Culinary & Wine Tasting Tour & Trip Reviews

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...

Mark, Wayne and Tereza did a wonderful job of providing options for members of the tour group, with some riding longer on beautiful added rides and others able to ta...

Great guides, lot's of interesting diversions, challenging off road rides, lot's of fun!

A unique way to discover the different geographical features of the South Island is the Vbt bike and walk tour . From city life to rainforests and glaciers,the expie...

Fantastic trip! Stunning and pristine scenery, and fun combination of activities (biking, hiking, kayaking). As usual, the guides were warm, knowledgeable, energetic...

We booked this trip a year ago and were marveled by the scenery, the people, rain...

We very much enjoyed the diversity of activities that VBT offered, the beautiful South Island and our wonderful guides. We have previously traveled to NZ but this VB...

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...

Love the rugged country, 1st Class accomidations and lodges, friendly f...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...