New Zealand Tours
Tour Operators

New Zealand Adventure Odyssey trips explore both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Either as a 14 day tour of both islands, 9 day tour of the South Island or a 6 day tour of the North Island. They offer you a variety of exciting half and full day adventures, with each night spent in comfortable motel, lodge or hotel accommodation.
[ Sailing, 4 Wheel Driving, Caving, Native Bird Watching, Rafting, Jet boating, Sea Kayaking, Glacier Walking, Hiking, drop you on an active volcano and more!]

Southern Alps Trek:
A spectacular 7 day itinerary featuring some of the best mountain walking in New Zealand, some incredible heli-hiking with stays in remote but comfortable mountain huts, interspersed with nights at quality lodgings. A mixture of remote untracked terrain, and formed tracks of a friendly grade. [until end of March '09]

HAKA Tours operates extreme New Zealand tours. From small group adventures to New Zealand snow tours exploring the impressive Southern Alps and the active volcanoes of the North, we cater for the budget-conscious as well as the free spender. Select from the widest and most innovative range of adventure activities on the market today!
e.g. 26 day Epic New Zealand Tour, 11 day South Island Adrenalin Junkie Tour or Discounted Activities

Don't be nervous about the name Intrepid Travel. Whilst some of our trips are quite adventurous others are very relaxing and comfortable. In fact, we have a style of travel to suit just about every budget, comfort level and activity in most destinations around the globe.
Here are just a couple of Intrepid's New Zealand Tours, click on the Intrepid logo to see others.

Northern Highlights:
14 days. Dig your own thermal bath on Hot Water Beach, kayak in Cathedral Cove, experience Maori hospitality on a 'marae' stay, savour the wines of Hawkes Bay, escape to picturesque Marlborough Sounds, get up close to New Zealand's marine life in Kaikoura, enjoy the cafe culture in Christchurch. [01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008]

New Zealand Family Adventure:
Journey from the lush English gardens of Christchurch to the Southern Alps and quaint Queenstown. En route, learn about sheep shearing, clamp on crampons and walk across a glistening glacier and seek an adrenaline rush in the Kiwi adventure capital - the Land of the Long White Cloud has something for everyone! [01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008]

Here are just a couple of OzXposure's New Zealand Tours, click on the logo to see others.

Grand Island Explorer:
A 21 day tour packed with sights and activities from the secluded beaches of the coast to the volcanic craters in the North, to the glaciers, mountains & fjords in the South. Adventure activities abound - sea kayaking & snorkelling, underground black water rafting, bungee, jet boating, mounain biking and kayaking. [until April '09]

Volcano Trail:
11 days. Explore New Zealand's northern heartland - from the secluded beaches of the coast to the volcanic craters and thermal features of the central plateau. Adventure activities abound - sea kayaking & snorkelling on our Bay of Islands adventure cruise, underground black water rafting at Waitomo, bungee and jet boating at Taupo and mounain biking and kayaking in Nelson. The perfect combination of sights and activities on this Northern tour.

With the Explore formula, you can be assured that for starters you'll find yourself with a group of like-minded, adventurous and sociable people.
Here are just a couple of Explore's many New Zealand Tours, click on the Explore! logo to see others.

Discover New Zealand:
32 days. New Zealand has so much to offer from hot springs & Maori culture to volcanoes & glaciers so discover it all in this varied all-encompassing journey covering the entire length of New Zealand.

Restless South Island:
18 days. New Zealand's South Island is blessed with an array of dramatic landscapes that have yielded some of the world's most innovative adventure experiences; from walking on glaciers & cruising along fjords to tramping on one of the world's most southerly islands, this active trip offers the opportunity to enjoy the best that this stunning destination has to offer:
From Christchurch we cross to the west coast to walk on Fox Glacier, a spectacular river of moving ice. Then in Queenstown, New Zealand's adventure capital, the list of options is endless ranging from jet-boating & 4Wding to white-water rafting & bungy jumping. We then drive via the spectacular Cleddau Valley to reach dramatic Milford Sound, where we take an overnight cruise through this world-famous glacial valley.
From Milford Sound we head to Invercargill, then cross the “Roaring Forties” by catamaran to Stewart Island, an isolated landmass boasting large areas of virgin bush and offering the chance of seeing kiwis in the wild. There is plenty of time here to trek here & experience one of the true “ends of the earth”.
Finally we explore Mount Cook NP, where a variety of different treks await, along with the possibility of taking a scenic helicopter flight for breathtaking views of Mount Cook's (3754m) snowy peak.