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Rosamond

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

New Zealand is a must see place. Do it with VBT

3 wonderful local guides that enhance your educational & cultural experience

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JenG

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Amazing scenery, awesome guides and lots of fun!

VBT's New Zealand hike & bike tour is fabulous! I really enjoyed the amazing scenery on both our trail rides and our hikes. The guides were super enthusiastic an...

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Lizzy

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Trip of a lifetime! Paradise!

VBT has it right! The best way to experience New Zealand is to cycle, hike and kayak. If you only want to cycle on a VBT trip, I would suggest choosing a destination...

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JOANNA

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Exceeded my expectations!

This is our third VBT trip so we had high expectations. This exceeded them. Jan, Wayne & George were fun and were so informative in their knowledge of the flora ...

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Chuck45

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Great trip

We enjoyed (mostly) great weather, outstanding guides, and truly gorgeous scenery. The trails are mostly gravel, but the bikes are well-designed to handle these type...

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CMindyLou

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Gorgeous, Raw Beauty

Some of the best scenery i've ever seen! It's like another world. Breathtaking.

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LeRoy49

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Go to the West Coast of South Zealand

We had never been to New Zealand before and wanted to explore it on a bike. We not only biked, we also did some "wanders" and a little kayaking. The West Coast of th...

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CraigO

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

GreatSampling of new Zealand's Wonder

New Zealand is a land of great beauty. VBT's trip showcased the South Island with a variety of locations and activities. The biking and hiking were fun and easy, eve...

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RWJF

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Spectacular!

Four months after our trip, still thinking of NZ, our incredible and charismatic guides (Elysia, Lauren, and Wayne), and our wonderful co-travelers (miss you guys!)....

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Kyle and Kate

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Our fav activities:biking, hiking, kayaking

We just finished our third VBT tour "New Zealand: Bike and Walk the South Island" in February 2018. The new format includes biking and walking on mostly trails plus ...

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Marilyn and Marc

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

The Best VBT trip Yet

We have been on several VBT trips over the years and everyone seems to to be better than the previous. This is true of the New Zealand trip. Our guides, Jan, Josey a...

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MBuchanan

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Biking, hiking and playing with friends

It was a great trip, with good friends and everything I had expected and more. It is a beautiful country and we enjoyed every part of the trip, including the before ...

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Ironwill1

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Great South Island Trip

Got to see a lot of New Zealand from Christchurch to Queenstown!

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Neecyw

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Amazingly beautiful!

Non stop, action packed adventure. Sensory overload for t...

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NiceNancy624

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Can I give higher than a FIVE star rating!

Our biking, hiking, kayaking trip to New Zealand was five star plus in every way! Every detail was attended to - and our guides were not just extremely knowledgeable...

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Cathyb

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Beautiful New Zealand

Highly recommend this trip! The geography of New Zealand is quite diverse, and you’ll see a lot of it on the South Island. I enjoyed the mix of activities - hiking, ...

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Happy Travelers

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Amazing scenery & great guides!

New Zealand was a "bucket list" vacation for us. VBT and it's wonderful guides showed us the highlites of the western & central regions of the South Island up cl...

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Jack in Seattle

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

40th Wedding Anniversary Trip

Angela and I are celebrating our 40th. We did the November 2019 trip along with the Auckland pre-trip and the Queensland post-trip. Both cities are pretty, the museu...

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Laurie K

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

New Zealand South Island Bike and Hike Tour

Everything was wonderful! The guides were friendly, informative, fun and left no detail undone. The hikes and bikes were amazing. The scenery is stunning and the opt...

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MS412

Oct 2023

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New Zealand: The South Islandby VBT Bicycling Vacations

Wonderful guides

Beautiful trip around the South Island. Great hikes. Bike rides made challenging by some narrow rock/gravel trails, but very beautiful. The guides were amazing. Know...

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