Retirement trip to New Zealand
New Zealand
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Feb 1 - Feb 18, 2026
Kathrin did a great job for us! We really enjoyed our trip.
A few activities needed to be rescheduled because of weather, but the rescheduling process went very smoothly for the most part. One minor glitch was that the folks with the Milford Sound tour were trying to reach us because of a weather cancellation, but they did not have contact information for us so we did not find out about the cancellation until we went to check in for the activity. It would have been helpful to know about the cancellation earlier in the day so we could have make some other plans for that day.
A few of our favorite activities were Skydiving in Queenstown, the Fly/Cruise/Fly trip to Milford Sound, and the Glowworm evening activity in Rotorua.
Hotel Reviews
Great location, good breakfast, friendly, helpful staff
This hotel served our needs quite well. The breakfast buffet at the Hermitage was wonderful.
The company that I retired from gave us the gift of a 4 night stay in one of the top floor suites. It was amazing, but I believe all of the rooms at this property were probably very nice as well.
Great location in Christchurch for walking to downtown and the Botanical Gardens.
This property served our needs well, although it might have been nice to stay a little closer to the waterfront area withing walking distance of some restaurants.
Activity Reviews
The airplane ride through the glaciated mountains was incredible,
Very professional operation, which is definitely what you want when planning to jump out of an airplane!
We enjoyed this experience, but there is no narration as you travel through the city so its a little unclear what you are seeing sometimes. It would be nice if someone was onboard that could say a few words about what you are seeing as you travel on the tram,
This was a very pleasant surprise. We really enjoyed this activity. Small group, and very interesting information shared along the way,
