Grand Pacific Tour Reviews
The 266 Grand Pacific Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Grand Pacific. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
The 266 Grand Pacific Tour reviews listed below are from past clients of Global Journeys that have travelled with Grand Pacific. Each review has been individually verified by our team.
We thoroughly enjoyed our 16-day trip to New Zealand with Grand Pacific. The organisation was excellent, the hotels were excellent and so was the food! The coaches were comfortable and the drivers took every opportunity to tell us about the sights and local history. They were good-humoured and made sure we knew what was happening each day and sorted read more out any queries. The trip included many extras and took us to places we may not have explored had we been on our own. Highly recommended.
Wonderful trip around the rugged scenery and history of the South Island 6
Signature South Island
Maureen & Tony, VIC, Australia, Apr 2017
We felt that the trip covered everything which we wanted to see in the South Island. It was a well organised tour and the Tour guide was amazing. As well as being very knowledgeable and interesting he told us lots of personal stories which were very enjoyable. Our trip was near the end of the Season which meant that the places and the accommodation read more were not too crowded and this was a bonus. We had excellent weather which was great as we spent alot of time outdoors sight seeing when not on the coach. The coach was clean and comfortable and all the accommodation was of a good standard.
The food was also very good with buffet style menus in some of the hotels and happy hour drinks were essential although a little extension of the time would have been useful. We found that our group were all very friendly and everyone mixed well. Of the optional activities we went to Olveston House and Skippers Canyon both of which were excellent. We did book our trip online with Global Journeys and on the whole it was very good, our only complaint was with the flights. The outgoing flight was with Air New Zealand and it was great we had breakfast and a movie whereas the flight back to Melbourne was with Virgin and was cramped, crowded and we had no food which was a very disappointing way to finish our holiday. (GJ: We agree Maureen & Tony that Virgin definitely have work to do on their Tran-Tasman flights. We will relay this information back to Grand Pacific who are responsible for flight bookings that accompany their tours.)
The food was also very good with buffet style menus in some of the hotels and happy hour drinks were essential although a little extension of the time would have been useful. We found that our group were all very friendly and everyone mixed well. Of the optional activities we went to Olveston House and Skippers Canyon both of which were excellent. We did book our trip online with Global Journeys and on the whole it was very good, our only complaint was with the flights. The outgoing flight was with Air New Zealand and it was great we had breakfast and a movie whereas the flight back to Melbourne was with Virgin and was cramped, crowded and we had no food which was a very disappointing way to finish our holiday. (GJ: We agree Maureen & Tony that Virgin definitely have work to do on their Tran-Tasman flights. We will relay this information back to Grand Pacific who are responsible for flight bookings that accompany their tours.)
What a wonderful trip so far! We are really enjoying this tour from South to North islands with Grand Pacific. Well organised and worth of money. Thank you Ritcky and Chris, drivers and director for this beautiful journey! Thanks Hannah of Global Journey. Without you we would not make this dream come true.
The trip was memorable and well organised. Our tour guide also coach driver was incredible. His sense of humour and excellent knowledge and experience provided us a wonderful trip. April and May was a good time to visit, with nothing else besides the blues of the lakes and golden autumn leafs in beautiful Queenstown. People on the trip - very lovely read more and friendly, easy to get along with. Must say I really enjoyed the trip, loved NZ and would come back for another visit. Thank you to Global Journeys and Grand Pacific!
This is the first time touring with Grand Pacific and it was the best coach touring experience we have had. The whole tour went like clockwork, which I am sure was largely due to the excellent management and organization of the coach driver and tour guide. The scenery was stunning and the Optionals we chose were of good value. What we found to be good read more was the daily variety of visits and activities.. The hotels were all excellent as was the food. Thanks again to Yvonne whose organization at the Global Journeys was again extremely efficient.
Thank you Grand Pacific for a very well organised tour of the South Island of New Zealand. My 89 year old mother and I had a wonderful, stress-free holiday. The accommodation and meals were good quality, although the Twizel accommodation needs updating of the rooms. Autumn turned out to be the best time to travel as the weather was stable and the read more leaves were turning. Our tour guide, Nick, and tour driver, Alex, did an amazing job of looking after us. In particular, Alex was a very safe driver! We appreciated hearing about the Maori culture, as well as the history and geography of the stunning scenery we passed through. Both Nick and Alex were knowledgeable and enthusiastic about their country and heritage. I have no hesitation in recommending Grand Pacific - in fact, we loved it so much, we are thinking of doing the North Island some time in the future. Thank you Madeline at Global Journeys for answering all our questions promptly and courteously. All in all, a holiday to remember!
Scenic worry free coach tour 8
Signature South Island
John & Jennifer Banks, QLD, Australia, Apr 2017
Overall is was a great trip and a wonderful experience. We would like to have seen a little more content and we would like to have had some different dinners other than the hotel buffets. The buffets were nice but became tiresome. Some specialty restaurants offering local foods for the areas would have been better. Grand Pacific is a good operator. read more We were well looked after all the way. Mostly the hotels were very good but the one at Teizel did not meet expectations. An extra day in the tour (if it were possible) may have relaxed the pace just enough.
16 Day Affordable Highlights Tour 7
Signature Highlights
Margaret Howard & Mary Payten, QLD, Australia, Apr 2017
Global Journeys made the online booking/payment step by step process very easy and I will definitely be booking travel with them again. We could not fault Grand Pacific. The travel pack they sent was very useful. Drivers/hosts on both Islands were very informative, very approachable and lots of fun. The quality of the accommodation and food was on the read more whole of a high standard. We liked that our luggage was delivered to and picked up from our rooms at each hotel. Our fellow travellers were great. Everyone mixed and got on very well and there were lots of laughs. It was a full on tour, packed with interesting places and sights. We enjoyed all aspects of trip but the highlights for us were Milford Sound and the Bay of Islands (including Russell) - just beautiful. Loved the sights of Rotorua and the included Hangi and Maori Concert in the evening was wonderful. TSS Earnshaw cruise and dinner was very nice but... a standard glass of wine costs $14.50!! I would thoroughly recommend Grand Pacific for those thinking of touring New Zealand.
Picturesque South Island NZ Adventure 6
Signature South Island
Pamela Tumale & Joel Howley, VIC, Australia, Apr 2017
Would highly recommend touring with Grand Pacific and booking through Global Journeys. Everything was hassle free from the get-go. My partner and I were able to monitor the progress of our booking and received our travel packs straight away. We had a friendly and knowledgeable Tour Director on-board to ensure a smooth and enjoyable tour for the entire read more group. The recommended activities and places we visited were all superb. It's hard to pick a favourite but honourable mentions to the boat cruise on magical Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown and Milford South (Fiordland) plus the tour of Skippers Canyon.
Accommodation was great, The coach was comfortable and always clean the coach driver was very informative, safe and caring. I will definitely book with Global Journeys again for my next holiday and I recommend grand pacific.
May be take a neck rest pillow for travelling on the coach to get some rest. The food was very appetising - watch out if you read more are on a diet as it is very easy to put on weight.
May be take a neck rest pillow for travelling on the coach to get some rest. The food was very appetising - watch out if you read more are on a diet as it is very easy to put on weight.
From start to finish this tour was well organised and of a high quality. Despite personal diifficulties, our tour leader remained professional and helpful. A great tour in a wonderful country.
Thank You Yvonne for the excellent service in organizing our tour. The prompt response and attention was very much appreciated particularly being on the other side of the country in WA. The tour was exceptional, Grand Pacific tours are obviously very well organised and the tour itself was very comprehensive and the coach drivers very knowledgeable.
16 day NZ Both Islands 6
Signature South Island Solo Travellers
Alistair Sank , QLD, Australia, Mar 2017
Both Grand Pacific and Global Journeys were good! Our group was an average age of 67 and got on well. I pal'd up with a man my age and we got on well with others. I really enjoyed both islands particularly the South Island.
100% happy with every aspect 5
Signature Rail, Cruise and Coach
Lynne & Robert, WA, Australia, Mar 2017
Right from the minute we contacted Global Journeys we were most impressed with the service and lightning fast responses to any queries. Everything was handled in a professional & efficient manner. Nothing too much trouble. Thank you to the staff at Global Journeys you have been the best. Any future holidays away from home will be booked with you. Grand read more Pacific were faultless, and would definitely use them again should they be running tours for where we may go.
Overall a good trip. Good flights with Air NZ. 3
Signature Highlights
Patricia & Trevor Stedman and Susan & Michael Hagar, NSW, Australia, Mar 2017
Be prepared for lots of early mornings. We had a good mix of people. Our coach driver on South Island said we were the best group ever. We would definitely book again with Global Journeys. Very professional nothing to much trouble.
Great trip enjoyed by all. 6
Signature Rail, Cruise and Coach
Robert & Carmen, VIC, Australia, Mar 2017
Booking through Global Journeys was the best. We got our tour $400 cheaper than our local travel agent for the same tour. Hannah was looking after us and everything went smoothly & according to plan which started our holiday off nicely. We would recommend them to all our family & friends. I would have rated our holiday as excellent if it wasn't for read more the 2 train trips we missed out because of the earthquake in November & the bush fires in February. We only had 29 passengers on our tour which was great as we were able to move around on the coach. Our tour guide Megan on the North Island was great. Very knowledgeable, but Murray on the South Island was hopeless. If I had to do the trip again I would make sure we don't have him again. Accommodation was great for most of the stays & the food as well. We felt there could have been a couple more excursions included in the tour instead of being offered as optional, especially because we missed out on the 2 train rides. (for which we got a credit). One must be aware that most mornings were 6am wake up calls. Something we were not aware of so it was a shock to the system. All & all it was a great fun tour. Highly recommend it.
We travelled in March 2017 and we were very pleased with the weather. The 19 day coach tour is very well organised with a good variety of excursions. Grand Pacific are top operators and we would recommend them to anyone considering a New Zealand trip.
14 day Coach tour through South and North Island of NZ 12
Signature Panorama
Michael & Vicki Dal... , VIC, Australia, Mar 2017
The booking process through Global Journeys was smooth/easy and problem free. The accommodation was very good to excellent for all places. My only gripe: the bathrooms in some places should provide more hooks or towel rails to hang towels etc. (Also at one place the toilet seat would not stay up which made it awkward for me (male). The staff were friendly read more and knowledgeable, the coaches were clean and comfortable. There was a good bunch of people in the group (mostly elderly, all friendly) and as time went on we got to know each other well and had interesting conversations.
As for New Zealand, it is an amazing place and it impressed everyone of us. It's natural beauty is abundant both on the South and North Islands. We saw many mountains which still had snow, amazing fiords, many lakes and rivers with crystal clear water, large agricultural enterprises and a number of historic towns and cities. I think the places covered by the tour were all of interest and we covered a lot of things in the time available. I'd love to go back with kayaks or canoes and spend weeks to travel some of those rivers/lakes. We were impressed at how clean the towns/cities and country side were kept (no rubbish, no graffiti) which is a real complement to New Zealanders and tourists alike. I think NZ can be an example to many other countries (including Australia) in this respect.
Even the weather played its part and we had perfect sunny days with max temps in the low 20's on all days except one (when in Wellington it rained much of the day). All in all, our coach tour of NZ left us with many happy memories and I can highly recommend it to any other traveler. Just prey for some good weather (similar to what we had) in order to get the most out of it.
As for New Zealand, it is an amazing place and it impressed everyone of us. It's natural beauty is abundant both on the South and North Islands. We saw many mountains which still had snow, amazing fiords, many lakes and rivers with crystal clear water, large agricultural enterprises and a number of historic towns and cities. I think the places covered by the tour were all of interest and we covered a lot of things in the time available. I'd love to go back with kayaks or canoes and spend weeks to travel some of those rivers/lakes. We were impressed at how clean the towns/cities and country side were kept (no rubbish, no graffiti) which is a real complement to New Zealanders and tourists alike. I think NZ can be an example to many other countries (including Australia) in this respect.
Even the weather played its part and we had perfect sunny days with max temps in the low 20's on all days except one (when in Wellington it rained much of the day). All in all, our coach tour of NZ left us with many happy memories and I can highly recommend it to any other traveler. Just prey for some good weather (similar to what we had) in order to get the most out of it.
The time of the year was good and we had perfect weather hence really enjoyed the magnificent scenery. Our driver was excellent and the travellers were of approximately the same age which was good. We will definitely go back to New Zealand next time to the north as we did not experience any Maori culture. I have attached the view from our Resort read more in Queenstown which was a wonderful surprise indeed.
Worry free tour, well looked after from start to finish, fabulous trip. 5
Signature Rail, Cruise and Coach
Alan Harwood, WA, Australia, Feb 2017
We had a fabulous trip from start to finish. Global Journeys handled our booking very well and kept us informed and up to date with its progress at all stages. Grand Pacific run a very professional operation and make it quite clear right from the start that we are the most important clients they have ever had and this should be the trip of a life time read more for us. Our tour guide was great, full of local knowledge and interesting facts and our group getting the most from our tour was always foremost in his mind. The coaches and drivers were first class. Having never been to New Zealand before we were amazed by its diverse beauty. The over night stay on Milford sound aboard the Milford Mariner was the highlight for us. We also loved exploring the Maori culture.
