Meet Our Team

Company Director

Les Mehrtens

Managing Director

Scott Mehrtens

Top Tips:

Before you leave: “don’t leave home without travel insurance.”

For packing – “bring one universal power adapter and a multi-board with power points and USB ports so you can charge all your devices from one single powerpoint.”

When you get here – “try the food the wine and to heck with the expanding waistline – remember to pack comfy clothing!”

Product & Operations Manager

Marilyn Edgecombe

Top Tip: “Make sure you spend enough time in your destination – driving distances are deceptive so you’ll want to spend a few days longer than you might think.”

Coach Operations and Training Manager

Ben Davis

Top Travel Tip:

Always take Sun Protection with you… and a warm, weather proof puffer jacket… for both North, South and Stewart Islands, our weather is frequently changeable… be prepared to ensure your comfort.

Financial Controller

Lynnette Bryant

Top Tip: “Prepare for any weather.”

Sales & Marketing Manager

Vicki Annison

Top Tip: “If you want to travel more – make it a top priority! You’ll never regret it.”

Tour Designer, Operations Team

Tina

Top Travel Tip and Favourite Destination/s:

Always remember to bring a power adapter, and your phone charger.

Coromandel Peninsula in Summer, Queenstown and Wanaka in Winter.

Tour Designer

Megan

Top Tip: “Allow enough time to travel between places, you may discover some of the best sights when you aren’t rushed for time”

Tour Designer

Kalwant

Top Travel Tip and Favourite Destination/s:

Slow down so that you have a chance to enjoy the beautiful surroundings and sensational scenery. Also, never travel without Comprehensive Travel Insurance, without a doubt it’s the best way to ensure that you can relax and truly enjoy your holiday safe in the knowledge that you’re protected, just in case anything goes wrong… and unfortunately, things do happen out of the blue …strangely enough, almost always in the most remote areas!

Queenstown, Arrowtown, The Gibbston Valley, Roaring Meg and Wanaka are my favourite destinations. There’s just so much to see and do. As a mum of two kids there’s so much to keep them fully-entertained, as well as things for adults to enjoy too.

Tour Designer, Operations Team

Tamara

Top Travel Tip and Favourite Destinations:

Definitely try the almost limitless regional variations of delicious, local food that you’ll find available at each of your destinations, you’ll find that it’s usually the best of the best!

Queenstown is my most favoured destination. I find it perfect for adventurous types, just like me… Hiking up Queenstown hill, or Ben Lomond, or hurtling downhill on the luge from the top of the Queenstown skyline.
Also, the Hooker Valley walking track, it’s only about 5km long so fairly easy on the legs, but just has to be THE most beautiful walk in the most stunning scenery that I have ever been on.

Tour Designer, Operations Team

Judith

Top Travel Tip and Favourite Destinations:

Enjoy every opportunity and exciting experience that you’ll have in New Zealand; and enter each day with your eyes wide-open.

Central Otago is my favourite destination, it’s an amazing place to visit with its fabulous scenery, wineries, skiing, hiking and quirky towns. There is so much to do and see that it keeps pulling me back there time and time again.

Accounts Assistant

Andrea

Marketing Specialist

Graham Brown

Top Travel Tip and Favourite Destinations:

In North Island: All of Hawke’s Bay! In Waikato, Aratiatia Rapids together with Orakei Korako (The Hidden Valley) geo-thermal park which has 23 amazing, active geysers and the largest silica terraces in New Zealand; plus, one of only two geothermal caves worldwide… Awesome… and then some!

In South Island: The most outstandingly scenic, totally amazing, jetboat journey…Dart River Adventures; based at Glenorchy at the North end of Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown. The excitement generated by both the speed of travel up the beautiful, pristine Dart River to explore the surrounding, majestic landscapes that are inaccessible by other means, is forever memorable. Up into the Te Wāhipounamu – (The South West New Zealand UNESCO World Heritage Area of Mount Aspiring National Park) and around the base of Pikirakatahi (Mount Earnslaw). Beyond Stunning! …but there are far, far more favourite places – like the amazing beaches all along the East Coast of North Island… really; there’s far, far too much more to fit on this small page!