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Trip reviews of ACTIVE NZ

Average: 4.45 Average consumer review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND is 4.45 stars
(6,396 trip reviews since 2004)
Awesome, the trip of a lifetime!
 (3,409)
Good, really enjoyed it
 (2,539)
OK, a few improvements needed
 (356)
Disappointing
 (91)
Awful
 (1)

Latest trip review on May 15 '12
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"To anyone who comes to do an ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND trip with an open mind, I'll say this; if you don't leave New Zealand rejuvenated and able to appreciate the joys in life again, I will personally hike to Welcome Flat Hut in my underwear in the middle of winter. "

Allison Green (Cambridge, United Kingdom) July 2003 Winter Rimu
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"Dan and Elle were fantastic. They were accommodating considering we had a lot of challenges with continuous rain for days. They tried so hard to keep us all happy and they worked non-stop. When do they sleep!?!"
Liz Scott (Denver, Colorado, United States) December 2010 Tui

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Rimu Nov 2011
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Reviews of the Kea family trip
from our post-trip surveys!

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Andrew Fairfax, ACTIVE CEO, comments:
Many people like to see what other people who've taken our trips thought. We publish the full range of surveys. You trust us with your precious time, and we take that trust seriously. We are kinda a wee bit nuts about integrity, actually. As you can see, most of our clients love their trips. We have a very few less than happy clients, and we always do our best to learn from that. We do our best, but like everyone, we sometimes make mistakes. Just not often. Adventure travel is not for everyone. Just most people :) ”

Overall review ratings for the Kea family trip

Awesome, the trip of a lifetime! Percentage of 5 star reviews of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND
 (97)
Average Review
4.58
Average consumer review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND is 4.58 stars
(149 reviews since we started doing post-trip surveys in 2004)
Good, really enjoyed it Percentage of 4 star reviews of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND
 (42)
OK, a few improvements needed Percentage of 3 star reviews of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND
 (9)
Disappointing Percentage of 2 star reviews of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND
 (1)
Awful Percentage of 1 star reviews of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND
 (0)

Reviews from the last 12 months are listed below for you to read and see what people thought of their ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND Kea family trip.

5 star reviews of the Kea family trip

‘Awesome, the trip of a lifetime!’

Andrew says: ‘Every one of our staff does their very best to ensure you will have 'the trip of a lifetime'. As you can see we are often successful. Yay!

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5 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   christmas in new zealand   Jan 11 2011

Review by Brian Mcintee (Carlsbad, California, United States) for Kea Family Dec 21 2010
We had a tremendous trip with some unexpected highlights. The guides were excellent, very good with kids, and making everyone feel at home. My girls and I thought the "outdoor/hiking" activities were just right and we welcomed the warm beds at the end of a day. But we also completely enjoyed the activities we assumed would be boring -- the reserve, the Bushman Center, the homestead and of course the sheep farm. Very interesting places.

5 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   Our holiday   Jan 9 2011

Review by Jack King (Ecchinswell, Berks, United Kingdom) for Kea Family Dec 14 2010
We tried new things and had lots of fun with Lofty. Everyday was good. Even Christmas day was fun with the secret Santa. I would like to go and work in New Zealand

5 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   It was very well organised and we felt in safe hands   Jan 7 2011

Review by Melanie King (Ecchinswell, Berks, United Kingdom) for Kea Family Dec 14 2010
From the moment we met Lofty I knew we were going to have fun! The boys 16, 14 and 10 instantly connected with him and we were excited. I felt that everyday seemed more memorable than the last. We jetboated, kayaked, biked, rafted, river boarded and hiked to some mind blowing beautiful places - at all times under the guidance of the legend that is Lofty. We laughed at lot and enjoyed a true 'holiday of a lifetime'.

5 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   Lofty is a great leader   Jan 6 2011

Review by Harry King (Ecchinswell, Berks, United Kingdom) for Kea Family Dec 14 2010
I am 10 years old - Lofty took me mountain biking down Skippers Canyon and it was the most exciting and dangerous ride I have ever done. He taught us card games when we were stuck in the hut in the floods and helped us across the rivers to get free. He also got Jean across the rivers - he was a hero.

5 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   Lofty's King's (Kea) Trip.   Jan 5 2011

Review by David King (Ecchinswell, Berks, United Kingdom) for Kea Family Dec 14 2010
What a fantastic 12 days of non-stop action, adventure, sightseeing in NZ's amazing countryside. Even the weather couldn't stop the excitement of adventure. There was something for every member of our family to excel in, from river boarding, down hill cycling, canoeing, even wading the flooded stream in front of the bus, all these things were new to us.

4 star reviews of the Kea family trip

‘Good, really enjoyed it’

Andrew says: ‘We're pretty pleased that the vast majority of our people rate their trips at this level or better. Doesn't stop us trying hard to do better of course!

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4 star review of ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND   Service from NZ was excellent.   Sep 8 2010

Review by Amy Baker (Saddle River, New Jersey, United States) for Kea Family Aug 10 2010
Lauren was excellent in all ways. She was great with the whole family and taught everyone a ton about NZ! We were very lucky since we were the only family on the trip. Overall impression was extremely knowledgeable.

3 star reviews of the Kea family trip

‘OK, a few improvements needed’

Andrew says: ‘'OK' - means that, despite our best efforts, we didn't do well enough. Lots of reasons for this. Sometimes we did something wrong, sometimes there's the perception that we did something wrong. Either way, we do our best to learn and improve

There are no recent ‘OK, a few improvements needed’ reviews.

2 star reviews of the Kea family trip

‘Disappointing’

Andrew says: ‘We NEVER want to send our people home rating their trip at 2 out of 5. Fortunately, we hardly ever do.

There are no recent ‘Disappointing’ reviews.

1 star reviews of the Kea family trip

‘Awful’

Andrew says: ‘To have people this unimpressed means something has gone seriously wrong in someone's opinion. We've only had one review this poor in 16 years - it was actually the person's third trip with us, and at the same time they rated the Manuka trip they'd done with us just the week before as Awesome! So, just a one-off hopefully!

There are no recent ‘Awful’ reviews.