New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

We traveled to the South Island of New Zealand with another couple and planned to stay 3 weeks to have a good look around. I started Googling what to see in NZ and came across First Light Travel, we didn’t look back. Kasey Yee was very professional and informative and came back promptly with an itinerary. We tweaked it a little until we were happy that our trip would be exceptional. Accommodation was very clean, centrally located and a great variation, from high quality hotels to a magnificent farm stay. Activities were very well thought through and even though we didn’t do anything extreme it suited ours needs. I thoroughly recommend First Light Travel …Kasey in particular, she took away all the stress of booking everything ourselves.

Kym Schwark & Helen Preston - Australia

An experience of a lifetime. There is so much in the vastness of New Zealand and having Rhodri help us plan was he best decision we ever made. It was effortless, fun, and packed with activities. Would definitely do it again.

Kylie & Andrew Duby - USA

We loved First Light Travel from the first contact. Shelley was brilliant. All queries were answered promptly. Whilst in New Zealand we had to rearrange something and again Shelley dealt with it very efficiently. We would not hesitate to use first light travel again and have already recommend them to friends.

Robert and Glennis Holmes - United Kingdom

The travel we made through New Zealand was great and all the suggested activities are to be remembered by us. During the cyclone your assistance was great and you really took care of us. This is what service is in CAPITAL LETTERS.

Menkafina Ellerie & Henry Jongeleen - Holland

We had an amazing trip in NZ! Our First Light Travel itinerary was perfect for our family. We combined some very physical, active days with relaxing ones towards the end of our trip. We would highly recommend First Light Travel to anyone planning travel to New Zealand!

Jordon Kruse and Family - USA

Our trip to New Zealand was everything we thought it would be and more! The accommodations and tours were exactly what we wanted. From the Hobbiton tour to the Marlborough wine region to hiking in multiple national parks, our varied interested were satisfied. This trip would not have been possible without First Light Travel's assistance. Thank you! We will recommend First Light Travel to everyone!

Jerri Carroll & Rhonda Matini - USA

We went for a 1 week dive holiday where we used a rental car to get around. First light gave us a very good plan for the entire trip with an excellent mix of overnight stays and dive spots on the north part of the North Island. In all we were really happy with the variation of living from the hotel in Auckland to the honeymoon hut in Tutukaka. As we had never been in New Zealand and that we were traveling over Christmas would have been very challenging to plan ourselves.

Peter and Farideh Walter (Sweden)

We can't thank Jo enough for the amazing holiday she arranged for us. The itinerary, the tours and experiences were perfect for our family. The accommodation was all excellent and just what we needed. We had the most wonderful holiday. Split between the 2 islands. We hit the ground running and we made the most of every single day. Our family motto on holidays is "if in doubt - do" and we certainly did. The scenery in NZ is breathtaking, the people are awesome and there is something for everyone!!
Thanks once again Jo.

Kerri Bilson and Family (Australia)

We were most pleased with your service and particularly that of our consultant, Jo Taylor. Superbly good service in every respect from Jo would be an understatement. She was pleasant to deal with, in fact, most congenial, incredibly efficient, very knowledgeable and thoroughly professional throughout. We cannot say enough good things about Jo. She was a total joy to work with and she did an outstanding job for us in every way. She clearly gets a 5***** platinum rating from us!

Jack Huberman and Gord Boyd - USA

Sofie Liu was AMAZINGLY organized and prompt with answer every single questions we had. BEYOND wonderfull! We LOVED all the activities Sofie suggested to us. We ended up doing MOST of everything on the initial recommendation. We loved our first scuba diving experience (although I was scared), white water rafting!

It was our first time in New Zealand and Sofie, our travel agent, made it soooooo smooth and easy! We appreciated all the details and thoughts put into the booking of activities and planning our short trip to NZ. We loved all the activities we did. It was an experience of a lifetime! Sofie was amazing at answering all the questions that we had.

I really really recommend Sofie. She's the bestest!

Kim & Eric Nguyen – Vietnam