The "Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer" Tour Recensioni 73

We really enjoyed this tour. It was very well organized. Our guides and bus drivers were excellent, sharing much information about our locations as well as NZ generally. The schedule allowed for visits to many highlights while at the same time allowing for many 2-night stops. Hotels and meals were excellent.

I loved the trip; the guides, the drivers were all kind and could not do enough for us. NZ is beautiful, people are lovely, the trains were great, food was great, it snowed! We could not have experienced this by ourselves. My partner hurt himself and they ensured we were so well looked after. Highly recommended.

I booked to travel on this tour in April 2025. The South Island of New Zealand was a destination I had always wanted to travel to and the ability to travel by both coach and more importantly by train had me 'hooked' from the beginning. The itinerary was really interesting and I learned a lot about New Zealand. Hotels were amazing and meals etc were excellent.
The weather was beautiful on most days and at the end of the tour when I became unwell, the staff were absolutely wonderful. I was taken to the hospital in Blenheim to be checked out and nothing was too much trouble for our guide.

I give Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer tour 5/5
Out tour guides , Jane , Dale , Trevor , Mike and bus driver Ross were amazing

A very well organised tour with lots of fun, interesting and exciting activities. Hotels and meals were spot on. Loved every minute!

We booked a trip to be steam hauled from Blenheim to Invercargill. We were told just before we departed that we would only be steam hauled to Kaikoura. I would not have booked on this basis.

Following the overnight in Christchurch we were put on a bus and taken south to get on the train at Rolleston.

Following the overnight in Timaru, we were once again put on a bus, and taken to Moeraki where we had lunch. Then "our" train rolled up with a morning trip of people doing Timaru to Moeraki. The must have wanted to squeeze in some more revenue on the trip.....

The trip was booked on the basis that we were going to be steam hauled from Blenheim to Invercargill. We weree not. And to rub our noses in it we got bumped off the train for some day trippers to do what we thought we were going to do.

And don't even start me on the food in Blenheim, the delays for food in Kaikoura, and the rain coming in to the dining room in Christchurch.

I was thoroughly dissapointed.

Top guides, great itinerary, good hotels. Enjoyed the train rides and the beautiful nature and other side trips.

Everything about this tour was 5 star. The crew,accommodation,food,local knowledge & helpfulness were above and beyond.We travelled with friends and all four of us agreed that we would highly recommend it.

I had longed to go to New Zealand and when this tour showed up on my Facebook page I was intrigued! I loved the tour! The tour guides, all four of them, where wonderful and the itinerary was excellent. It provided a variety of activities and rail excursions that I found to be excellent. Being that I travelled by myself I was hopeful that I would meet some great people and I must tell you that everyone I met was wonderful. I had the privilege to meet three other women who were travelling solo and became good friends. I would recommend this tour to everyone!

Kirsty & the team at Pounamu Tourism Group are amazing! Their attention to detail is great. Sights, tour guides, drivers, coach, train, accommodation, food all wonderful. This tour is well paced and really showed the best of both the West & East coasts of the South Island, NZ. The ever changing landscape is stunning. Alexander Hillary gave the group an interesting presentation about his grandfather and later joined us at dinner in picturesque Mt Cook. A trip full of highlights and good memories!

From leaving Dunedin to finishing in Wellington it was great.
Loved our time at mount Cook Hermatige.
Was lovely seeing the waves from the people driving past us and photographers following our journey.
Definitely recommend it.

Apart the fact that NZ is great as a country, the tour was well organized including good accommodation and meals. May be less early starts would improve the holiday experience.

What an absolutely memorable experience this was.
Everything was so well organized and the guides were amazing.
The accommodation was fantastic.
What a way to see the south island of New Zealand.
I had never been on an organized tour and was a little apprehensive but I met wonderful people and we honestly laughed every day.
I can highly recommend this wonderful tour especially if you love trains.