What‘s Included

Meeting and Pickup

What To Expect

Reviews

• Will picked us up on time...

  Eunkyue P,

  Nov 1, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Will picked us up on time and explain whole schedule well. Jet boat was so much fun and his driving was skillful and reliable. He is great and kind to everybody in our tour group!!!

• Excellent

  Debra K,

  Oct 30, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Incredibly beautiful. Andrew was very articulate and attentive. He took the time to explain and is very knowledgeable.

• Love this!

  Danae J,

  Oct 25, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Mark was a wonderful tour guide. Even with wind storms the day before and the train was not running Mark made this experience fun. Tour company is ace!

• Highly recommend!

  Elizabeth H,

  Oct 12, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  I traveled solo and this was a great day tour. Our guide Will was very informative and made the day fun. I definitely recommend paying for the jet boat ride, very fun and made me feel very alive! Castle Hill was stunning and we had time to walk around there and also to eat the bag lunch (good sandwich and snacks). There were other brief stops for good photo opportunities. I walked the Devil’s Punchbowl path up to a waterfall and that was enjoyable and worthwhile. I enjoyed the tranzalpine train from Arthur’s Pass back to Christchurch, definitely glad I did that part. Overall, I highly recommend this trip. I have no complaints. I definitely recommend it if you’re looking for a day trip outside of Christchurch with very beautiful scenery.

• Day trip outside Christchurch

  Patrick T,

  Oct 3, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Excellent service! Our guide was very informative, friendly, and made sure everyone felt safe and well-briefed throughout the tour. The experience itself was both engaging and a wonderful way to learn more about Christchurch and New Zealand. Our group included both young and older travelers, and there was truly something for everyone—whether enjoying a short hike or simply relaxing on the scenic train ride. I would recommend this trip if you just have one full day to see what's outside of Christchurch.

• It was a long drive but...

  Helen Y,

  Sep 17, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  It was a long drive but it was very scenic and we made stops along the way to Arthur’s Pass. Our tour guide was very informative so I learned a lot during the drive. The snacks and lunch was good and fresh.

• Christchurch to Arthur Pass and return by Tranzalpine train

  Happiness16941288363,

  Aug 30, 2025

  - Tripadvisor

  5.00

  It was an amazing trip with a small group, offering plenty of photo opportunities, and the documentary was top-notch. The only recommendation I would like to make is regarding the pickup time. If clients are being picked up around 7:45 a.m., there should be a stop for coffee and breakfast before heading to Springfield. The current café there isn’t suitable for breakfast. We ended up missing breakfast that day, as we had hoped there would be a proper stop.

• Beautiful excursion to Arthur's Pass

  lisapM3507VW,

  Aug 28, 2025

  - Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Great experience! Jess is an excellent guide and driver! Unfortunately we experienced some rain and wind (limiting our hikes), but it was winter so you never know. Nonetheless, Jess made the trip very interesting and fun. The experience is wonderful to see the diversity of mountains and farmlands of New Zealand heading west to Arthur's Pass. The train ride back (as some have noted issues with light) was at 4:30 pm and just incredible. There was still plenty of sun to see the beautiful scenery. For sure, select the train option. Also, we hit the alpine jet ski experience at a perfect sunny time, so that was well worth it. Be prepared to get a bit wet (not awful) but bring a rain poncho and it is a bit fast, but great fun and quite beautiful. Also, be prepared that this experience costs an additional $125, which should probably be noted more clearly in the description. However, everything else was great, nice to have snacks and lunch along the way. It was a relatively small group (10 people) so we were able to ask questions and be a bit flexible on how much time we spent at each location.

• Stunning Views

  Margarita E,

  Aug 21, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  Amazing tour of the beautiful mountains. Feeding the sheep was the highlight of the tour. We were lucky enough to have it snow on us, which is very rare where we were. Jess was great in taking us to beautiful picture spots. The train views were breathtaking.

• Fantastic tour!

  Anne K,

  Aug 10, 2025

  - Viator

  5.00

  This was a fantastic tour, I thoroughly enjoyed it! Phil, our guide, was very knowledgeable, had a great sense of humour and was great at answering random questions when asked. The stops were all very scenic, we were lucky enough to have lots of snow on the mountains and it snowed while we were there too. Absolutely beautiful scenery, the right balance of time on transport and getting out and walking. We had a good amount of time to hike at Arthur's pass which was very much appreciated. The TranzAlpine train back was also worth doing though may be better later in the year as it became dark on the journey down, but not til we were out of the Alps so we still got to see the stunning scenery. I highly recommend this tour