We have just returned from NZ. In fact we arrived home today!
The scenery is stunning, especially in South Island. DH and I are in our 60s and, whilst we enjoy walking, we are not that fit but we found plenty to do.
We booked through Trailfinders who I can strongly recommend. It is the first time we have used them but they put together a brilliant itinerary that matched our budget and they are also very well organised. All the arrangements worked perfectly.
Actually during the holiday, nearly all the Brits we encountered had used Trailfinders.
The itinerary we did was a self drive tour of North and South Island based on their Best of New Zealand
We did customize that a bit though.
One of the suggested items was a day hike called Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Although we like walking we thought that was too challenging for us so, at the reps suggestion, we substituted that with a stay at Lake Taupo which was beautiful.
Also towards the end of the holiday they have a day cruise on Milford Sound. We upgraded that to an overnight cruise instead. I can strongly recommend that, it was probably the highlight of the holiday and much better to take the time to do the overnight cruise.
The driving was easy. The roads are very good and often not busy. February might be a bit busier I suppose as it is Summer. We were there end March to early April so weather still pretty decent and less crowded.
On the way there we had a stopover of a day and a night in Singapore to break up the journey. On the way back though we had no stopovers.
It has been an amazing holiday. Happy to answer any more questions