Mt. Cook Tours from Christchurch
Written by Viator, December 2010
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Reply by Viator, March 2009
Doing what: Explore Mount Cook from Christchurch
A wonderful day out. Stunning scenery and a great guide/driver.
Reply by Viator, February 2009
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
Too much bus travel, point to point travel could have been better organized to reduce time riding in buses. Need to provide ability to request accommodation upgrades. Need to be better informed, didn't know we had to make arrangements for lunch on the Milford Sound cruise. After arriving in Franz Josef were not aware that we needed to schedule a visit to the glacier, so missed this opportunity during our stay there. The TranzAlpine train was more than an hour late, travel was quite slow, and didn't see much more of the countryside than we would have seen from a bus. All of this aside, New Zealand's South Island is quite beautiful.
Reply by Viator, January 2009
Doing what: Christchurch to Queenstown via Mount Cook One-Way Tour
Perfect guide-driver, lovely scenery. The trip gave a good overview of this part of the beautiful country. The only pity was the fog and rain at Mount Cook - the mountain could not be seen.
Reply by Viator, January 2009
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
My main disappointment with the trip was that although it was promoted as a four day tour, it was actually four separate day trips, which meant that we had a different driver and passengers each day. We didn't arrive at Franz Josef glacier until 4.30pm and left the next morning at 9.00am. This did not allow us to do a tour of the glacier. I was also disappointed with the time wasted collecting and dropping off people at the different motels. On previous bus trips we have been on, we have all stayed at the same place thereby avoiding these delays.
Reply by Viator, December 2008
Doing what: Explore Mount Cook from Christchurch
A very nice trip! But a little bit uncomfortable when the tour guide was trying to persuade us to take the flight.
Reply by Viator, November 2008
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
This was a great trip - all the sites were very beautiful. I thought, though, that there was too much shuffling around of people, and too many different companies and connections that Viator scheduled me with - it made things confusing.
Reply by Viator, November 2008
Doing what: Explore Mount Cook from Christchurch
Tour guide was very good, knowledgeable and articulate, but trip took too many hours and Mount Cook was not visible. Movie and planetarium at Mount Cook should have been substituted at no extra cost.
Reply by Viator, September 2008
Doing what: Christchurch to Queenstown via Mount Cook One-Way Tour
Great scenery, excellent drivers with interesting commentary.
Reply by Viator, September 2008
Doing what: Christchurch to Queenstown via Mount Cook One-Way Tour
Cloudy day, not your fault! Our driver was fantastic.
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: Explore Mount Cook from Christchurch
This was a great trip, even though we didn't get to see the Mountain because of the rain clouds.
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
The tour went according to plan. It would have been helpful to have had a more detailed itinerary before the tour began. Apart from that excellent.
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: Explore Mount Cook from Christchurch
This was a lovely trip even though the weather didn't allow for a view of Mount Cook. The scenery en route is spectacular. The only drawback was the cramped space in the minibus for such a long trip.
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
Great tour. I was shocked, however, that the Franz Josef glacier day did not actually take you to see the glacier, and we had to pay for an extra bus. Every other bus company seemed to stop at the glacier.
Reply by Viator, November 2007
Doing what: 4-Day Great Southern Island Circle Tour from Christchurch
Lots of travelling to see Milford sound and probably better if they have more rain than we had, but still very lovely and peaceful. Can do helicopter flight over glacier and land which was amazing. Probably best to do that with the trip back from Milford Sound as it's 5 hours each way.
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