Northern Spotlight Reviews

Was very enjoyable, tours director and driver were excellent. Hotels were good and enjoyed my trip immensely. My fellow companions were good company and the coach was not full which gave room to move around. The inclusions were good and options were diverse although I did not take them.

A most enjoyable and relaxing holiday thank you, aided by a good group, fine weather, the guide (Mel) and the driver (Mark). Although we had previously visited the North Island on our own, the tour itinerary enabled us to visit and learn about areas not seen earlier. We would certainly advise a tour such as yours in preference to solo travel.

Very good tour with great accommodation visiting lots of very scenic locations made more enjoyable by an excellent group of travelling companions. Thanks Kirby for a well organised and enjoyable tour.

When I am on a tour I don't like free days. I would rather something was organized.

The tour was very well organised and extremely good value for money. The accommodation was excellent and varied from the wonderful Art Hotel in Wellington to the farm stay accommodation in Cambridge. Like any such tour, with so much ground to cover, one would have preferred more time to explore and less time sitting on the bus. We did not have a tour ...read more director but the bus driver did a very good job and his driving skills were exemplary. If you are providing feedback to AAT Kings one suggestion would be for them to provide information on recommended places to eat on the nights that dinner was not provided as part of the itinerary. I would also give AAT Kings and the driver a gold star for the way they handled an elderly gent on the tour who kept getting lost - they even drove him in the bus direct to the airport to ensure that he did not get lost there and miss his plane.

I booked this trip on behalf of my father John Crabtree who was 83. Georgie was excellent in organising this trip for us, nothing too much trouble. My father had a marvellous time on this trip from the first night in Auckland to the finish in Wellington, The tour director Marty was great and made it a very pleasant trip. My father particularly enjoyed ...read more the Bay of Islands and the Maori Village in Rotorua. As this was a small group of 16 everyone got to know one another and my father was always well looked after. Thanks again.