New Zealand's Best Bus Tour Experience
Award-winning guided Hop-On Hop-Off bus passes, Classic Tours and Small Group Tours that take you to the heart of New Zealand.
Explore our travel styles
We've got your New Zealand adventure sorted. Kiwi Experience offers a range of ways to explore, from independent hop-on-hop-off freedom to seamless classic tours (COMING SOON) and immersive small group journeys, ensuring you experience New Zealand your way.

Hop-on Hop-off
Your New Zealand adventure, your rules. Explore solo, but with a crew to back you up.

Small Group Tours
Deep dive into New Zealand. Smaller crews, more included, epic 8-24 day trips

Classic Tours (COMING SOON)

Private Tours
Tailor made tours customised for private groups, schools, colleges, sports teams and more.
Why choose us
Most popular routes
Wondering what’s good? Check out our most popular passes and tours below or view all passes.
New Zealand highlights
After 35 years on the road, we truly are the experts on all things New Zealand. Let us share and inspire you to experience our New Zealand with you.
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Spas, Stars and Saunas
Some of New Zealand’s best wellness stops that are worth the detour
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Top 10 Must Dos' North Island
Your North Island Bucket List

Top 10 Must Dos' South Island
Your South Island Bucket List

How to travel New Zealand with only a backpack
How good are your packing skills?

Solo travel
So you want to explore New Zealand but the problem is you’ve got no one to go with? No worries!

Making Waves & Saving Lives
Together with Surf Life Saving New Zealand, Here’s Our Ultimate Guide to a Safer but still Epic Kiwi Summer
See what others have to say
This trip was a once in a lifetime, tailored experience. Our tour guide Tina worked tirelessly to ensure every single person (there was 20 of us) was happy and had a fun and unique experience. Her knowledge of the country is unmatched, and her enthusiasm and determination to make things work always shined despite setbacks we experienced (bus issues, etc). If you want a one of a kind trip, request Tina!!!!!!
The Kiwi Experience is probably one of the best things I have ever done. It was the most relaxing, informative and affordable mode of travel I have ever tried, and I have made some life-long friendships on the bus too. The drivers are fantastic; really kind and knowledgeable about everything you see, and happy to help with just about anything. Couldn’t rate this experience highly enough, 10/10.
Kiwi Experience has been a great way to explore New Zealand, it’s shown me places I never even knew existed! It has been a simple and effortless approach to backpacking, socialising with so many nationalities and partaking in so many activities I never thought I’d do! Kiwi gives great discounts on both accommodation and activities throughout both islands, whilst also giving friendly advice on which places are worth visiting and ones that aren’t as good. Drivers also give running commentaries on interesting facts on places along the journey, making the very few long journeys much better. All drivers have been super friendly and helpful towards our experience of travelling. A special mention goes to lightening who was brilliant! From joining us White Water Rafting to having nights out with the group - he was great! I couldn’t recommend this more for those who want to travel New Zealand.
Kiwi experience is in all ways a perfect way to get the best out of New Zealand. It is easy to just jump off and jump on the bus from the recomended accomondations, which is good ones! And they help you find out what to do and what not to do at all stops. The drivers are passionated and really kind, especially Cowboy and Lightning - they are doing an amazing job making sure we all have the best experiences travelling around the country. They do stops to see scenic spots on the way and they tell stories and fun facts doing the journey. You will love it - especially as a solo traveller as the drivers put a lot of effort into making you feel comfortable around the other people on the bus, kinda trying to make you one big family.
Best 19 days in NZ! Met the most amazing people and saw the most stunning of places - all lead by the truly remarkable, Terence. Couldn’t recommend this tour enough! It’s a MUST.
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