zealand Your Way

Every traveller has a different idea of the perfect New Zealand vacation. We take the time to understand what matters to you, then create a journey that brings it all together.

Custom Itinerary Planning

Your itinerary is tailored around your dates, interests, preferred travel pace and accommodation style.

Private Guided Tours

Travel with your own private driver-guide and enjoy the flexibility to explore at your own pace, with local knowledge along the way.

New Zealand Without Driving

See more of New Zealand without hiring a car or taking on long driving days. Your private guide takes care of the driving while you relax and enjoy the scenery.

Luxury New Zealand Itineraries

For travellers looking for something particularly special, we can incorporate all-inclusive luxury lodges, helicopter flights, exceptional food and wine, and carefully selected premium experiences.

MEET YOUR TOUR CONSULTANTS

Plan your New Zealand Private Tour

Planning a private New Zealand trip should feel exciting, not overwhelming. We make the process straightforward, working with you from your first enquiry through to your return home.

Alex Gillespie

Alex Gillespie

Senior New Zealand Tour Consultant

Francine Smith

Francine Smith

Managing Director

Jessica Jepson

Jessica Jepson

Senior New Zealand Tour Consultant

Nicole Stevenson

Nicole Stevenson

Senior New Zealand Tour Consultant

WHY TRAVEL WITH US

You’re not joining a bus tour

Travel New Zealand your way with a completely private, tailor-made journey designed around you. With your own expert local guide, private vehicle and the freedom to travel at your own pace, every detail is shaped around what you want to see, do and experience. This isn’t a set itinerary or a group tour. It’s your New Zealand adventure, exactly as you want it.

CUSTOMER STORIES

Real Journeys, Real Memories

New Zealand Guided Tours David & Sarah - 14 Day South Island Tour
“The trip of a lifetime! Our guide Simon made every moment special. Every detail was perfect.”

New Zealand Guided Tours Margaret - 21 Day New Zealand Tour
“Returning from an unforgettable New Zealand tour, thanks to Francine's sterling service. She had been very helpful and assisted us.”

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Private Escorted New Zealand Guided Tours – Book Now for 2027/2028

Private New Zealand Guided Tours with your own driver-guide. Exciting range of tours for 2027/2028 and beyond. Start planning with your personal consultant. Journey through the best of New Zealand with one of our guided tours. Your private tour guide-driver will cater your vacation to suit you, whether you are a couple, family, group of friends or extended group. Moreover they will ensure you hit all the highlights – at the pace you like best.

Choose the length of tour you would prefer, or ask us for a different length. Our guided tours are fully customisable, so if you want to add or change any details, we will make it happen!

We offer guided New Zealand tour packages and all inclusive package deals. We specialise in tailored private guided ‘escorted’ tours for couples, families and small or large groups.

By the end of your vacation, your private guide will feel like a close friend. Our guides are experts on New Zealand, with a lifetime’s worth of insider knowledge, including insights into all the highlights and hidden gems that make New Zealand so special.

Your highly experienced New Zealand tour guide will meet you at any airport of your choice and take care of all driving throughout your holiday.

In addition to showing off the sights, your guide will enrich your experience with stories of New Zealand’s Maori and European history. You will gain explanations of the powerful natural forces that shaped the dramatic landscape. All this plus the personal touch that makes our guided tours unsurpassable.

Your guide will share insider knowledge about the best viewpoints, the most scenic walkways, the most delicious restaurants, the local watering holes, and the quirky local shops.

There’s a reason why our guided tours are so phenomenal – because nothing can beat seeing New Zealand through the eyes of a local.

Moreover, your guide will customise your New Zealand guided tour to suit your group in every way. If you are travelling as a family, your guide will provide diversions to keep everyone happy, young and old. If you have a particular interest in history, culture, geology, wineries, wildlife, photography, etc. let us know. Your guide will tailor your holiday to include a wealth of knowledge about your area of interest.

Though we provide a number of example itineraries to get you started, it is our experience that makes no two guided tours the same.

Our all inclusive trips to New Zealand are carefully crafted to surpass every expectation. We will work with you until your New Zealand guided tour itinerary looks exactly the way you want it to. No detail is too small to consider!

So if your top destination is not on one of our itineraries, let us know and we will work it in.

Or, if you truly want a bespoke experience, we love working with you to design a fully customised adventure. Just get in touch with us, and we will schedule a time to discuss your ideas and desires. Then we can start planning the trip of a lifetime for you.

Our team is based locally in New Zealand, and we have all travelled extensively throughout New Zealand. We provide hands-on assistance through every step of the planning and booking process. Furthermore we have a vast range of knowledge about New Zealand that we call upon when crafting each itinerary.

As New Zealand’s top Guided Tour Operator we offer holidays and vacations to international travellers wishing to travel around the North Island, South Island or New Zealand in its entirety. We even offer special interest tour packages, such as Lord of the Rings tours as well as Luxury Guided Tours.

New Zealand is unique in that practically every type of landscape is found within this very small country. Our activities are carefully selected to showcase the very best of each unique location. And of course we can customise your activity inclusions as well.

If you have a taste for adventure, we can provide all different levels of excitement, from jet-boating through to skydiving.

If you enjoy active sports, you can try a staggering range of activities in New Zealand. From mountain biking and hiking, through to swimming with dolphins, rafting, canyoning, and adventure caving.

And if wildlife is your passion, you won’t want to miss seeing our fantastic native animals, many which can be found nowhere else in the world. Penguins, kiwis, dolphins, whales, seals, wekas, keas…you can discover all of these stunning animals in the wild.

And if you think of anything else you have always wanted to try, New Zealand is the place to do it!

We work with all of the top accommodation operators throughout New Zealand, so you are guaranteed to be comfortable and well-looked-after during your stay. Our hotels, motels, and apartment complexes are located in the very best locations. We make sure they are within easy walking distance of the town centres, and often come with breathtaking views.

You have the option to choose your level of accommodation, from standard 4-star accommodation through to luxurious 5-star accommodation. We can even include exquisite luxury lodges in your itinerary.

From majestic fiords to glowworm grottos, there is no better way to discover the magic of New Zealand than with a personalised guided tour. This will be the vacation of a lifetime!

If you are travelling with younger children, you may wish to check out our family guided tours. And if you have less than 10 days here, we recommend that you choose either a North Island Tour or South Island Tour as your focus.

Your happiness is our priority – so let us know what we can do to make your all inclusive vacation the best it can possibly be!

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