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Beautiful New Zealand
Highly recommend this trip! The geography of New Zealand is quite diverse, and you’ll see a lot of it on the South Island. I enjoyed the mix of activities - hiking, ...
Can I give higher than a FIVE star rating!
Our biking, hiking, kayaking trip to New Zealand was five star plus in every way! Every detail was attended to - and our guides were not just extremely knowledgeable...
New Zealand doesn’t disappoint!!!!
VBT never disappoints. Biking trails were challenging but can be done on e-bikes for novices. The addition of hiking and kayaking if you wanted, made this New Zealan...
Wonders That Defy Description
A wonderful introduction to a marvelous country that left us hungry for more. The trip was a smorgasbord of sights and experiences that comprised a very rich reward ...
Wonderful guides
Beautiful trip around the South Island. Great hikes. Bike rides made challenging by some narrow rock/gravel trails, but very beautiful. The guides were amazing. Know...
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New Zealand-a great place to visit!
The trip was fabulous and especially the three tour guides (Wayne, Mark and Teresa) who went above and beyond to make sure we had a wonderful and memorable experienc...
New Zealand South Island Bike and Hike Tour
Everything was wonderful! The guides were friendly, informative, fun and left no detail undone. The hikes and bikes were amazing. The scenery is stunning and the opt...
Breathtaking landscapes and marvelous hikes
We booked this trip a year ago and were marveled by the scenery, the people, rain...
Exciting & fun!
Great guides, lot's of interesting diversions, challenging off road rides, lot's of fun!
A "once in a lifetime".....look no further!
Amazing experience, which can only be described as "a once in a lifetime trip". The South Island of NZL is like no other destination in terms of flora, fauna and maj...
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40th Wedding Anniversary Trip
Angela and I are celebrating our 40th. We did the November 2019 trip along with the Auckland pre-trip and the Queensland post-trip. Both cities are pretty, the museu...
Loved New Zealand
We thoroughly enjoyed this VBT trip. New Zealand was amazing and we di...
New Zealand south island
The guides were great the trip was fantastic. The bikes needed bigger tires for the gravel roads and would be nice to be able to extend the handle bars higher to acc...
Disappointed
We have been on 5 other vbt trips and this was a very disappointing tour. Accommodations, food and itinerary were not close to what we had hoped. The trip failed to ...
Take a tiki tour..................................
Excellent trip. Wayne and Bryan were great, fun, knowledgeable, and complimented each other's personality and expertise. Good mix of biking and hiking. Beautiful and...
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New Zealand Biking & Walking Tour
Overall, we loved this trip. Highlights included 3 guides who accommodated our every need, excellent group comraderie, the stay at the Wilderness resort, and the hik...
Our first trip with vbt was a success!
We are new to activity-based group touring and really enjoyed the experience. What a relief not to have to coordinate all the lodging, activities, equipment and food...
It's a Hiking Trip!
New Zealand is gorgeous and the guides are phenomenal. Quality of the guides is why we travel with VBT. Anyone looking to go on this trip should be aware that this t...
New Zealand South Island tour
This is the second trip to New Zealand I've booked with VBT and I must say the first was outstanding, while this trip was so so. Not much freedom was offered to get ...
Beautiful scenery
VBT needs to do a little work on this tour. Cycling was a stunning disappointment.
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