Christchurch Local culture Trips

Both Isobel & Dave were amazing, passionate & informative on all aspects of my 17 day tour. Expectations met for dining, tour options, Accommodation, time frames & no request or question was a bother or disregarded. 10/10 on both of these amazing people!!! I have been on AAPT tours before & will again. Thank you

Breathtaking locations, activities to suit all ages, capabilities and likes. Just enough free time to do your own thing and loved the various form of travel - bus, ferry and train. Awesome trip!

New Zealand is a beautiful country. It is very green, scenic, lots of lakes and rivers and mountains covered with snow and lot of green trees. Pancake rocks in South Island in Punakaiki was one of a kind experience. Never seen anything like that. Ship ride from North Island to South Island was beautiful. Overall New Zealand is worth seeing country. We really enjoyed. Our tour manager Hope and coach driver Stu were fantastic and very knowledgeable.

It was not a luxury trip but by no means were we roughing it. The price initially looked a bit expensive but everything was comfortable, the tour manager really was there every minute of the day to ensure things went as planned, even personal situations such as lost luggage benefitted from his attention, even when just helping people call the right numbers and plan accordingly. It really was a good value and much easier than trying to figure it all out, on our own. Favorite Memorable Experience: When we went on the boat out to the fjord, it was an unusually sunny, clear and not-so-cold Winter day (it was impressed upon us how rare this really is). At one point, the boat will get so close to a waterfall that anyone on the bow would get soaked (it's slow to happen - there is plenty of time to dodge it). We were so giddy with the nice weather, the sunshine on our faces, quite a few of us were dodging in-and-out of the water, laughing like kids running through the "sprinkler" still encased in our Winter duds, pure joy on our faces. To top it off, we suddenly saw a full rainbow in that mist, larger and closer than any of us had ever seen. It's moments like that that can't be planned but wouldn't have taken place without the plans before it.

My wife and I have been on several trips with the Trafalgar group (AAT Kings / Insight / Trafalgar). We have not had a bad experience yet. The travel directors were like personal concierges to us. Our travel directors, Tony and Marty, were fantastic people. Funny, professional and helpful. Bus drivers were excellent, optional experiences were great. We look forward to going on future tours with the Trafalgar group.

Best tour of Australia, New Zealand and Fiji ever! Best Guide award goes to Clare Martin who made this trip fun, enjoyable, interesting, and a true adventure. Thanks Collette, great value for the money.