Frequently Asked Questions

Every tour card carries a Check availability button. It opens the booking page on the booking platform, where you choose a date, pay and receive the confirmation. Nothing is booked on this site.

No. Changes, cancellations and date moves all happen on the booking platform where you paid. This site compares tours and has no access to any reservation.

No. This site runs no tours and is owned by no operator. The 25 tours compared here are operated by their named operators and sold on booking platforms.

The operator named on the tour card and booking page. Their contact details arrive with your booking confirmation. If a departure looks doubtful in the weather, the operator makes that call, not this site.

24 of the 25 tours are priced per person. One, Private Tekapo Trip, Custom Itinerary, is priced per group at $578.64, and that figure is never compared per person.

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start is stated on 25 of 25 booking pages. Weather rules differ by tour, so read the weather note on the tour you choose before booking.

Per-person from-prices run from $55 to $337.54, with a median of $199.69 across the 24 per-person tours. Each tour card shows its own from-price from the booking page.

The prices on the cards are from-prices, the starting point for each tour. Dates, options and group type can shift the final figure on the booking page, so check the platform for the day you want.

Five categories. Christchurch Day Trips has 5 tours, Queenstown Day Trips has 6, Stargazing Tours has 6, Scenic Flights has 3 and Local Tekapo Experiences has 5, for 25 in total.

The Christchurch day trips start and end in Christchurch. Three of the six Queenstown day trips start in Christchurch and run one way to Queenstown, one starts in Queenstown and ends in Christchurch, 9-Hour One-Way to Tekapo starts in Queenstown and ends at the Dark Sky Project in Lake Tekapo, and the private Tekapo trip starts and ends in Queenstown. Stargazing tours, scenic flights and local experiences start in Lake Tekapo itself.

Minimum ages are stated on only three tours: Mount John Summit Stargazing at 10, Cowan's Private Observatory at 5 and Hot Pools And Stargazing at 10. For every other tour the booking page does not state a minimum age, so check with the platform before booking with young children.

Weather rules differ by tour. Mount John Summit Stargazing may be cancelled in bad weather, with an indoor alternative or a full refund offered, and Hot Pools And Stargazing runs even if some or none of the sky is visible, with an indoor session instead. The 50-Minute Scenic Plane Flight gives a full refund if the operator cancels for weather. Read the weather note on each tour card before you book, and expect the operator to decide on the day.

The tour picker asks three questions and narrows the 25 tours to a shortlist. You can also compare by from-price, rating, duration and inclusions on the category pages. Check group size where it is stated, whether lunch is included on the six tours that include it, and the stops that matter to you, then open the booking page for the day you want.