Stray New Zealand

Stray is the least known, and the most expensive, of the three. This also has some advantages cause it means more personal service and smaller busses. It just depends on your budget and plans to choose for this one.
Stray has some other routes than the two other companies do, but it also passes through the more important places you will need to see while in New Zealand. You only get a more personal approach, especially on the little "field trips".
If you don´t like big groups this is the best thing for you. But isn´t backpacking about meeting lots of people? That´s why this bus is the number one choice for non-backpackers. A nice way to see NZ without all the drunk and loud youth.