Your Tour, Your Way

Private Custom Tour

Create your perfect day — a private, tailor-made tour designed around your interests, timing, and pace.

No two travellers are the same, so why should every tour be? Our fully private custom Auckland tours are designed around your interests, your pace, and the experiences that matter most to you. Starting from Auckland, your private custom tour can take you almost anywhere across the upper North Island. Whether you're chasing waterfalls, exploring New Zealand's geothermal wonders, discovering boutique wineries, or visiting places off the typical tourist trail, we'll create a day that's uniquely yours.

From geothermal valleys and ancient forests to golden beaches, glowworm caves, and award-winning wineries, the possibilities are almost endless. Every custom tour is completely private, with a flexible itinerary that allows plenty of time for scenic stops, short walks, local recommendations, and unexpected discoveries along the way.

Popular Custom Tour Ideas:

Waitomo Caves – glowworms, limestone formations, and underground rivers (8–10 hrs)
Coromandel Peninsula – Hot Water Beach, Cathedral Cove, and coastal gems (8–10 hrs)
Rotorua – geothermal wonders, bubbling mud pools, and spa retreats (12 hrs)
Matakana Coast – vineyards, sculpture parks, and farmers’ markets (4–8 hrs)
Hobbiton™ Movie Set – step into Middle-earth (subject to ticket availability, 8–10 hrs)

We’ll work with you to build the perfect itinerary — just let us know your must-sees, how long you’d like to be out (up to 12 hours), and if there’s anything you’d like us to arrange in advance.

What to know

Every custom tour is shaped around your interests, pace, and priorities — from key highlights to quieter moments off the beaten path.
Tour length, start times, and routes vary depending on what you’d like to include and how you prefer to spend the day.
Custom tours are well suited to families, friends, cruise passengers, or guests with specific interests or accessibility considerations.
The vehicle is selected to suit your group size and comfort, ensuring a smooth, air-conditioned journey throughout the day.
Expect a relaxed pace with space for photo stops, short walks, and spontaneous detours along the way.
Time is set aside for meals and rest breaks, with options discussed to match your group’s tastes and schedule.
If there are particular places or activities you’re keen to include, mentioning these early helps us shape the best possible day.

Perfect day tour!

Louise was really easy to deal with from the start — our emails back and forth were quick and made it simple to shape the day around what we wanted to see. She put together a west coast tour that included Piha Beach, the Arataki Visitor Centre and Kitekite Falls, but the real highlight was the gannet colony at Muriwai, which we wouldn’t have known about without her local knowledge. Louise shared so many interesting insights along the way. We’d definitely recommend Louise.

Devon Pugh - Custom Private Tour - Your Tour, Your Way

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