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Gobsmacked!
This was our 16th VBT tour, it might very well be the best. Wonderful guides; wonderful scenery; wonderful experiences; wonderful country. The one downside was the g...
South Island Immersion
This trip revealed scenery unmatched anywhere in the world. We went from tropical rain forests to glaciers to the ocean. The bike trails were great and the accommoda...
Best VBT Trip from start to finish!
Love the rugged country, 1st Class accomidations and lodges, friendly f...
Breathtaking landscapes and marvelous hikes
We booked this trip a year ago and were marveled by the scenery, the people, rain...
Exciting & fun!
Great guides, lot's of interesting diversions, challenging off road rides, lot's of fun!
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Beautiful New Zealand
Highly recommend this trip! The geography of New Zealand is quite diverse, and you’ll see a lot of it on the South Island. I enjoyed the mix of activities - hiking, ...
Glad I Went
Great way to see New Zealand for the first time. Food, hotels and non bike related excursions were great. Biking was at times somewhat challenging if your not used t...
New Zealand doesn’t disappoint!!!!
VBT never disappoints. Biking trails were challenging but can be done on e-bikes for novices. The addition of hiking and kayaking if you wanted, made this New Zealan...
Fantastic South Island Adventure
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
What a trip! From the professional, knowledgeable and fun guides, to the beautiful country seen from a variety of bike and hiking trails and interesting special even...
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40th Wedding Anniversary Trip
Angela and I are celebrating our 40th. We did the November 2019 trip along with the Auckland pre-trip and the Queensland post-trip. Both cities are pretty, the museu...
NZ GREAT Adventure
Exciting trip. NZ a gorgeous country, went above and beyond making it WONDERFUL
Loved this adventure!
Fantastic trip! Stunning and pristine scenery, and fun combination of activities (biking, hiking, kayaking). As usual, the guides were warm, knowledgeable, energetic...
Sheer delight
Biking through temperate rain forest along the Wilderness Trail was sheer delight. Loved all the hikes too. Well planned itinerary, lovely lodging, delicious food an...
Could not have been more fun!!
Incredible trip!! Loved the guides!! It was all planned out. Perfect actually
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A "once in a lifetime".....look no further!
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...
Amazing scenery & great guides!
New Zealand was a "bucket list" vacation for us. VBT and it's wonderful guides showed us the highlites of the western & central regions of the South Island up cl...
Worth the journey
We had a great time. It was challenging and fabulous.
New Zealand South Island Tour
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...
Expect to be Amazed
There are no words to describe how beautiful, how perf...
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