After a popular, Facebook-only contest to kick off their upcoming season, Active New Zealand awards Oklahoma Pharmacist, John Suggs, with what he believes will be his Trip of a Lifetime – hiking, biking and kayaking around New Zealand.

(TRAVPR.COM) NEW ZEALAND - October 11th, 2011 - Queenstown, New Zealand – October 10, 2011 –Active New Zealand, a specialist adventure tour company, announces John Suggs, a pharmacist from Supulpa, Okalahoma, to be the happy winner of their Facebook competition, bagging himself a New Zealand adventure trip, the Tui.

"I am still reeling from winning! I was very excited to receive the most votes in the contest, but I was still surprised to win the drawing. A close friend happened to tell me about the contest on Facebook and I entered. I have not been out of the country in 5 years and I know this is a trip of a lifetime.

My friend has traveled with ACTIVE previously and I am hopeful that she will come to New Zealand as well. I have spoken to the nice folks at Active New Zealand and thy are ready to help me with anything I need as I prepare for my first hiking New Zealand adventure. I sold my pharmacy a year ago and I just may never come home!"

John’s Tui trip is named after a lively and colorful native bird in New Zealand, in fact most of Active New Zealand’s trips are named after their native wildlife and trees. Active New Zealand’s Tui trip is an 8-day multi-sport trip in the spectacular South Island. It features hiking on the Routeburn track, in Mt. Aspiring National Park and on the Franz Josef Glacier; a scenic mountain flight to Siberia hut; a kayak paddle in stunning Milford Sound and a jet boat ride down the Wilkin River.

Active New Zealand has trips in both the North and South Island, from 5 to 14 days long, led by friendly and knowledgeable Kiwi guides. After 16 years of running active adventures in their back yard, their claim to fame is really knowing New Zealand and their determination to run trips that wow their clients every time.

Jennifer and John Ridgley, from Georgia, said of the Tui they took, “We have traveled all over the world, and this was by far the best trip of our lives. We could never have put anything like this together on our own. Absolutely Wonderful!”

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