Great day in Napier! - We had a wonderful tour with John as our guide. He greeted us with a friendly and warm welcome. We were the only two passengers, so loved that it was a private tour and had John’s full attention. He was extremely knowledgeable and well informed on both past and present events of Napier. He took his time, gave us opportunities to take photos and answered any all questions we may have had. It was a wonderful way to get to know the area and see all the highlights. I highly recommend John as a guide and this tour. Great day in Napier!

In-depth look at Napier and it's history. - Extensive look at the Art Deco component of Napier and the reasons why it is that way. Beautiful buildings, fascinating history. John, our driver/guide was very knowledgeable. We were the only people on the tour, but he still ran it. Thank you. Other companies might have cancelled.

Walking tour - The walking tour was great. Fabulous guide. She shared so many interesting details about the buildings we viewed. It was a super afternoon. I thoroughly recommend the tour.

Fabulous Art Deco tour - Four of us had an absolutely wonderful afternoon with our guide Roy. As a life-long Napier resident he was so knowledgeable about the history of the city and showed us so many little details about the buildings that we hadn’t even noticed on a walkabout earlier in the day. Later, he drove us into the residential areas and up on the hill for a view over the city. We all thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Thank you very much to John & Maggie for accommodating us.

Grand Princess Cruise Tour - Without exception, this was the best tour of our cruise. We were all still talking about it up to disembarkation day, a month after the tour. John stepped up to the plate and made the tour work, despite the recent amount of damage and loss of life caused by the cyclone earlier in the year. John was well prepared, articulate in speech, and gve each and every one of us a unique, thoroughly enjoyable day out. We loved every minute. And I loved feeding the llamas. Thank you John. And lets not forget Karin, whose house we visited to buy handmade candles with NZ pine scent (my favourite), plus handmade greetings cards, all at extremely reasonable prices. And all handmade, so all unique and one of a kind. Feel confident in booking John, and ask to visit Karin for those handmade gifts to take back home for the friends, pet sitters, and family. A wonderful experience I shall never forget,. Thank you John and Maggie. xxx

Fascinating introduction to Napier’s unusual art deco history. - We had a great time with Tony who drove us in a beautiful Bentley convertible thru the streets of Napier all dressed in 1920s clothing. We found his explanations of the history of the city, the earthquake, fire that destroyed everything and the rebuilding in the art deco style very interesting. Then he took us to locations around town and showed us what art deco was. We thought the history was very interesting.

Napier - how it reformed - We were taken to some magnificent locations overlooking Napier which we would never have found on our own , which helped us to truely understand the history of the town before and after the earthquake

Art Deco and history introduction with great views! - I thought the trip was very worthwhile and informative - we went to some great spots and learnt lots of the history! The view from top of the hill, the gardens and Tobacco Building and art deco housing streets were highlights. The tour is via transport in a van and we had some great stops but meant we could go back to see some sites on foot when the tour had finished. Thanks John for all your knowledge!

Phenomenal tour - Great guide. Introduction by slide show followed by informative walking tour including visits to key buildings Great way to appreciate the history and splendour of this 1930’s phenomenon

A very boring experience - This was, without doubt, the most boring walking tour that we have ever done. The guide was a very boring old man who insisted on telling us everything about his life history. He then dragged us ar5ound a rather tatty town centre where there are supposed to be fine art-deco buildings. As we had just come from Wellington, where we saw some brilliant art deco buildings, Napier was very much second best. With hindsight, we should have given this tour a miss, it was just not worth the trouble.