New Zealand

Private Tours

Private Travel, Crafted for You

Your New Zealand Based Private Tour Specialists

New Zealand Private Tours is a boutique, family-operated New Zealand travel agent with a world of experience. We specialise in creating tailored journeys across both New Zealand and Australia, ensuring every detail reflects your interests, pace, and travel style. During your time in these incredible destinations, you’ll enjoy seamless connections, meticulous planning, and carefully curated excursions — all designed to help you soak up the very best without the stress.

At New Zealand Private Tours, we’re proud to look after our guests like esteemed family friends. Based in Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island, we’re available for real-time assistance whenever you need us. No question is too small, and we genuinely love to hear from you.

Enjoy the best New Zealand has to offer

We invite you to bring us your wish list – it could be anything from glaciers to paragliding, wildlife spotting or one of our Great Walks. We’ll make it happen, enhanced by some suggestions of our own that you might not have considered.

We specialise in short-term itineraries between seven to fourteen days. But if you have the added luxury of time, we’re always thrilled to design longer trips. After all, you’re travelling this far already. And high-speed internet across the country means work is only an internet connection away. However, if you want to be completely disconnected from your everyday life, we can organise that too.

We’re looking forward to making your vacation one to remember.

Our Top Six Tours

At New Zealand Private Tours, we offer an extensive selection of private and small-group tours designed to showcase the very best of New Zealand. From breathtaking day trips to Milford Sound, scenic drives through Fiordland National Park, and immersive cultural experiences in Rotorua, to multi-day adventures that span both the North and South Islands, there's something for every type of traveler. Whether you're drawn to New Zealand's natural wonders, world-famous wine regions, or iconic locations like Queenstown, Aoraki / Mount Cook, and the Bay of Islands, our tours are crafted to match your interests and pace.

For inspiration, take a look at six of our most popular tours below. These guest favourites offer just a glimpse of the more than 40 unforgettable New Zealand experiences we provide—each fully customisable to suit your ideal journey.

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Local knowledge. Local experiences.

We’re Wayne and Kathy Hansen, your local travel planners and New Zealand tour guides. We draw on our own vast travel experience to create the sort of vacations we love best – bespoke tours that are memorable for all the right reasons!

Our purpose is to help guests enjoy this spectacular country: its riveting stories, incredible vistas, and the warm and friendly people who call it home.

As your New Zealand travel agent, we invite you to bring us your wish list. It could feature anything from glaciers to paragliding, wildlife spotting or a stay in a chalet on the Southern Alps. We’ll make it all happen, whether you choose to drive yourself or have us as your personal driver and guide. Whatever your choices, we’ll expertly arrange your itinerary, take care of all necessary bookings and even suggest some other amazing experiences that you might not have even known possible.

We’re looking forward to making your New Zealand vacation one to truly remember.