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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...
New Zealand Biking & Walking Tour
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...
Our first trip with vbt was a success!
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...
New Zealand south island
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...
Disappointed
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 ...
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It's a Hiking Trip!
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...
Beautiful scenery
VBT needs to do a little work on this tour. Cycling was a stunning disappointment.
New Zealand South Island tour
This is the second trip to New Zealand I've booked with VBT and I must say the first was outstanding, while this trip was so so. Not much freedom was offered to get ...
New Zealand's adventure - a Rousing Success
Unexpected wildlife and plant growth, and land features constantly, with breathtaking beauty, and with an air of untouched freshness. Oh, and the cycling was excitin...
March 2023 NZ South Island
The 3 local guides were superb, their knowledge of the area, the e...
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More than a ride
NZ was a spectacular trip with a variety of gravel trails through mountain rain forests and country fields with the southern alps in the background. There were beach...
Exotic, exciting, diverse and educational
The weather at the end of January was in the 70's. We had 3 guides in 2 vans for 20 people. We did a lot of bicycling, hiking, and sight seeing, all with knowledgeab...
South Island
Great trip. Lots of time in the rain forest and along the coast. Very good exposure to the culture of the South Island. Guides were excellent. Post trip, there’s lot...
Great South Island Trip
Our guides were incredibly friendly, personable, capable and knowledgeable. The trip was a nice combination of riding and other things. The bikes were good, the plac...
South Island
Great trip. Lots of time in the rain forest and along the coast. Very good exposure to the culture of the South Island. Guides were excellent. Post trip, there’s lot...
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Active Vacation in NZ
Our New Zealand trip was amazing. Superb national guides! Well organized from start to finish. Would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to have the chance to expe...
We LOVE the New Zealand South Island Bike/Hike Tri
Absolutely fabulous trip! The accommodations were terrific, the...
Stunning scenery with fun(!) rides
New Zealand's South Island is spectacular. This tour gets more beautiful every day. I've never ridden gravel or boardwalks until this trip. I was missing out. The ri...
New Zealand: The trip of as Lifetime!
Great trip with awesome guides. We saw much of the South Island from the east coast to the west coast. The riding was mostly on gravel trails and was challenging at ...
Happy Trails
We had a great adventure on our cycling and hiking trip on the South Island of New Zealand. Riding mostly on trails away from traffic made the trip interesting and s...
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