Tour de 10 días de Auckland a Wellington Hihi Adventure

Romeoo was our bus driver and he made the whole experience so much fun, telling stories of town origins, Maori legends, and fun facts about New Zealand as we traveled across it. Stray was a great choice! Especially the activities at Blue duck station and lake aniwhenua!

I did the north island with Stray and loved it. Rollex was my driver and went out of his way to make sure everyone had a great time. Also loved the Stray exclusive stops :-) Would definitely recommend. 

We went on North Island trip with Stray. We could not compliment and praise our driver/tour guide/ time keeper/host Seagull enough he made the whole trip a wonderfull, well paced experience. We felt most welcome in the group for the first 3 days of 14 people, the next 7 days 20 people. Well done Seagull, well done Stray

I've never been a big fan of backpacking. I dredd the thought of living in hostels and out of a backpack. BUT; my travel with Stray Journeys has changed everything. What laced in luxury and comfort was compensated with adventures and fun. From the first day we had long and adventures days. From early morning to far into the afternoon. I really can't pick out one favorite day.

Great value for money! They are true to their “off the beaten track” slogan. We had amazing experiences, good commentary by our drivers and saw places we wouldn’t have found on our own. The drivers were very considerate of passengers needs and took good care of us. We always felt safe. New Zealand does not disappoint!

I have two perspectives on this trip. The trip itself and itinerary were good that enable me to cover all major touristy attractions on the North Island with many optional activities. Our tour guide Daniel, AKA “Snow Flake” is a very knowledgeable and interpersonal guide. He took care of every member, our group was very lucky to have him as our guide. Thought, the itinerary could use some improvement, some lodging arrangement could be better, for example, a shower facility with windows intact, so the guests don’t freeze to death while trying take a shower. On the flip side, booking the trip via Viator, that was probably the worst experience that I’ve ever encountered around the world. I booked the trip over the internet for the departure date indicated on the website. Email from the Agency notified me, the departure date was not available, and suggested another date. I went back on the Viator site tried to re-book the trip for the departure date provided by the agency. However, Viator’s website does not have this type of functionality programmed into their site. Therefore, I had to call the Viator representative to book the tour for the date provided by the agency, that call took well over half hour. Then, two days prior to my tour, the local tour operator notified me that the departure date was incorrect, the correct departure date is the first booking departure date that was rejected by the agency. Now, on top of that half hour took over the phone, I had to spend the next four days to resolve this issue so I would not loose my valuable holidays stationed at one location without any agenda. Agency finally came to a solution and resolve this problem, nevertheless, it was a very stressful, and nerve wreaking. To add salt to the injury, I incurred hundreds of dollar expenses in order to change my follow-on flights and hotels that were pre-arranged when my second booking was confirmed by the agency. In conclusion, I hope that was an isolated event, for sure I would think twice to book a tour via Viator.