Jetboat, Dart River

We specialise in luxury tourism (6, 5 and 4+ star) focused on connecting you with New Zealand through special people, places and activities.  Truly special - which you will remember for many years.  We don't just sell luxury accommodation.

What does this mean for you?

  • We understand, monitor, and have relationships with a wide variety of New Zealand accommodation, activity, and transport providers.  Some of these are commonly available, some are not.
  • We know who is performing, who isn't and what the latest changes of management mean.  We know this first-hand, not from the internet and not through other people
  • We regularly and consistently put together leading edge luxury tours of New Zealand for our clients from all around the world
  • We have the ability to create, innovate, and take things as far as you want. We don't just package what other people do
  • Every luxury tour starts with a blank sheet of paper as we build up our understanding of you.  We do not put together packages and then sell them to everyone as a "one size fits all"
  • We have for years been perfecting our ability to meaningfully connect our clients into the more important currents which define New Zealand
  • Over the years we have built up access to some very special people and places
  • We have a true in-country concierge service - responsive, intelligent and effective
  • Our pricing is detailed and transparent

We're not a booking agency - we're a global leader in innovative, personal, responsive and experiential tourism based in New Zealand.

Family - Super Luxury and Active

Example Itineraries

Family - Super Luxury and Active

A top-grade New Zealand itinerary designed for an active family with absolutely no limit on spending.

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Client Feedback

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Firstly I would like to thank you for a wonderful trip you organized for our clients. To say they are happy is to say nothing. I'm sure they fell...

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Accommodation

Lake Wanaka

Silver Pine is a special place.  The view from this small lodge is the closest thing we have seen to the view from a helicopter, the place is owner-hosted by a delightful...

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Mount Nicholas Station, Queenstown, 100,000 acres of lakeside wilderness.  Good for heli-hikes, horse riding, and an extremely private simple homestead.

Mount Nicholas Station, Queenstown, 100,000 acres of lakeside wilderness. Good for heli-hikes, horse riding, and an extremely private simple homestead.

  • Mount Nicholas Station, Queenstown, 100,000 acres of lakeside wilderness.  Good for heli-hikes, horse riding, and an extremely private simple homestead.
  • Mountain Landing from the Jetty.  1,000 private acres, 7 beaches.  Close to the excellent fishing available from the Bay of Islands.  Extremely private, peaceful, and high quality accommodation.
  • A private Maori welcome.  Days can be spent exploring whatever aspect of Maori culture is of interest.  From an introduction (welcome) through to healing, songs, carving, food gathering and preparation, hunting, celestial navigation, spirituality etc etc
  • Heli-hike-jetboat in Mount Aspiring National Park.  An awesome remote day in pristine wilderness
  • Quad Bikes on 90-Mile Beach.  Kilometres and kilometres of surf, rocky promontories, and dunes which reach up 100 metres from the beach.  And almost no people....
  • Milford Sound from a helicopter.  The only way to see it, away from the cruise ships, buses and crowds.  The helicopter also lands on a glacier, the west coast and flies over a lot of beautiful remote terrain
  • Delani, after meeting guests at Bridal Veil Falls, Treetops Lodge
  • Tom Loughlin points out spots in the Ripia River.  Tom is an accomplished outdoorsman, search and rescue specialist, hunter and, most importantly, expert on Maori food.  He finds, prepares and cooks Maori delicacies for our clients.
  • Claremont Estate - a unique geology.  Firstly a beautiful high country station, secondly an elegant lodge and thirdly a place used by geology students for study.  We're not telling why!
  • Karekare Beach - where The Piano was filmed.  Only 40 minutes drive from Auckland centre and home to black sand, crashing surf, rainforest, cliffs, and several lovely walks.  From a flat one kilometre walk to a hilly eight kilometre loop.
  • Michael Poliza - Photographer Extraordinaire

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    Michael Poliza - Photographer Extraordinaire

    In April we organised Michael Poliza's trip to New Zealand.  As you can see from his website and his Facebook page, Michael is a superb photographer who has made his name in Africa.  Now it is the turn of Australia and New Zealand and you can see his latest works of art on Facebook. We were very pleased to have been selected by...

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  • DMCs - Cinderellas of the Travel Industry

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    DMCs - Cinderellas of the Travel Industry

    These days I seem to be reading article after article about wonderful agents with contacts all over the world who can arrange special things for their clients.  Much fanfare surrounds being able to call hotel management.  Red carpets are rolled out for those who know local guides.  They are credited with leading the resurgence of...

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  • Pure Cruise - Rotoiti

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    Pure Cruise - Rotoiti

    In this case, we were slow off the mark to adopt something new and high quality.  We were lucky enough to be hosted by Tina and Matt on Pure Cruise last month.  We had of course been aware of them for a while but had not been to see them yet - the Manuherikia has been too comfortable! We're very happy to report that it's fairly...

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