For chartered trips (ie. specific to customers' needs), we need a minimum of five persons or the equivalent fare after which booked we can advertise and try to find the extras passengers to share. At the end of your trip, you will be able to apply for a refund.
See Existing trips to combine if less than five, or to advertise your trip.
All trips booked in this form must be already advertised on this page. Yes, we can pick you up on route, please specify your pick-up point in the form below. The departure time will be sent to you once we know your pick-up point. If the travel is canceled we will notify you.
Trip details
Please note that for a pick-up at Nelson Airport, no additional charge is applied if you are picked up on the corner of Bolt Road and Quarantine road. Otherwise, we ask for an additional $10 for a pick-up at Nelson Airport.
Contact details
There is a 10% booking fee if more than a week's notice of cancellation is given, 50% is charged with less than a week's notice and there is a 100% booking fee if there is less than 24 hours notice of cancellation. Depending on the circumstances, we will give full credit on the next trip provided it combines with an existing trip, but please note that this is up to our discretion. For trips advertised on the "Existing Trips " page (to subsidize a chartered trip), a minimum 50% cancellation fee will be charged if other persons are booked on the back of the charter at the time of cancellation. If others have booked from a different location and it involves additional time and distance to pick them up, there will be an additional charge. As a trampers transport, we have more than the average challenges with weather, road, and track closures. Often DOC "recommends" that trampers cancel or amend walking dates on the track due to weather or track changes. If we can change a booking at no additional inconvenience there are no cancellation penalties, but if we are committed on that journey to drop off and pick up trampers, the booking conditions will apply. There is an additional small charge for airport pick-ups and drop-offs; free outside perimeter (5 mins walk). Booking conditions commence from the date of the first trip and thereby include all trips from that date.
Please note:
There is no eating or drinking on board the transport. Be prepared for a direct trip unless necessitated by the driver to keep his legal hours. Before departure please make sure that you have made the necessary comfort requirements, ie food, drink, and toiletries. Allow for plane delays before pick up. On request, the driver will stop for a quick toilet stop at the nearest possible convenience. If however, a member of the party is late, has forgotten a vital foodstuff or piece of equipment, or for whatever reason, then a stop will be charged a minimum of $20 for up to 20 minutes, or $1 per minute thereafter.
Conditions of booking for carriage of bikes and luggage:
Provided that a return trip is booked, carriage of bikes and packs is free to the location of drop off and pick up. If trampers book on our services they can have their extra luggage stored or couriered to their accommodation or brought to the track end, there will be a small charge for this service. All bags must be labeled with name, destination, and date of pick up, please. Please note that though care is taken, transport of items is at the owner's risk and the business is not liable for loss or damage.
Please also note that we try to be on time, but under the nature of this business we cannot predict every hold-up and therefore cannot guarantee to be on time, every time. Please make sure you leave plenty of time to catch flights or other scheduled departures. We would really appreciate being forewarned of flights or other onward journeys on the same day.
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After reviewing your booking details, you can submit your booking details