Hi there, we’re Active Travels! New Zealand’s tour company that gets you active, shows you the sights and incorporates wonderful farm-to-fork experiences.
Founded in 2016 by three mates doing what they know and love – combining their love of people, the outdoors, sport, food and New Zealand’s iconic destinations.
Our focus is on providing active kiwi experiences and sports focused travel options in New Zealand. We get you out in nature to breathe the fresh air, experience the sensational landscapes, sample the produce and meet the people.
We love nothing more than showing the best of New Zealand off to like-minded travellers!
We know how valuable freedom is. Each day, you will have time for yourself to relax or add-on a unique experience
From your daily activities to our farm to table experiences, authentic and personalised is what we do for you.
All our vehicles are safe, late model and comfortable passenger vehicles suitable for New Zealand roads and ducking into those hard to reach places
100% Kiwi – All our guides are hand picked, experienced and exceptional colleagues across a range of adventure activities
Tim is our resident all rounder. He started out his career in marketing before enjoying time as a top performing national tour guide at a prominent kiwi tour company. Tim has travelled and hiked his way to every corner of the globe. His love for nature, sports and people coupled with his ability to manage logistics and customer service, makes him invaluable to our slick operation. Outside of guiding and logistics, you’ll find Tim on the golf course, hiking and mountain biking and catching up on his favourite basketball teams score.
Arias has adventure in his blood: after graduating university, Arias chased winters around the world teaching snowboarding before finding his love for adventure tourism working at the famous AJ Hackett Bungy in Queenstown. Finding his new love, Arias guided and managed tours across the length of New Zealand before becoming a tour guide trainer then moving into management to develop and deploy new tour packages. Arias experience in tourism, hospitality, adventure and safety is invaluable to our tours and your experience. If you’re looking for Arias outside of work, you’ll likely find him snowboarding in winter, or in summer, competing in a high level golf tournament, mountain biking, hiking, or out on the water.
Vaughan is a bit of an adventure-nut with a love for travel and adventure sports. He has travelled and guided adventure activities across the US, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand. His career has spanned 23 years in the industry from guiding to tour management; catering to customer service; health and safety to general management. Here at Active Travels, you’ll find him either coordinating experiences, guiding or dreaming up new adventures. His passion for sports and the outdoors covers kayaking, canyoning, mountain biking, golf, sailing, swimming and hiking. *Don’t stray too far away from him at dinner time – you’ll be in for a treat.