Ultimate South Island Reviews
13 Ultimate South Island reviews from past travelers that booked with Global Journeys.
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Jennifer, QLD, Australia, Jan 2026
After a disappointing start (nobody met me at the airport when I arrived) the tour was fantastic. Good quality hotels, great food, excellent driver/guide and plenty of optional trips to choose from.
Awesome tour seeing key sites, worry free, knowledgeable friendly driver, steady itinerary 0
CLWA, WA, Australia, Jan 2026
We booked this tour after a friend recommended Grand Pacific tours. Global Journeys and another vendor came up as the nominated booking agents, I reached out to both. I am so pleased I booked with Global Journeys. From my first interaction with Grace everything was effortless. Grace took the time to understand my travelling needs, my family composition read more and was upfront with what was included as well as what to expect. I live in regionally WA and Grace even arranged for our tour information and paperwork to arrive early given it was over the festive season and mail is slow where I live. It arrived in perfect time!
The tour Ultimate South Island of NZ was brilliant. We saw key highlights in all the areas, and had time to explore as well as plenty of optional tours available if we chose. We booked the helicopter flight over the glaciers and had the opportunity to land in and spend time in fresh snow. We also were lucky enough to see Mt Cook, the weather was favourable. The glow worm caves were another highlight, as was the jet boat experience. Our tour guide Dave was knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. He grew up in Dunedin so was well versed in everything the South Island had to offer. The coach was incredibly comfortable and , and the hotels on point, everything was organised and effortless for us. Highly recommend Global Journeys and Grand Pacific, cannot wait to book our next trip!
The tour Ultimate South Island of NZ was brilliant. We saw key highlights in all the areas, and had time to explore as well as plenty of optional tours available if we chose. We booked the helicopter flight over the glaciers and had the opportunity to land in and spend time in fresh snow. We also were lucky enough to see Mt Cook, the weather was favourable. The glow worm caves were another highlight, as was the jet boat experience. Our tour guide Dave was knowledgeable, friendly and accommodating. He grew up in Dunedin so was well versed in everything the South Island had to offer. The coach was incredibly comfortable and , and the hotels on point, everything was organised and effortless for us. Highly recommend Global Journeys and Grand Pacific, cannot wait to book our next trip!
The South Island Ultimate Grand Pacific Tour was wonderful. It was exceptionally well organised, the coach driver/ guide was fantastic and the accommodation and meals were very good.
Ultimate South Island with Grand Pacific Tours 1
Trevor and Ann, QLD, Australia, Apr 2025
Would certainly use Global Journeys (Rachael McSorley) and Grand Pacific again and already thinking of dates to do a tour of the North Island NZ. Our coach driver/tour guide Linda Cruickshank was fantastic with her casual but very interesting commentary each day. The coach itself was extremely comfortable with only twenty passengers on board in luxurious read more seating and even the two ladies that operated our airport transfers were very friendly and professional. Accommodation was first class at every stop along the way, and everyone was very impressed with the quality and choices offered with our included meals. There was also a good mix between the very good, included highlight options and free time. All together I was extremely pleased with both Global Journeys and Grand Pacific, well done.
10-Day Ultimate South Island Tour Far Exceeded Our Expectations 2
Debbie and Skip, VA, United States, Feb 2025
This tour was even better than we had hoped. The coach was spectacular, only one seat on each side and 20 person limit. Our guide was amazing - funny, great commentary, considerate about comfort stops, excellent suggestions and recommendations. The hotels were superb as were the destinations. Great time of year to go. Dinners were amazing in each read more hotel - really excellent. The whole trip blew us away. Sam at Global Journeys was very responsive to all my questions before we departed - thank you!
The itinerary, organisation and execution of the tour were exceptional. The luxury “business class” coach was a revelation and the Coach Captain, Craig, was the most professional I have had. To top it off we had good weather!!! Great value. Photo is the view of Mt Cook at dawn from our hotel room.
Everything about this trip was fabulous. The tour operator (Linda with Grand Pacific), the accommodations, the food, and that amazing luxury coach! All of the locations were breathtaking. We met some wonderful people -- we all got along so well that we are all still in touch. We would love to tour with this company again. (GJ. Fantastic photo Pamela and Craig!)
Hassle Free Luxury Travel in New Zealand 1
Graham & Caroline, SA, Australia, Dec 2022
This was the best coach tour we have done. We only had 18 people out of a maximum of 20 on the tour. The coach is full size, modern with very comfortable seats and plenty of leg room for taller people. The hotels we stayed in were all of a very good standard and all the included dinners were excellent. Our Coach Captain Paul was exceptional and made read more sure every person was looked after and was getting the best experience from the tour. His commentary throughout the tour was superb. This tour is very well organized and ran without any problems. The South Island of New Zealand is quite spectacular, particularly the mountainous West coast. Thanks to Georgie from Global Journeys for booking this tour for us with her usual high standard of service.
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Robyn, NSW, Australia, Sep 2022
Enjoyed the tour. Chris was a great driver/guide. Hotels were very good - a pity, though, the hotel in Queenstown was so far out of town especially when there were several similar hotels in the centre near shops and restaurants. Disappointing that the TranzAlpine train trip wasn’t the whole journey from coast to coast. Favourite places were Te Anau and Dunedin.
This tour was well planned and executed. It included the major highlights/cities/towns incorporating stunning scenery at every turn which made the long coach trips between destinations more enjoyable. The tour activities were generally good with plenty of opportunity to take advantage of other excursions where possible. The Coach Driver, Chris Hannah read more was excellent - professional, interesting, informative and importantly fun. He incorporated plenty of photo ops and comfort stops along the way. He was never late and the coach was pristine at all times. Everything ran to time and everyone on our particular tour was respectful of the start/departure times.
We had a wonderful time, were looked after perfectly from start to finish, and we barely had to lift a finger! Our Coach Captain Dave was always very helpful and an excellent photographer for us. We are going to book the North Island Ultimate tour for April 2019. The bus was so comfortable, we wouldn’t tour any other way now.
Enjoyable holiday 4
Marie & Paul, ACT, Australia, Oct 2016
We had an enjoyable holiday and were well looked after by the driver who was both knowledgeable and helpful. The coach was comfortable and clean, the accommodation was of a high standard as were the meals. We would recommend Grand Pacific small group tours.
Fantastic trip 2
Anne & Nigel, NSW, Australia, Sep 2015
Just wanted to let you know that our trip was fantastic. The Ultimate Coach was great and our driver Linda, even better! All the accommodation was very good and the staff treated us like royalty! The scenery on the South Island was stunning, we were all amazed at how beautiful the countryside was. Thank you for your organisation, everything went smoothly read more with no hiccups. We would like to see the North Island too so we'll be in touch sometime next year.
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