ACTIVE
NEW ZEALAND offers a variety of outdoor-oriented,
small group, guided hiking, trekking, cycling, paddling and biking adventure tours around
New Zealand!
We'll take you through our beautiful country to really experience
the outdoors, meet the locals, eat well, sleep well, and enjoy an unforgettable
active vacation. You'll push yourself a little, or a lot, hiking with our
guides and a few like-minded travellers. We run the best active adventure
tours available in New Zealand, and our trips
are designed for real people with a reasonable level of fitness and an interest
in outdoor activities. If you like to walk, trek, hike, paddle, cycle,
or go to the gym, you'll love our trips - but you don't need to be a tri-athlete
or have experience in any of the adventure activities you will undertake!
We'll minimise the time spent in a vehicle and spend it on adventure and
relaxation, hiking, trekking, cycling and paddling into New Zealand's most beautiful scenery! We'll stay in comfortable lodges in some fantastic locations
- and we'll do all this at a reasonable price. If you're looking for a friendly, professional
New Zealand-based adventure travel company, you've found us!
We offer several different tours so we can help you choose the best trip for
you.
our adventure trips
Family trips are quite different to regular adventure travel tours, and over the years we’ve entertained a lot of families in New Zealand. This trip is specially designed to ensure parents and kids enjoy a range of activities as a family.
We visit a working sheep farm, venture into several national parks, do an overnight hike to Mt. Aspiring Hut, check out one of New Zealand’s most spectacular glaciers, hike near Mt. Cook - New Zealand's highest mountain - and do some unforgettable jet boating, rafting and hiking in various parts of the South Island. New Zealand is a safe adventure travel destination, and the
Kea Family trip is an awesome adventure for the whole family.
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Our most active trip, and a perennial favourite amongst our clients, the
Rimu will take you well off the beaten path and into interesting places that we have discovered over the years. Enjoy awesome and challenging day hikes seeing the wilder parts of the South Island. Snorkel with New Zealand Fur Seals, bike the Hollyford Valley, and sea kayak Okarito Lagoon and Milford Sound, as well as choosing from a 3-day hiking trip in Nelson Lakes National Park, a sea kayaking trip in Queen Charlotte Sound, or a biking trip on the Queen Charlotte Track.This is the best way to see the South Island if you're looking for an active adventure - the
Rimu is simply an awesome trip. It's no wonder it was rated the 9th Greatest Adventure trip in the World by
National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2003!
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14 days - south island |
US$3799 + tax |
An active hiking trip at a relaxed pace with lots of creature comforts. The
Manuka has a strong focus on New Zealand's natural history, and the more relaxed pace means our guides have plenty of time to interpret the flora and fauna and explain the geological and social history of the areas we visit. You'll be hiking most days, from lush rainforest on the West Coast and Franz Josef Glacier, to the snow-capped mountains of Mt. Aspiring and Mt. Cook National Parks. We've also included your choice of hiking the world-renowned Milford Track Guided Walk or the lesser-known, but more intimate and luxurious, Hollyford Track Guided Walk, as well as do some of the South Island's most incredible day hikes.
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The best way for keen cyclists to see the South Island! On the
Weka Cycling tour you'll ride remote high country backroads, the legendary Hollyford Valley road to Milford Sound, the Buller River Gorge, and New Zealand's magnificent West Coast including Punakaiki and Fox Glacier. The tour concludes with a day of cycling on the Central Otago Rail Trail. This fully-supported 13-day cycling vacation includes lots of great rides, as well as luxurious and unique accommodations. There is no finer way to see New Zealand by bicycle!
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5 days - north island |
US$1499 + tax |
New Zealand's North Island, named Te Ika-a-Maui by the Maori, is remarkably different to the South Island. It is a land of active volcanoes, hot springs, geysers, waterfalls, and unique flora and fauna. The North Island has a rich cultural history which has been shaped by this dynamic and surprising land. On the
Kauri trip you'll hike the famed Tongariro Crossing - one of the best one-day mountain hikes New Zealand has to offer - experience a Maori feast, mountain bike through the Whakarewarewa Forest near Rotorua, and go caving in the renowned Waitomo caves to see the glowworms and limestone formations. The
Kauri allows you to see the "other side" of New Zealand, and we have designed it to link up perfectly with our South Island adventure tours.
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Guide's Choice trips are simply one of a kind! Our guides often come to us with great ideas for new activities and places to visit on our trips, so in 2006 we created an annual competition amongst our guides where they design their dream trip - the “Guide’s Choice trip”! The winner for 2007 is Jim Hawkridge, and you can read more about his "Xtreme" Rimu trip, along with the previous winner, Lynette's "Hoiho" Wildlife trip, on the Guide's Choice page. The Guide's Choice trips are a great option if you've travelled with us in the past. They are also great trips if you've never been here before and want to see a different side of New Zealand, away from the usual tourist trails and into the areas where real New Zealanders go when they're looking for an active adventure! Complete itineraries Request Information
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"We loved our trip! You have a beautiful country and we miss it already. I did many things I would have never dreamed I'd get to do, such as hiking a glacier, kayaking in a fiord and trekking through stunning New Zealand sites. We loved the flexibility of the activities, where you could do things at your own speed, sometimes ahead of the group, sometimes at the end of the group. The food was wonderful and we were always taken care of throughout the journey. It was very hard to say goodbye. Thanks for a great adventure!"
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GUIDE OF THE MONTH
 Brioney Mason
"Bee is so enthusiastic about all things outdoors and likes to get involved. She has a wicked sense of humour which helps a group gel together. She is very well informed on all aspects of New Zealand culture and caring and patient with everyone in the group. The food she produced was always excellent. Bee surely loves her job and it showed in everything that she did with the group. Nothing was too much trouble and she kept the party going!!
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Anne Walters (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Jan 2008 Manuka
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