New Zealand Self Drive Tour Reviews

We are not very good holiday planners, so it was wonderful that First Light took care of everything for us. It all exceeded our expectations. Everything went smoothly.

John & Cheryl Vigna - USA

We were only in New Zealand for 10 days and a Dawn Appleby did a fantastic job of sorting through our interests and coming up with a fun itinerary that gave us a great introduction to the country. We can't wait to come back! We plan to use First Light Travel for our upcoming trip to Australia.

William Viele, Kathryn Viele & Deborah Borek - USA.

Hi Kasey,

We had a wonderful experience, everything went very well, with all arrangements complete and right on time. In all, a trip of a lifetime and it was very complete and well planned. Congratulations to you for such a thoroughly thought out trip. When I download the pictures from the camera I will send you some of the great ones. Feel free to use any of this info as you choose.

Philip Tower & Roberta O'Connor - USA

I had a great time New Zealand thanks to Chrissy who helped to plan out this trip who patiently answered and responded to all the numerous questions and changes I made to the itinerary.

Everything was pretty smooth sailing and straightforward throughout. My only regret is that I didn't stay longer, alas,12 days is far too short a time to be in this amazingly beautiful country. I will definitely return soon!

Zahir Husein & Mohammad Gahni - Singapore

I can't say enough good things about our travel agent with First Light Travel. We had a vacation of a lifetime. It was better than we expected and we give most of the credit to Amelia Riwai for her recommendations and the way she accommodated our requests. From the tropical forests to the glaciers all the scenery was magnificent, even the misty, cloudy days were beautiful. Being able to be so close to the native wildlife was great. It was almost as if you couldn't take a bad picture because everything was so beautiful.

David and Patricia Hughes - USA

Chrissy did an outstanding job of taking our interests and time allotted, and creating a magical, unforgettable self-drive vacation for our family! We had exactly 2 weeks, not counting travel days, and Chrissy managed to make the most of that very short time, as we drove from Auckland to Queenstown, hitting all of the highlights in between, and arranged fabulous excursions for us with top-notch professional outfits. She arranged exactly the car we needed, the flights and times we needed, and wonderful accomodations on top of everything. We have several friends here in the states who are planning a New Zealand vacation, and and we will definitely recommend First Light Travel and Chrissy Sun!

Mary & Dennis Turner, Ryan and Mary Rombo - USA

Dear Kasey,

Thank you so much, for putting together our trip to WA. We had a wonderful time. Everything was well arranged right from the start. We had a perfect pick up at the airport and a nice hotel in the middle of the centre in Perth. All the accommodations were good, it was each time a surpise to see and find out where we would sleep. Almost all the accommodations where in or near the city centre, so easy to go out for a walk and have dinner.

The Maragret Discovery Tour and the Cape le Grand tour was fantastic.The local guides showed us beautiful places and could tell us a lot from the place and its history In Kalgoorlie we booked the Super Pit Tour. It is advisable to prebook this tour, we were lucky there was a cancellation in the morning, otherwise only two of us could join the tour.

At Rottnest Island we had a really special and wonderful host, Irene. A lady from over 80! We really liked her company, but I think it is not necessary to have a host at Rottnest. I think we were the only, walking around with a host.

We took loads of pictures. I included some, so you have an idea of our trip.

WA is a beautiful part of Australia.

Cheers,

Verdonck Family - Singapore

Good morning Chrissy,

We had one wonderful time in your beautiful country. Dmitry could not have been a better guide/driver/friend. Every detail was well taken care of. 

Overall our impression of everything First Light does is and was first class. One of our friends (In India for a few months) says she wants to talk to us about the trip and how we planned. I will let you know when Helen returns to the US.

Murray and Linda Acheson - USA

First Light Travel made sure we were going to do and see things to our travel hearts desire. Intense planning with Chrissy and the information she provided were second to none. Our driver for 3 weeks was Dmitry. He seemed to anticipate our every need. There was nothing too much for him to get accomplished and he made sure we did not have any worries. Also booking air arrangements was a breeze through FLT and their office in Los Angeles

Murray Acheson - USA

Sophie was very professional and experienced in designing our New Zealand travel plans which covered all our requirements. In additional, there was a last minute cancellation from one of my travel mates due to family matter and Sophie was very helpful to sort out all the hassles.

Karen Ng - Hongkong