Reviews of Three Week Best of New Zealand Vacation Package

The trip was amazing and we still can't believe how much we managed to fit in a short space of time! I of course will recommend your services to anyone who I know is intending to travel as it created a super stress free holiday!

We highly recommend First Light Travel to organise any NZ adventure. We are from the Uk, and visited Aus, NZ and Fiji over a 6 week period during October & November.
We organised our accommodation and activities in Aus and Fiji, but wanted expert local knowledge for our 3 week visit to NZ without paying double commission to UK and NZ agents!
Michelle Srzich was outstanding in listening to our wish list, and then providing suggested accommodation and activities for our trip! We had a couple of back and forths and ended up with a bespoke trip that we had compiled from stories we had from friends who had visited NZ.
A key requirement was to spend a minimum of 2 nights in each location, so that we had time to explore and experience the places we visited rather than just passing through! The trip worked out exactly as planned apart from our boat trip from Kaikoura to see whales. A helicopter is sent out each morning to see if the whales were playing ball! Unfortunately they were not on the day we had planned! We were offered the chance to rebook or receive a refund! We chose the latter, and FLT were able to refund this! The highlights of our trip were:

• Queenstown, TSS Ernslaw boat trip across the lake
• Mt Cook, glacier walk and visit to “The Old Mountaneers” restaurant in Mt Cook Village.
• Return Train trip from Christchurch to Arthur’s Pass
• Kaikoura dolphin boat trip
• Bleinham vineyard cycle tour
• Edwin Fox historic boat museum visit in Picton
• Ferry crossing from Picton to Wellington
• Lake Taupo and Hukka falls visit
• Rotorua - Waiotapu thermal Park

This was "the trip of a lifetime!" New Zealand is a unique country. The scenery and terrain are so varied and close together. Everyone we met was so friendly and eager to make our visit memorable. Everywhere we went was clean and neat and demonstated a definite "pride of place." 

The helicopter ride, the tour through the countryside in Wanaka, the floatplane trip to Orakei Korako and the Doubtful Sound excursion were definte highlights. The Maori experience, the Black Swan, sitting under a tree listening to the tui birds at the Boatshed provided memories we won't forget.

We enjoyed our holiday very much overall and thank you very much for your efforts and making changes. It was very unfortunate that we couldn’t go to Napier but we had a great holiday nonetheless and it was great to meet you in Auckland.

We will have to plan a return visit to your beautiful country.

Annie and Neville Filar (UK)

Our trip was outstanding. All the hotels accommodations were great for the 3 of us and their locations were close to everything so we could walk and not have to use our car. Thanks again for helping rebook us on the earlier ferry crossing, it actually worked out good because it gave us time to explore Picton and get a short hike done before boarding the train. You & your team put together a wonderful package for us and the support was outstanding.

We will have good memories of our trip together. Love New Zealand.

John, Cindy & Sean Corrigan, USA

Michelle Srzich from First Light Travel was recommended to us from a friend who used her services back in 2018. We are so glad we listened and contacted Michelle. She handled all the details of a 26 day trek across both South and North Islands of New Zealand. We had five star accommodations that were exquisite to stay in. And when our airline canceled our return flight home, First Light was right there to send a driver back to the airport and secure us a hotel stay for two more nights in Auckland. Wonderful service, great advice on do's and don'ts, and huge support during a difficult exit! We will definitely use First Light again and highly recommend them to others. Really made our vacation worry free!

Jodi and Philip Guillemette, USA

Thank you so much for all of your help. It was a great trip, we had just had enough of go, go, go by the time we got to Queenstown and needed a rest and time to explore the town. It was a good decision. Especially for all the fun stuff going on around town on NYE. Thank you again. It was a pleasure and a trip of a lifetime.

Tonya Gillham & Family, USA

I want to thank First light Travel Team for our wonderful 3 week holiday in New Zealand, North & South Island. I dealt mainly with Makela & Suzie and they were both really caring, professional and gave fantastic suggestions.. Despite interruptions from the Cyclone , they worked together to accommodate plan changes. Though I didn’t see some of the original destinations I wanted to, we could not go wrong in NZ since it’s so beautiful and staying positive and flexible in these situations really helped us make the most of our experience and remain safe. Some of our favourite spots were Milford Sound , Queenstown and Rotorua Mauri Dinner & Show.

I wish this company nothing but the best as they stay committed and resilient in an unprecedented time, assisting clients during the cyclone. We are home with many beautiful memories to last us a lifetime. Thank you , First light team for your excellence.

Bita & Christian, Canada

I highly recommend First Light Travel, especially our travel designer, Michelle, who helped us plan an amazing and unforgettable trip for us! We were very satisfied with all the sights we saw and the choice of hotels and motels were on point. The itinerary was very well planned and there was not one part of the trip where we were exhausted, as we were provided enough time to rest. If you're planning to go to the beautiful country of New Zealand, book via First Light Travel and you are sure to get the best support and experience!