About company
Adventure South has been operating active holidays throughout New Zealand since 1992 and we are able to say with the utmost confidence that we can offer the best cycling, trekking and adventure itineraries available in New Zealand.
There's simply no other collection of New Zealand itineraries that can match the geographic coverage, originality and overall quality of our adventures.
For many years travellers to New Zealand have come to walk the classic trails like the Milford or Routeburn Tracks or cycle the West Coast roads. These trails and routes offer a great insight into some awesome regions, but we're here to show you that there are many, many more trails and cycling routes in our great country that are the new frontiers in adventure tourism - beautiful, scenic, and without the crowds.
At Adventure South we are proud of our many guides who have passed through the company. They bring their humour, compassion and caring and ensure that you have a great vacation and right degree of personal challenge. Behind our guides exists another band of office staff, dedicated to providing the infrastructure and safety net to your holiday, ensuring that the details are complete and correct.
Let Adventure South introduce you to the natural wonder that is New Zealand, join one of our small group, environmentally responsible, value packed adventures!
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Fantastic course very structured, informative and professional. Really fun lots of boat driving even high speed out to sea. Well recommended if you have a boat. Everyone should do this to keep yourself and others safe. It’s so easy for things to go wrong out there and it may not be your error. This training is a bit of a wake up call for me and I have been out on the water for years.
Feel much more confident and knowledgeable when heading out next time.



I couldn’t have asked for a friendlier and helpful instructor. His knowledge and skills were exceptional and were exactly what you want to learn by. He made us feel safe at all times, whist making sure he got the most out of us learning. His great personality ensured we had laugh along the way! Seeing as I had never driven a boat the size it was, I came away from the course with full confidence and a great understanding which is exactly what I hoped for.
Couldn’t recommend these guys enough! You’ll definitely be learning from the best and have a great time!
Thanks so much Chris! Hope to see you again for some more courses in the future!


I cannot fault anything -from the first email I sent to the end of the rib ride.
We had a thorough safety briefing on the pontoon and then we were off - Chris was both attentive and knowledgable and made our afternoon. He is obviously very experienced at what he does and enjoys his job immensely- it showed and really rubbed off on us too.
We will definitely be back to try the coasteering on our next visit to Salcombe - but maybe not the maggot caves he told us about.
Book with this company you won’t be disappointed.
Thank you so much.