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 different to regular adventure trips and over the years we’ve entertained lots of families here in New Zealand. This trip is designed so parents, teenagers and children enjoy a wide range of activities together while still having a bit of time out – it
is a vacation after all! We venture into several national parks including a memorable overnight hike in Mt. Aspiring National Park, visit natural hot springs at Hanmer, check out one of New Zealand’s most spectacular glaciers and get out for unforgettable jet boating, rafting and hiking in various parts of the South Island.
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This is our longest running and most popular trip, taking you well off the beaten track into interesting places that we’ve discovered over the years. Go snorkelling with inquisitive seals; do an incredible 3-day guided backpacking, biking, or sea kayaking trip in the Marlborough region; take some of New Zealand’s most stunning day hikes; and go sea kayaking and cycling in various parts of the South Island. If you only come here once in your life, you’ll have seen the best we have to offer and missed very little! It's no wonder it was rated the 9th Greatest Adventure trip in the World by
National Geographic Adventure magazine!
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An active hiking trip at a relaxed pace with lots of creature comforts! You’ll hike through New Zealand’s most stunning vistas, from alpine meadows of multihued wild flowers to craggy mountain peaks and magnificent glacial valleys. You’ll also have the option of hiking the world-renowned Milford Track or the lesser-known, more luxurious Hollyford Track, both located in Fiordland National Park.
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A cycling trip with a difference, the
Weka is testimony to our (some may say excessive) zeal for biking, and years of experience navigating New Zealand’s roads and trails. We’ll take you on our favourite rides from the stunning coastal routes of the West Coast, to the historic viaducts and tunnels of the Otago Rail Trail. The scenery and terrain you’ll cover is as diverse as it is beautiful. Unlike the larger cycle operators in New Zealand, we know the terrain intimately and we’ll make sure you see the best of it!
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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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"Normally I would try to get about myself, but I knew that to see all I wanted to I wouldn't have the time. It was a great experience. I felt I did see some 'real' New Zealand places, which I would not have found travelling around on my own. It was nice to be off the tourist track. I wanted to challenge myself physically while seeing some amazing parts of the country. It gave me what I wanted. Thank you for sharing your country with me."
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GUIDE OF THE MONTH
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"I really enjoyed having her on the trip. She is a great cook and made sure we eat healthy. She was so calm (I'd panic if I'd have to cook for 7!) when preparing the meals and also very good organized. She was great company."
Angela Bissig (Switzerland)
January 2008 Rimu
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