geotours since 1995

Testimonials and published articles and reference listings

Testimonials:

Here are just some many testimonial comments taken from emails sent back after a tour

Murray -Thx very much for the great pictures. The tour was a favourite of mine and was a great way to end our visit to New Zealand.
Cheers Laura (Ottawa,Canada)

Thank you, Murray. We really enjoyed our time with you and it gave us a foundation for our trip to the South Island. We didn't get to do all of the tramping we wanted to because of damage to the trails from the earthquake and waist high snow where there is usually ankle high snow at that time of year. But we had a great time anyway, doing a lot of day hiking and going over to Milford Sound for a day.
Thanks for the pictures, and we'll keep in touch. George and Sarah (North Carolina, USA)

Hi Murray, Thanks very much. We enjjoyed our trip with you that day, especially a few moments where we alone in the quiet forest of New Zealand.
Regards. Bill & Ruth (Washington DC, USA)

Thank you Murray!!! It was very nice to open my email and find there yours. Thanks for the photo and for that tour day.
Fernanda (Mexico City)

Thank you very much for the photos. I was very glad when opened my e.mail and saw such lovely photos. Again, thanks a lot for your kindness. I hope you have a very nice New Year, plenty of happiness, success, health an money (that will be very welcome, as well)
See you one day! Who knows? Sincerely, Maria and Alfredo (Brazil)

Dear Murray, Thanks so much for sending the photos. I have printed them and included them in an album of our trip to give to mum for Christmas. New Zealand is a beautiful country [so are its people].
Thanks for everything Margaret (Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia)

Dear Murray Thank you for these photographs.Your tour was one of the best I had, very professional and an excellent service
Thank you again Eva (Côte d’Azur, France)

Murray: Just wanted to let you know that, notwithstanding the horrible weather that greeted me on my visit to Auckland, I did indeed enjoy my tour with you -- the volcanos, the birds, the trees, etc. Small item that it might be, I especially remember looking through your microscope at the black sand -- and seeing all the colors and minerals. And I remember the gannets and pukeko and the magpies and all the various colorful small birds. And, of course, the 'Christmas tree.
'Happy holidays.....Emma (USA)

Murray, Thanks so much! We had a splendid time in NZ, and your informative geotour of Auckland was a big part of it. Thank you for the photos as well as for the many hours you spent educating and chauffeuring us!
Margaret and Steve(Colorado, USA)

Dear Murray, Thank you so much for a wonderful day on Tour in the Wild West! - it really was the highlight of NZ for me.
Many thanks again for the super Tour and the photos - Kind regards. Sue (Devon, England)

Thank you so much for the good wishes, the calendar and the pictures before that. I finally got a replacement for my colour cartridge and printed your calendar for my computer desk. It will bring back memories each time I refer to it. I got my last roll of photos back yesterday and of course they were all of our time together. It was a super morning and we all enjoyed it.
And may you and yours have a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Regards. Yvonne (Canada)

Here are a few more brief testimonial comments of the many taken from our guest-book

Read the testimonials of our satisfied customers below (These can be verified for authenticity, if you come on tour by checking our guest books)

Guest Name from Comments
G. Anton Spain 'Interesting and comfortable, as well as a warming atmosphere'
A. Purent France 'A nice way to discover NZ and know its origins'
L. Vicklund USA 'Great to see the fauna and flora too'
O. Oedekouen USA 'Great Tour !'
A. Rossimel Australia 'As a Geography teacher I learnt much I can take back to the classroom'
S. Stans USA 'Excellent'
K Wada Japan 'Thank you very much, I enjoyed and am interested in Auckland Volcanoes'
P. Blanning United Kingdom  'Bringing geology alive'
R. Bradshaw United Kingdom  'One of the best afternoons I have ever spent, Thank you very much'
Comments and queries to: comments@geotours.co.nz

Published Articles:

We provide geology tours, volcano tours, tours for conference delegates and conference partner programmes, student field trips for courses, a photo-page and we sell geological books, as well as things geological, related tools and objects

NEW YORK TIMES: December 5 - 1999 wrote;"Auckland's vast volcanic field - with scores of cones, craters and lava flows - was an inferno 140,000 years ago, but things have cooled off since. It's been dormant for 600 years. Half day and full day tours of eruption centers are conducted by geologists for GeoTours (64-9) 525 3991.(New York Times)

DAILY MAIL (UK): "For trips further afield: GeoTours (525-3991) runs full day and half day geologist-led tours out to Auckland's volcanic fields. Dotted with craters, lava-lines and cones, the area was a raging inferno 150,000 years ago; fortunately the volcanoes have lain dormant for six centuries" February 19 - 2000

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

These articles are too long to quote
New Zealand Herald: April 15 1997, listing
Air New Zealand Inflight Magazine (Pacific Wave): September 1997, includes 4 colour photographs
Ansett Airlines Inflight Magazine (Golden Wings):1997 listing
New Zealand Herald: Oct 28 1997, includes colour photograph
New Zealand Herald: Oct 27 1998, includes b/w photograph
New Zealand Herald: Aug 17 2000, includes photograph
Freedom Air   "Freebie" Inflight magazine: May - June Issue 2004, includes photographs

NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL GUIDE BOOKS:

You can also find GeoTours within these following printed publications: unsolicited
Frommers Guide
Frommers New Zealand Guide Book

Lonely Planet Guide
Lonely Planet New Zealand

Rough Guide
Rough Guide Australasia


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