Routeburn Alpine Crossing
Our flagship trek: waterfalls, hanging valleys and a lodge dinner you'll talk about for years.
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Winter 2026 departures · now booking
Feel-good trips
Feel-good trips
across the South Island
We're a small Queenstown crew building private adventures — alpine crossings at sunrise, fiord cruises, long vineyard lunches and the occasional dressed-up casino night. You bring the days off; we handle everything else.
Est. 2016 · Queenstown · NZ
"Three days, zero logistics on our side — the best trip we've ever taken."
[ 01 // AT A GLANCE ]
A travel studio, not a call centre
Every itinerary is built by hand in our Ballarat Street studio — small groups, real local guides, and zero copy-paste routes.
- 42 signature routes scouted in person
- 1:8 guide-to-guest ratio, max
- 48h free reschedule window
4.9 average guest rating
1,200+ trips delivered
5 regions across the South Island
Fully licensed local operator
Flat whites included, obviously
4.9 average guest rating
1,200+ trips delivered
5 regions across the South Island
Fully licensed local operator
Flat whites included, obviously
Signature trips
Three ways to fall for the South Island
Milford Sound overnight
Sleep on the fiord itself — kayak at dawn before the day boats arrive.
From $890 →Wānaka wine & peaks
E-bikes between cellar doors, then a private chef dinner above the lake.
From $640 →Heli-picnic over Glenorchy
The shortest booking form on the island — 20 minutes from town to a private ridge.
Where we go
Fiords, peaks & gold-rush towns
Five bases we know like our own backyard — each with hand-picked stays and the local contacts to match.
[ 02 // FIELD NOTE ]
Queenstown
"Go when it's raining. The waterfalls turn on like taps."
— Sam, lead guide, on Milford in a westerly
Why "feel good"?
Meet the crew
Trips planned like we'd plan them for friends
Most agencies sell you a seat on someone else's schedule. We started Feel Good Adventures because our own weekends kept getting better than anything on the market — so we turned them into itineraries. No buses of forty, no souvenir-stop commissions, no 6 a.m. wake-ups unless the sunrise is genuinely worth it.
Every route on this site is one we've walked, paddled or driven ourselves — usually more than once, usually arguing about lunch spots.
Jack Reihana
Founder & head planner
NZ Tourism Awards
Finalist — Boutique Operator of the Year, 2025
After dark
Casino evenings,
Casino evenings,
Queenstown style
When the hiking boots come off, we dress the night up: private tables, lakefront casino hotels and hosted event nights — always 18+, always with transfers home arranged.
- Partnered casino hotels with late-checkout recovery packages
- Hosted casino events — poker nights, jazz & roulette salons
- Door-to-door transfers so nobody draws the short straw
How it works
From "let's go" to packed bags in three moves
No forty-page forms. One chat, one draft plan, one confirmation.
1
Tell us the vibe
A ten-minute call or the form on our contacts page. Dates, group size, how much uphill you can honestly handle.
2
We draft your route
Within 48 hours you get a day-by-day plan with stays, guides and honest pricing. Tweak it as much as you like.
3
Lock it & show up
A 20% deposit holds everything. We send a packing list, pick you up at the airport, and handle the rest.
Numbers we're quietly proud of
Nine seasons in, still small on purpose — the counts below are why we keep it that way.
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Trips delivered since 2016
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Average guest rating
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Would travel with us again
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Local guides on the roster
Field journal
Notes from the road
Why we never schedule anything before 9 a.m. on day one
Jet lag is real. Here's how we design arrival days that don't feel like a write-off.
The honest guide to Fiordland weather
200 rain days a year — and why that's exactly why you should go.
Where our guides actually eat in Queenstown
The shortlist we send friends — pies, pinot and one very good ramen.
A first-timer's night at the tables
What to expect at a hosted casino evening — dress code, limits and the unwritten rules.
Taking bookings for the next 3 seasons
Let's plan something
Let's plan something
worth bragging about
Tell us your dates. We'll reply within one working day with a draft route and honest pricing.
feelgoodadventures@gmail.com · +64 3 442 9304 · 43 Ballarat Street, Queenstown