Reviews of The Full Monty - South to North Experience

Just home from an epic trip - 28-day self-driving tour of New Zealand. Followed by 13 days in Australia. We loved it all (especially New Zealand's south island). I booked the New Zealand portion through First Light Travel who were wonderful to work with. Nicole Keuk, our agent, helped us choose just the right mix of activities and free time, car rentals, and accommodation. Every aspect of our itinerary unfolded super smoothly. I can highly recommend them if you plan a trip down under.

Gina and the team at First Light Travel took care of all the details for our 30 day self drive vacation and made our "retirement trip" a pure joy. She took our wish list of activities, locations, and budget and devised an itinerary to meet those requirements. The accommodations were a mix of unique, charming, and spectacular- most of them I would never have found on my own internet search. The daily itinerary we received was detailed and thorough - right down to expected drive times, hotel check-in times, things to do in that area, and contact numbers for every activity we had planned. 30 days and we STILL were not ready to leave this amazing country! We can't recommend First Light Travel enough.

I started planning our trip to NZ over 12 months ago with First light travel. I had a rough idea what we wanted to do and shared this with FLT, they offered advice on what else to see and do given our preferences. The final itinerary provided a mix of camper van and car/motels was perfect for us. The mix of experiences was also perfect with glow worm caves; whale watching; hot springs and boat trips. The scenery all over was stunning and the mix in the itinerary provided enough fast paced activity and free time to relax and explore each venue.

Despite having several staff members leave the continuity with our booking meant it felt seamless and any queries were answered quickly and efficiently. This was no more evident than during the poor weather we experienced during our trip. A cyclone hit North island and we caught the tail end of this. We have several experiences cancelled but FLT we’re onto this and helped us re-book replacements further into our trip.

I would have no hesitation in recommending FLT and will use them in future. A special mention must go to Nicole Kuek for all her help and support and for making our trip so special.

David & Stella Rogers and Gordon & Patricia Dale, UK