New Zealand Beach Trips

Overall, this was a great trip! All of the included activities were culturally relevant to New Zealand - the kiwi hatchery, going to a Maori village and the tour of the founding grounds. It was really awesome to see the cultural significance embedded into it from the start. The free-time add ons also highlight the adventurousness of NZ as well! Our Trip Manager was extremely knowledgeable, laid back, and level headed. He worked as hard as he could to ensure everyone was able to get onto every single activity that they wanted to and really worked to accomodate everyone's needs and free time wants on the trip. One thing to mention is that this a modular trip - some people will be joining halfway through, and other will be leaving. There are obviously dynamics internally that will arise because of this. All in all, this was a fantastic trip with people that are kind and respectful. I would recommend it to others! I wish I had stayed on for the South Island as well :)

Perfect for a first time traveller to dip their toes in! Not too overwhelming or rushed, still very much a choose your own adventure type trip and a really good way to introduce yourself to the contiki vibe! Would love to do the panorama trip next to explore the rest of NZ!

The trip was great! It was organized and run seamlessly. Everyone was open, kind, and a pleasure to be around. 10/10 experience!

Sailing with everybody to start the trip is such an unbelievable experience. Such a well planned trip with an awesome guide! If you don’t book the full trip, you are going to wish you did.

I got to tick off some bucket list items during my short time in New Zealand on the sun and steam tour. I made lots of friends and the group manager and driver were excellent. It was tough to say goodbye when I was leaving as others were still continuing their trip. If you choose to do shorter trips definitely be prepared for some FOMO. In the future I would like to do the sweet as south trip so that I can explore the South Island. Also be prepared to spend some $$$. The free time add ons can really add up. Overall would recommend!

I had an incredible time in my trip, everybody was so nice. The activities etc. were all scheduled for us, which gave us a lot of time to just hang out together. I wasn’t stressed about anything because I knew it was all taken care of.