Self-Guided Tours of New Zealand 2024/2025

Want to enjoy an independent trip around New Zealand, but don’t want to have to organize all the logistics? Consider a self-guided tour of New Zealand! Let our experts tailor-make a customized tour of New Zealand that you can tackle on your own. It’s often a cheaper way to travel compared with traditional guided tours. New Zealand self-guided tours offer organized stability, while still giving you the freedom to explore amazing sights like Eden Park, the Coromandel Peninsula, and the Lake Tekapo Dark Sky Reserve. Self-guided tours in New Zealand can involve multi-day treks around the Southern Alps, self-guided street art routes around Wellington, historic walking tours around Christchurch, or even multi-day tours exploring wine country in Marlborough, with transport and local accommodations all organized ahead of time for you.

Enjoy some of our favorite self-guided tours of New Zealand below.

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5 self-guided tours in New Zealand

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Starts Auckland, New Zealand
Ends Christchurch, New Zealand

Self-guided Grand Tour (Customizable)

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“I had the best customized travel trip in my life thanks to Geoff and Libby in Christchurch. They wer ...”

Tour Type Private Tour
Activities Road trips & Sightseeing Tours +4 more
Accommodation Guest House, Hotel & Resort
Age Range 15-90 yrs
Operated in English

days21 From US$ 3,988 US$ 3,190

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May 29
May 30

14 Day Lord Of The Rings - We Can Customise Just For You Tour

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Starts Auckland, New Zealand
Ends Queenstown, New Zealand

14 Day Lord of the Rings - we can customise just for you

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Trip customizable
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“Overall the trip was fabulous.Perfect time of the year for the weather.All the accommodations and it ...”

Tour Type Private Tour
Activities City sightseeing & Cultural, religious and historic sites +2 more
Accommodation Hotel
Transport Private Vehicle, Helicopter, Ferry, Boat & Coach
Age Range 15-79 yrs
Operated in English

days14 From US$ 4,396 US$ 3,517

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Starts Christchurch, New Zealand
Ends Auckland, New Zealand

Best of New Zealand

Trip customizable
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14 day explorer tour through Christchurch, Franz Josef, Queenstown and 7 other destinations in New Zealand. Read More

Tour Type Independent Tour
Activities Explorer
Accommodation Hotel
Transport Boat, Flight & Train
Age Range 8-95 yrs
Operated in English

days14 From US$ 5,669 View Tour

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Starts Melbourne, Australia
Ends Rotorua, New Zealand

Best of Australia and New Zealand

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15 day explorer tour to Melbourne, Cairns and 5 other destinations traveling through Australia and New Zealand. Read More

Tour Type Independent Tour
Activities Explorer
Accommodation Hotel
Transport Flight & Boat
Age Range 8-95 yrs
Operated in English

days15 From US$ 8,714 View Tour

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Aug 29 10+ seats left

Treasures Of Australia And New Zealand Tour

Starts Melbourne, Australia
Ends Christchurch, New Zealand

Treasures of Australia and New Zealand

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18 day explorer trip to Melbourne, Cairns and 8 other destinations traveling through Australia and New Zealand. Read More

Tour Type Independent Tour
Activities Explorer
Accommodation Hotel
Transport Flight, Boat & Private Vehicle
Age Range 8-95 yrs
Operated in English

days18 From US$ 10,867 View Tour

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Based on 7 customer reviews

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5 - Excellent

Gary Eatinger

“Overall the trip was fabulous.Perfect time of the year for the weather.All the accommodations and itinerary package were "right on".The travel designer, Geoff in Christchurch was extremely helpful with much communications and making changes prior to finalizing the trip.,”

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5 - Excellent

Abilash Nair

“We have just come back from one of the best holidays we’ve had! After 3 years of no travel due to Covid, my family wanted to go out and explore great outdoors. What better country to do that than New Zealand! Booking our custom itinerary with Geoff was our best decision. To be honest there are many options when booking a tour in New Zealand, but these are mostly larger operators with no personal touch and purely business. This operator was the exception for us. We always prefer the personal touch and Geoff and his wife Libby definitely lived up to it! When they say they are the real deal Kiwi, they surely are. From our first contact, Geoff made us feel so comfortable and even provided his personal contact 24/7 if we needed anything. When you speak to Geoff, you can also feel his passion for New Zealand and for meeting new people. We went through several rounds of itinerary planning and Geoff was patient and ever accommodating, providing us with some great suggestions as well. It was a long itinerary almost 20 days covering North and South Islands. When we arrived in New Zealand, everything worked like clockwork. All the bookings were well organised, pickups, transfers, hotels and activities. It was a fuss free and stress free holiday for my family which culminated in Christchurch when we finally got to see Geoff and his wife Libby. We had a very personal tour of Christchurch and went off the beaten track to see the many natural marvels of New Zealand. All good things must eventually come to an end, and we left New Zealand with a heavy heart, having one of the best holidays ever. We arrived as strangers but left meeting so many nice people and made a good family friend in both Geoff and his wife Libby.”

Helpful and Professional service

5 - Excellent

Amy Walker

“Geoff is extremely helpful, professional and patient. He put in countless hours helping me plan my group trip to New Zealand. He is friendly and very easy to work with and would recommend them to anyone looking to go to New Zealand.”

Self-Guided Tours of New Zealand 2024/2025

5 self-guided tours in New Zealand

Self-guided Grand Tour (Customizable)

14 Day Lord of the Rings - we can customise just for you

Best of New Zealand

Best of Australia and New Zealand

Treasures of Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand Self-guided Tour Reviews

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