Testimonials

I could not mention all the highlights because there were so many. It really was a fantastic trip. We did not have any of those “I wish we’d made time to do that instead” moments, which is real testament to your expert local knowledge and your understanding of what we wanted to do. THANK YOU!!!

We had a great trip to New Zealand. Everything had been very well organised so we had a trouble-free experience, giving us the chance to visit some great places with a mixture of cities and beautiful scenery.

Silver Fern Holidays arranged excellent accommodation for us, with a good mixture of hotels, B&Bs and a farm stay.

There were many highlights but some stand out: a walk through the rainforest in Abel Tasman National Park, with stunning views of the sea; a night on a boat on Doubtful Sound, and watching the sunrise over Mount Cook reflected in the still waters of Lake Matheson at Fox Glacier.

Silver Fern Holidays gave us excellent guidance and advice and we have no hesitation in recommending them to others planning a visit to New Zealand.

We travelled as a group of eight, all with different agendas and timescales – it was marvellous how you put it all together.  The two track walks on  Abel Tasman and the Milford Track were outstanding. And, of course, it was a particular highlight for me to meet up with our son. Thanks for all the organisation.

We travelled with Silver Fern on one of their Small Group Journeys tours.

Very much enjoyed the superb Gallipoli exhibition at Te Papa Museum, Wellington.

Our train journey from Auckland to the Capital City, Wellington was brilliant and we loved the jet boat trip on our day out to Arthur’s Pass and the caves at Charleston.

A wonderful holiday!

 

Travelled on a Silver Fern Small Group Journey



The Million Dollar cruise on Lake Wakatipu was absolutely brilliant – the guide was very knowledgeable and we would highly recommend this trip.

Our meal on the Mission Estate was one of the best meals of the holiday and the gardens at Hamilton were a real surprise.

But the main highlight has to have been the Milford Mariner overnight cruise – not the best of weather, we couldn’t get out on the kayaks – but a wonderful experience.

 

 

 

 

I had been to a presentation and met Laura. She came across as very knowledgable and confident and she inspired me to seriously consider booking a once in a lifetime holiday.

The attention to detail given by Laura Ling was second to none I would have no hesitation in booking another holiday through Laura.

I cannot wait until I am able to return to NZ. Well, that was indeed the holiday of a lifetime… but we want a re run! There is still so much we want to see and do.

Many thanks for all your efforts, it all went swimmingly.

Friends recommended Silver Fern to us, and we, in turn, would not hesitate in recommending Silver Fern to anyone who wants a tailor-made, hassle free dream of an experience in New Zealand and Singapore.

John's knowledge of New Zealand is incredible and his recommendations about bases, accommodation, excursions and fun activities were all spot-on for us - and for our budget.

We covered both islands, taking in 10 areas, and the well-planned, detailed itinerary, which included driving times, accurate directions and precise arrangements for car hire, internal flights and transfers, ran like clockwork.  Nothing was too much trouble for Silver Fern - even when circumstances dictated that we had to cancel everything and rebook it all later.

We have fantastic 60th birthday trip memories of our stay in New Zealand and Singapore.  Every bit of it was special!

Thank you, Silver Fern!  We will be back soon, asking you to organise another trip for us!

We are seasoned world travellers who generally travel independently and make all our own arrangements. However as we had an extended trip of the Far East culminating in a road trip round New Zealand we were delighted to be recommended to Silver Fern.

Both Barbara and John spent a considerable time with us finding out what we wanted to do and then imparting their considerable local knowledge to put a wonderful itinerary together for us.

The accommodation they recommended was exactly as we had requested according to the budget we have given them, driving distances were well planned and we were even met at the airport and given a detailed itinerary and plenty of local information about getting around New Zealand.

Suggestions were also made for places to visit that we would otherwise not have considered. Just before we were due to leave we had to change our travel dates and Barbara seamlessly rearranged the accommodation where required. We cannot recommend them highly enough.

Thank you John and Barbara.

The trip was very enjoyable - just what we hoped it would be. Thank you for organising everything for us.

 

We thought we’d email you to express our thanks to you for organising the holiday, it went like a dream.  Right from being met at Christchurch airport by your representative and being handed the book of vouchers and road atlas (which was priceless).  Every voucher worked without a hitch (amazing).

The Milford track, Abel Tasman, Muller hut at Mount Cooke, Tongariro crossing and many of the other walks you suggested were stunning.  New Zealand is such a well organised country and the people so friendly and the roads so empty.

The car hire worked well and we’re pleased we decided not to have a camper van with the mileage we were travelling a car is so much easier.

Again many thanks to you for the hard work you have put in to making our holiday a success and the link up with Emma and Josh went really well.