When travelling around the world I always try to book personal tours instead of tours in big groups.

So I came across TIME Unlimited Tours when travelling to Auckland at the beginning of a tour around New Zealand. I came across their really nice website, decided on a full day tour around Auckland and loved it! The guide was a really friendly guy called Neill. He toured me and 3 others around Auckland city to see several amazing sights such as Mt Eden and Tamaki Drive, explaining all the many islands we could see from the volcanoes. I had no idea Auckland has so many great beaches. Then we went out to the west coast with its black sand beaches. I really love the film The Piano and it was a delight to actually walk on the beach on the west coast where it was filmed – wow! The sand is sooo black out there! He also took us to several beautiful places such as a mountain from where you could see both the black sand beaches and Auckland city in the distance. He also explained a great deal about the various plants and animals in NZ. Most impressive for me was the passion Neill obviously has for his business and the way he explained everything, plus we were treated to a great lunch and even great tea beside the sea, which was a real treat. The tour was a lot more than I had expected and can say that it was a great tour that I would like to recommend to everybody!

Reviewed almost 15 years ago