About like a local
Why we started
Big package tours follow a fixed route — off the bus, back on the bus — with stops at group restaurants and shopping centres. The truly New Zealand moments easily get lost in between.
Like a Local is built the other way round. We still cover the must-see sights, but we also spend the day the way locals do — a neighbourhood café, a beach walk, a supermarket run and a barbecue back at the house.
[Founders’ story — Kevin and Marcus, please write 3–4 sentences on why you started these trips]
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We cut needless costs and spend where it counts — on what you really should eat and experience.
02
Optional activities are announced before departure, and only those who want to join.
03
Based on two adults per room, we choose well-located 3–4 star hotels or clean holiday homes.
04
The photos your guide quietly takes along the way become the best souvenir.
New Zealand citizen guides travel with you like friends — through language barriers, tricky transport and the unexpected.
Lead guide · Driving · Fishing · ENTP
An ENTP citizen guide who genuinely loves people — and fish. He couldn’t find a travel company that showed his beloved New Zealand properly, so he started Like a Local himself. From casting a line off the wharf to beaches only locals know, you get the full Marcus energy. Fun guaranteed.
Guide · Photography · Drones · eNFJ
Marcus’s younger brother, and an eNFJ with a small e. He loves people, but sometimes he’s the one quietly gazing at the view a little longer. A photography and drone fan — when the weather and location allow, he’ll capture your group from the sky too. A citizen guide who’ll do just about anything for a good flat white, so don’t be shy to ask.
STEP 1
Enquiry & booking
After a chat, a deposit of KRW 300,000 secures your place.
STEP 2
Flights · travel authority
We walk you through group ticketing and the NZeTA application step by step.
STEP 3
Pre-trip group chat
Weather, packing, money exchange, even fishing rules — shared ahead of time in a KakaoTalk group chat.
STEP 4
Airport to airport
From arrival to departure, your guide drives and travels with you.
From past trips
Travellers who came along with Like a Local.
