Creating journeys to places people will remember.
We know you don’t want to miss a thing here in Fiordland whether it’s trout fishing, hiking the Milford Track or Kepler Track, cycling the Lake2Lake trail, exploring special places or just getting you where you need to go to start your own adventure, our friendly and personable family team can help.
All our carefully crafted trips and journeys explore Fiordland National Park. Most are privately guided or small groups, with every care and detail taken care of. Our trips are inspired by our own experiences in Fiordland – you won’t find them anywhere else because they are, quite simply, the way we as locals like to see and do Fiordland.
Enjoy world-class trout fishing, hike the famous Milford Track without the crowds or let us create something just for you. We are specialists at crafting memorable and meaningful experiences in this extraordinary place we live. In fact, we see it as our responsibility to do the place justice.
We show visitors Fiordland like a friend would, and connect them with what they’d like to do here for an unforgettable experience.
Fiordland Outdoors Company is made up of husband and wife team Christine and Mark and our two sons, Zane and Morgan, and we really do live and breathe the Fiordland outdoor lifestyle. Funnily enough, it was while enjoying this lifestyle – taking mates out fishing – that the idea for the Fiordland Outdoors Company came about. Mark, who has skippered boats all over the world, was showing friends his favourite fishing spots on the Waiau, when the question came up: Had he considered becoming a professional fishing guide himself, and showing visitors what Fiordland was really all about? And the rest, as they say, is history.
Six years, three boats and a team of five later, the essence of the Fiordland Outdoors Company hasn’t changed – helping people ‘see and do our Fiordland’ forms the fabric of what we’re all about. Mark still tries to go fishing as much as possible, often taking our boys out as much as he can.
We love
Spending family time, water skiing and beach time on the lake in the summer, trout fishing, hiking and biking the cycle trail. Boys Zane and Morgan love motor biking and completing motorbike trail rides with their Dad, but Mum can’t still can’t stand to watch them!
Favourite places
The Upper Waiau River – we spend as much time as we can fishing, making a day of it on the riverbank swimming in the river and BBQ’ing on the beach. Camping in Mavora Lakes. This is a favourite of ours since we were kids, terrific camping location and the kids can be free to explore and learn.
Exploring nooks and crannies of Fiordland, including escaping to back country huts to disconnect for the night. Milford Sound – we love staying overnight when we can in winter when there are less people about, crab hunting on the foreshore at low tide. The stars at night in Milford, with little to no light pollution, are always something special to see.
We can’t wait to show you our backyard!
Mark & Christine Wallace