Reviews of Viva Expeditions. (Travel Agency) in Auckland (Auckland).

Viva Expeditions

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235 Dairy Flat Highway, Albany, Auckland 0632, New Zealand

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S. W.

The Southern Flights to the Lights watching one of the world's most unique natural phenomenons was really extremely moving and incredible to watch. Thanks to Viva for such a professional and well-organised experience. A must do travel experience especially when we can't fly anywhere else!

A. C.

I took their tour to see the Southern Lights from NZ last weekend. Such a novel trip put together by the team at Viva. Far beyond my expectations of just hopping on a 10 hour flight and looking out the window. An educational session with scientists and the friendly people at the Antarctic Centre, followed by nibbles, and a meet and greet at the airport lounge with champaign and photographers on hand to help teach people about how to change camera settings for best effect. Rachel, the Founder of Viva, was in attendance and personally meeting all 250 odd passengers and speaking over the plane intercom throughout. They thought of everything right down double boarding passes so everyone gets to look out a window, to teeing up special permission from the CAA to turn the plane nav lights off for better viewing. Outstanding details that must take a lot of effort to tick off. It also displays an incredibly creative adaptation given the present climate of closed borders, and helped multiple NZ industry operators who are struggling. It looks like Viva have been around for over 10 years now but coming up with fresh meticulous ideas like this over a year into a global pandemic - I think they'll be around much longer.

C. T.

My wife and I found Viva Expeditions while comparing travel agents for our South American honeymoon. We found Viva Expeditions very responsive and dealing via email (as we live in Australia) was easy. Jo Rees was our agent at Viva and she was amazing! We had a rough idea of some things we wanted to do/see and Jo came up with some other great ideas. The accommodation selected was great and the entire travel package put together by Jo and the team was brilliant. I would recommend Viva Expeditions to all my friends and family, I can certainly see why they are the South American experts.

B. F.

A big "thank you very much" to Viva and their partners for an awesome trip. From early on it was very clear that a lot of thought had gone into a lot of aspects such as how to minimise border crossing downtime and how to educate us quickly about the history of each country we touched on. As a result it felt very much like we were part of a quality experience and still receiving very good value for money in the process. Every day was full of highlights. People ask what was "the" highlight but thanks to the itinerary, and what we learnt along the way, even the biggest items on our personal list were matched every day by other awesome stuff; 42 days adds up to a lot of highlights! :-) We did have the additional experience of Jo breaking her wrist as we were climbing Machu Picchu but, if anything, it proved the value in working with Viva and its partners. Our guide ensured that we got to medical attention asap after we had completed the climb and hung around interpreting until the situation and next steps had been settled. Consequentially, the Peruvian medical people were all very nice and worked to ensure minimal downtime so we could return for the Quito / Galapagos / Amazon part of the trip. Thank you very much Viva for your contribution to making our South America experience such an awesome one.

K. A.

We had an absolutely marvelous trip with Viva Expeditions to Patagonia. Tara Strickland did an amazing job, was in constant communication, and even though she Was located in New Zealand, in a very different time zone, was always very quick about responding. She supported us every step of the way. We had a tremendous time at the Singulair hotel in Punta Natales, Staying at the beautiful venue with amazing views. It is very unique, a converted cold storage plant. We then went on an Australis 5 day cruise, all-around Patagonia, through hundreds of glaciers, so beautiful mountain views, magellan penguins. We went around Cape Horn, departing Punta Arenas and ending in Ushuaia. The lectures, service, food, and views were all excellent on the cruise. It truly was the trip of a lifetim it truly was the trip of a lifetime. The views were so beautiful, camera filters couldn’t make it look any better! If you go, you won’t regret it!

C. E.

Viva Expeditions made our family vacation to Argentina very memorable!

A. D.

Great Wild Patagonia Tour - on paper at least. Looking forward to it.

A. J.

Very good website. Detailed and interesting. We will follow up on travel with you at some stage.

M. J.

Viva Expeditions were a perfect choice for our trip to South America! We had a group of 10 and needed flexible dates at a reasonable price, which is what Viva offered! Their customer service was flawless, they answered all of our questions promptly and went above and beyond to provide extra information and services. The tour itself provided knowledgeable tour guides, central accommodation in each city and detailed itineraries so we knew exactly what to expect! It was extremely well organised and we absolutely loved every second of our trip and have Viva to thank for that!

C. K.

Awesome.

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