Home / Journeys

Signature journeys, built to order

Five proven routes across New Zealand — each one a starting point we reshape around your dates, your party and your pace. Pick a card, hit Book, and a planner calls you back.

See the five routes
How to read this page

These aren't packages. They're blueprints.

Every journey below has run at least a dozen times, so the logistics are bulletproof. What changes each time is everything that matters to you — where you sleep, who cooks, how hard the days are, and how late the evenings run. If nothing here fits, that's fine too: plenty of clients skip straight to a blank-page brief.

Prices are per person, twin share, and include guiding, stays, transport and most meals. Flights to New Zealand aren't included — but we'll happily coordinate them.

expeditions delivered since 2016
planners — never a call centre
of guests rebook within a year
private lodges & villas on roster
The roster

Five routes we're proud of

All private. All guided. All re-quoted per party.
Helicopter over the Southern Alps Alpine · 6 days

Southern Lakes Signature

Queenstown and Wānaka done properly — heli-picnic on a ridgeline, a station night, and a boat that takes you somewhere roads don't.

  • Private heli day + glacier landing
  • High-country station stay
  • Lake cruise with onboard chef
2–8 guestsOct–Apr
$7,400
Overnight vessel anchored in Doubtful Sound Fjord · 5 days

Fjord & Flame

Two nights anchored inside Doubtful Sound — kayaks at dawn, crayfish at dusk, and a wood-fired dinner on a beach only boats reach.

  • Private vessel, crew of three
  • Kayaks, tender & fishing gear
  • Beach barbecue + cellar pairing
2–10 guestsNov–Mar
$6,200
Vineyard long lunch in Central Otago Culinary · 4 days

High Country Tables

Gibbston to Bannockburn with the people who make the wine — cellar doors opened early, winemaker dinners, e-bikes between tastings.

  • Private tastings with winemakers
  • Two hosted vineyard dinners
  • Vineyard cottage, sleeps 4
2–6 guestsYear-round
$4,100
Stars over Aoraki Mount Cook Dark sky · 5 days

Aoraki Dark Sky Run

Queenstown to the Mackenzie Basin — glacier lakes by day, the Southern Hemisphere's best stargazing by night, observatory access included.

  • Private observatory session
  • Tasman Glacier heli-hike
  • Dark-sky lodge, hot tub under stars
2–8 guestsApr–Sep
$5,600
Steam rising over Rotorua geothermal pools North · 7 days

Steam & Sail North

Rotorua's geothermal heart, a private cultural evening, then north to the Bay of Islands for three days on the water. The North Island, unhurried.

  • Private marae visit + hāngi dinner
  • 3-day Bay of Islands charter
  • Geothermal spa suite in Rotorua
2–8 guestsOct–May
$6,800

None of these quite it?

Half our work starts as a blank page. Tell us the feeling you're after — we'll draw the route.

How it works

Four steps, zero friction

1

The call

Twenty minutes with a planner. Dates, party, non-negotiables, budget ballpark. No scripts.

2

The draft

Within 48 hours you get a day-by-day route with real prices — not ranges, real numbers.

3

The tune

Swap a lodge, add a rest day, upgrade the boat. We iterate until it feels right, then lock it.

4

The trip

You travel, we stay on the line. A duty concierge tracks every moving part while you're out there.

Included as standard

What's baked into every journey

01

A planner on call

One person owns your file from first call to wheels-up home. When plans shift mid-trip, they shift with you.

02

All ground transport

Private drivers, helis, boats and the occasional floatplane — booked, briefed and waiting before you land.

03

Tables that matter

We hold relationships with the rooms worth eating in — plus private chefs when the kitchen is wherever you're standing.

04

24/7 duty concierge

Weather turns, moods change, kids get tired. Someone senior is reachable every hour you're on the road.

Word of mouth

What guests say on the way home

"Booked the Fjord & Flame for my dad's 70th. The crew read the room perfectly — adventure when we wanted it, silence when we didn't."

Rachel T. — Sydney · Fjord & Flame, Jan 2026

"I've used three 'luxury' agencies before. This is the first one where the itinerary actually matched the brochure in my head."

James W. — Auckland · Southern Lakes, Nov 2025

"They re-routed day four around weather before I'd even noticed the forecast. That's the difference between a booking site and a planner."

Priya & Sam — Melbourne · Dark Sky Run, Aug 2025
Ready when you are

Tell us the trip in your head. We'll draw the map.

Or browse the destinations first — no rush.