Your Guides

We stay in the same places as the tour participants, we eat the same food. Some of us are fitness fanatics, so if you feel like an early morning run or brisk walk before breakfast, just have a word with your guide. You haven't lived until you've jogged up to a glacier face, or run out to Lake Matheson (The Mirror Lake) just as the sun peeks over the Southern Alps - it doesn't come any better than this.

Since it's inception in 1996, GoTourNZ.com (Adventure New Zealand Motorcycle Tours) has risen to a dominant position within the New Zealand guided motorcycle tour business, and handles more guided tour clients than any other NZ operator. This has been achieved by our determination to give our clients "the best vacation of their lives."

John Fitzwater

John and Jo Fitzwater John Fitzwater graduated from Auckland University in 1976 with a Science degree in Geology and Human Geography. Between 1976 and 1984 John worked in Australia and New Zealand specialising in soils and groundwater research. In 1984 John left Australia and returned to NZ to establish what has become one of New Zealand's most innovative and enthusiastic motorcycle dealerships - Thunderbike Engineering. Thunderbike Engineering was recently renamed Thunderbike Powersports but not before winning Best Large Business and Best Overall Business in a prestigious Chamber of Commerce Best Business Award in 1994.
John is a keen motorcyclist himself, and still competes regularly in road race events (despite attempting to retire from racing in 1996 - he took it up again soon after).

John has practiced Aikido for the past 19 years, and currently holds a Ni-Dan grading.

In 1997 John and his brother Ian established Adventure New Zealand Motorcycle Tours & Rentals Ltd, a specialist motorcycle tour company. Ian moved to France with his partner Sophie in 2009, and John decided to stay in the business and lifestyle he loves, and continues on guiding all the tours himself. John has guided the motorcycle tours for the past 14 seasons and is keenly interested in New Zealand geology, geography, native flora and fauna.

GoTourNZ's Code of Ethics:

We have a genuine belief in a Win-Win code of behaviour. Our simple goal is to give you a vacation you'll remember with fondness and exhilaration til the day you shuffle off this Mortal Coil...

We achieve this by:

Keeping our promises
Being knowledgeable in our field of endeavour
Being responsive and flexible
endeavouring to be error free
Following up and staying in touch
Keeping our clients informed
Making ourselves accessible
Offering no unpleasant surprises
Acting promptly.