Backpacking New Zealand Bus Travel Passes – NZ Backpacker Adventure Tours

Kiwi Experience - New Zealand backpacker tours 

Kiwi Experience is New Zealand’s famous travel network, offering you some of the most unforgettable experiences and tours on the planet.

Our big green buses and Kiwi drivers have a legendary status on the road and around the globe.

The first of our New Zealand backpacker tours departed on 28th October 1989 and since then, we’ve won numerous tourism awards, travelled over 20 million miles and shown more than 400,000 travellers the trip of a lifetime!

New Zealand is full of natural wonders, man-made marvels and hidden secrets. This amazing country has so much to offer that even the locals can’t decide where to go next. This is where our experienced Driver Guides, action packed passes, and online travel tools come in – fitting in with your plans and budget to show you the very best of New Zealand.

Better yet, with our hop-on, hop-off system, unlimited travel, and no pressure, you can cruise New Zealand at your own pace and be sure you see it exactly the way you want to.

We can’t wait to give you the trip of a lifetime, so read on, check out the Kiwi Experience community and prepare yourself for your own legendary adventure

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"GP made the trip so easy, we didnt have to think about a think except enjoying ourslves with all the fantastic new friends we had made"
Deborah Neubauer, UK

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New Zealand Backpackers Pass – Why Choose Kiwi Experience
As New Zealand’s travel experts we offer all the stuff you’d expect plus a whole lot more! There are a thousand reasons why thousands of travellers choose Kiwi Experience backpacker tours. The first few can be found here…more

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Who travels with us
You’ll love meeting the other travellers of all ages, all nationalities, and all types who travel on our New Zealand backpacker tours. Whether you’re coming for the culture, adventure, socialising or scenery, you’ll leave having done it all, and seen New Zealand exactly the way you wanted too!more

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Customer comments
Just so you know we’re not making it up, have a read of real customer comments, complete with real names, real countries and real spelling mistakes. For real!more

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About us
Three Kiwis dreamed up a way of providing flexible New Zealand bus travel for independent travellers. Over 20 years later Kiwi Experience is an NZ icon.more

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News & awards
News from Kiwi Experience so you know we’re committed to being leaders in the industry, and continue to offer the best possible travel experience for all our passengers.more

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Wanna work for us
Tourism jobs are highly sought after but luckily for job hunters the Kiwi Experience success story is still growing. We regularly have positions available as Driver Guides, Reservations Consultants, and other exciting roles in Sales, Marketing, Operations and Accounts.more

Conservation Volunteers & Kiwi Experience

Volunteering
Conservation Volunteers is a not-for-profit organisation that recruits and manages teams of volunteers to work on environmental and wildlife conservation projects. Kiwi Experience would like to help introduce you to their operation and show you how you can help.more

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Merchandise
The trip of a lifetime wouldn’t be complete without the tee shirt to prove it. Kiwi Experience tee’s come in a range of sizes and wicked New Zealand designs. We also have limited edition rugby jerseys, caps, bags, singlets and a whole lot more but it all goes pretty fast so be in quick.more

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