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Patrick • 5 years ago
Love it!
Kiwi experience was an incredible way to see the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The organisation was impeccable, and the activities on offer amazing fun. There was an awesome group of 30-40 of us travelling throughout the country together, and the flexibility of hopping on and off as we pleased was perfect, as we could hang around in places we loved, such as Queenstown. The experience is very dependent on your group and your driver. Thankfully, we had Tim. Tim was absolutely everything I could have hoped for in a driver. He was informative and interesting whilst driving, giving us great pointers and advice wherever we went. Tim was friendly, played great music, and always willing and able to do anything he could to ensure we had a good time. He organised all of our activities with no hassle to us whatsoever, which was so convenient, and booking accommodation was as easy as writing your name down on a sheet. I can't recommend Kiwi Experience highly enough if you are looking for a group of young, sociable people with whom to have an exciting time and enjoy all the fun New Zealand has to offer.
Michael • 5 years ago
Great ride, great tour!
Amazing trip across both islands with great stops along the way. Very well organized and easy to make changes to dates/itinerary even with short notice.
Hannah • 5 years ago
Amazing way to see NZ
I had an amazing time travelling around NZ with the kiwi bus. Make sure you use the hop on hop off to your advantage there are some amazing places which need more than the minimum time to fully explore (Wellington is a great city!). From the reviews I expected the bus to be full of quite young travellers, boozing every night but it was nice to see a mixed group from 18-30 year olds. Lots of solo travellers and the bus journeys give a great opportunity to chat to other solo travellers. River Valley was a great experience, having no signal and Wi-Fi made everyone bond loads that night. I booked the Sheepdog pass which I would recommend, the only stop you miss out on is Kaikoura which you can actually just call the office and add on then get the Intercity back to Christchurch. I would not recommend booking the Deep South section of the trip as the itinerary had recently changed and misses Dunedin and The Catlins. Book Milford Sounds as a day trip from Queenstown, it’s a long day but worth it, the drive there is stunning and then Milford Sounds itself is stunning! The drivers are very knowledgeable and I felt safe on the bus throughout my trip. If you’re coming to NZ on a working holiday visa I’d highly recommend buying the unlimited 12 pass so you have travel sorted for your time.
vicki98 • 5 years ago
Amazing tour!
Such an amazing experience, met some truly wonderful people. All of the places we stayed were lovely, and I really got to see all of the highlights of the South Island. Could not recommend Kiwi experience any more highly! An unforgettable experience!
raewynmann • 5 years ago
Best time ever!
I did the sheepdog pass during November and had such a wonderful experience! I didn’t have much time but managed to fit everything i wanted in and met some amazing people.
Conor • 5 years ago
Great trip
Queen bee package, packed in so much in the trip from Queenstown to Auckland. Hamish our driver was top drawer and very knowledgeable on activities, places to eat nightlife etc.
Jaime Evans • 5 years ago
Great Experience
Me and my girlfriend booked with Kiwi experience for our trip around New Zealand and we absolutely loved our time there. The drivers were really friendly especially Hamish who we had for most of our journey through the North Island. He was really engaging, very knowledgable and took us to lots of interesting sites and kept us entertained and engaged throughout. Overall we loved the activities provided by kiwi Experience and the hospitality was very good and everyone was very helpful. Overall we loved our time and would definitely do it again.
Nigel • 5 years ago
We enjoyed the freedom of the campervan and in particular meeting the kiwis.
Mahendra • 5 years ago
Great exp
I travelled from Auckalnd to Christchurch with my wifi for 3 weeks, great exp...friendly driver guides . Thank you for making our vacation memorable ..
Matt Aitchison • 5 years ago
Absolutely awesome
Bought c.6 months ago and traveled in October and November 2019 on the SheepDog bus pass plus accommodation pass. Absolutely loved it - the bus driver (Cuddles/David) was great, bus had some cool stops, activities were all well-arranged and the accommodation was all good. My best mate and I are 27 and are used to our home comforts/luxuries - we thought we would struggle with the hosteling and busing, but actually loved it! The best way to get around NZ on a tight c.3 week timescale.
