Meet the people behind Good Clean Fun NZ.com

Background:

Before my Good Clean Fun days, I used to work as a Primary School teacher, as well as with an international charity, here in New Zealand as well as in Asia and Europe.

I’ve been involved in showing New Zealand to visitors for over five years and I love to see people having the time of their lives while learning to appreciate nature!

What do you bring to Good Clean Fun NZ?

I love helping people discover the great outdoors. The more we know about nature and the more we appreciate it, the more we will be concerned for its preservation. Yes, I’m an unabashed conservationist! Spend time in this beautiful country and it’s hard not to be one too!

Believe it or not...

As a student, I had many interesting part-time jobs, including being a clown, a caricature artist and having to dress up as an elf!

Background:

I like to tell people that I’ve always been a Kiwi, but just started somewhere else! I was born and grew up in Central Africa but chose the Merchant Navy as a career. After years of working as a ship’s captain, I worked as the director of a charity in New Zealand.

Along with Good Clean Fun, I am still involved with the sea, in teaching boating safety and helping to train new sailors. I am also an avid hiker and climber.

What do you bring to Good Clean Fun NZ?

I’ve always told people, ‘You only have one life. Do the things you enjoy’, so that’s what I’m doing now!

I love having fun and making friends wherever I go. I am serious about my responsibilities but very relaxed. I aim to be a guide you can relate to and enjoy spending your holiday with.

Believe it or not...

My mother confessed to me a few years ago that I was actually born in the hospital luggage room! Now I know why I have been living out of a suitcase ever since.

Background:

Before having children, I worked as a nurse.

Now I am the proud grandmother to 5 beautiful children, (1 more on the way!) and also ‘mum’ to a family of five cats that we rescued from our garden!

What do you bring to Good Clean Fun NZ?

I won’t be on the road so much, but take care of behind-the-scenes jobs at our home base, as well as helping with hospitality.

Believe it or not...

I have three tattoos! Not the kind you might be thinking of though - I am a cancer survivor and had dots tattooed onto me to help with the radiation therapy.

George Booth

Carolyn Booth

About Good Clean Fun NZ

We are a tour guiding company that seeks to provide the following:

Good value for money, good locations, good to the environment, good to local communities, good memories and experiences with good tour guides. We want you to have a good experience with us and leave us having made some good friends!

Clean, green, sustainable touring is our goal; the kind of travel that seeks to leave only footprints for the next generation and take only memories for ourselves. We want to share the nature that is unique to New Zealand and stay off the beaten track as much as possible.

Fun is most enjoyed when it is not at anyone else’s expense, when it is good and clean. We can provide the fun that comes with wide-eyed discovery of new vistas, daring to stretch ourselves in the great outdoors, sometimes sleeping in a tent far away from the nearest town and enjoying time together around a glowing bush television. (Camp fire).

Our target market, is people who love the outdoors and wish to see the nature of New Zealand in good company. We work well with all ages and nationalities - if you want to enjoy nature in New Zealand, you will fit right in with us!

We also want to retain the flexibility to offer everything from day-trips out of the Auckland area to tailor-made tours around the country for up to a week or even longer. Groups are deliberately kept small to underscore our commitment to the personal touch. You can’t enjoy nature in a crowd.

Other values:

The main value that drives us is ‘Do for others what you would have them do for you.’ Good Clean Fun NZ offers the kind of trips that we know we would love, and we aim to treat you in the same ways that we would love to be treated ourselves every day.

After being impacted by a little book called ‘Fish’ a few years ago, we have also adopted the following four values as very close to our hearts:

Be There - We want to be fully present when we are with you, not distracted by other things or offering you a half-hearted service. When we lose the passion for this, we will stop the business.

Play - We love what we do and we want you to enjoy yourselves too. Life is a serious thing but we plan to have fun as we live it!

Make Their Day - or, as we like to think of it, ‘Others are It!’ We have discovered that life is so much more of a delight to live when others are the focus. Nothing beats the feeling of knowing you have created a special moment for someone.

Choose Your Attitude - We can’t choose our circumstances, but we can choose how we react to them. Our attitudes are up to us, and we choose to have positive ones.

Shirley Booth

“I couldn't have asked to see more beautiful places. Sitting on amazing beaches, having campfires and seeing stunning sunsets are moments I will never forget. To be honest I could write a whole lot more than that! You guys gave us all such amazing experiences.”

-Janine, England

“You have a vast world of knowledge that you share with people. People will definitely enjoy any tours with you.

-Martie, South Africa

“Travelling with Shirley and George is not just sitting in a van... it’s more. So if you get curious, just go and see yourself!”

-Cornelia, Switzerland

“There was never a dull moment when George was leading the way, he understood what we wanted and delivered!!”

-Ruth, Northern Ireland

"I will always remember camping by the lake edge, swimming in the lake in front of snow capped mountains and eating over an open fire, food made with our own hands."

- Claire, England

“George always took us to the best "un-touristy" spots, which made for lots of great adventures.”

-Britteny, USA

The ever growing Booth family, having Good Clean Fun in NZ! (Photo: Christmas 2010)

So that’s us! If you like what we stand for, have a look through these tours that we offer.

We would love to help you experience some Good Clean Fun in New Zealand nature with us!

What we offer:

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