Welcome to your own personalised journey to the heart of Aotearoa’s Southern Alps.
We have the experience and expertise to take you on an authentic multi-day experience like nothing else. We use specialised camping equipment to make you as comfortable as possible at the end of each day, and great food that you wouldn’t think possible in the wilderness!
How It Works
An enjoyable, satisfying trip requires good communication between you and us at all stages. Before we decide on any details about your trip, we’ll get to you know by meeting (if practical), video calls, or phone calls. We want to learn what’s important to you, what your ambitions are, and who should be included.
We and you can then determine the style of your journey with us, which season would be best, what level of challenge you think you’d enjoy, and a duration for your journey. As part of this we can confirm a meeting place and general region, but the final location of your journey could be flexible, depending on the weather forecast.
Your journey with us can be a more typical guided experience, or it could be an instruction course where we teach you a customised itinerary, for example navigation and route selection, alpine skills, or river crossing techniques.
Our guiding ratios are flexible, but for most of our journeys we’ll have a maximum of four individuals for each guide. The prices below reflect this. We’d be pleased to discuss the possibility of higher ratio of guides, and/or the addition to the group of a porter so that each person has a lighter pack.
From the start Rob was amazing on giving us advice on what to bring and answer any questions. Rob made sure to walk us through the plan and the weather conditions and addressed any concerns we might have a couple of days before the trip.
The trip itself was an amazing experience that exceeded my expectations and I gained such a wealth of information. The knowledge and experience that Rob has is astounding and you can see he’s very eager to share this with his clients.
The food gets a special mention because I haven’t had such luxurious, tasty, filling, and somehow lightweight meals in the mountains before.
I would highly recommend Mountain Journeys to anyone who wants an adventure off the beaten track with a guide that is knowledgeable, experienced, and committed to giving his clients the best experiences.
Mountain Journeys is the absolute best. I have had two wonderful experiences with them – life-changing trips that I will never forget. I’ve always been a big tramper, but I wasn’t very confident with going off-track.
The guides on both trips were all extremely knowledgeable and a blast to spend time with. They made us feel comfortable and confident, while also teaching us new techniques and tips throughout the trips. I felt really safe and in good hands the entirety of both trips.
The Mountain Journeys team was extremely accommodating and even figured out a way to make all meals on a 5 day tramp fully vegan for me. In preparation of the trip, Rob sends a comprehensive packing list and sets expectations early. He was extremely organized. Overall, I learned a lot, got to explore new parts of NZ, and met some amazing people. Highly recommend, 10/10!
How much does a private trip cost?
If you’d like to book a private guided journey or instruction course with us, please refer to the table below for prices.
We give a 20% discount for children 15 years and under, and a 10% discount for 16-17 year olds.
Occasionally, depending on the requirements of your trip, we may need accommodation between our base in Christchurch and the start or end of the trip – such expenses will be additional to the costs shown in the above table. Please see our terms and conditions for more information.
We will be pleased to discuss the possibility of more than one guide on your trip (additional $1,100/day), or a porter to carry some weight (additional $550/day), or any other special requests. We can provide a quote for such requests at the time of your enquiry.
All dietary requirements can be catered for in our standard rates.
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