A special winter day with the Murphys: beautiful skies, native forest, rivers, and not a ski in sight. Our Top & Back Adventure shows a different side of Queenstown — all the magic, without the ski field pass.

AuthenticAs is now a Qualmark Silver accredited business. Learn what this award means and how it reflects our personal, safety-focused, and sustainable approach to guiding tours in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Discover the magic of Queenstown and Arrowtown this autumn with AuthenticAs private guided tours and professional family photography. Experience the golden landscapes, rainbows, and warm southern hospitality while creating unforgettable memories.

Kyle & Libby, newlyweds from the USA, turned a rainy setback into an unforgettable Queenstown adventure!

It’s time for one of those stories again. What we do, and the way in which we do it, is intentional. We set out to help people design and immerse themselves in an unforgettable experience here in the Southern Lakes. As we slow down and discover, the moments will be captured in breathtaking photographs.

Wai Tāhuna (Queenstown) is often thought of as a high adrenaline, bungy bouncing, jet boat spinning, ski adventuring and snow boarders paradise. This is true, but then what we would like to do is offer up a different side, one that’s not always advertised so boldly- Authentic As - breathtaking photography & guided 4WD tours.

Without a doubt, this beautiful part of the world that we like to call home, is the absolute perfect place to spend some time with your family and connect, to each other and to much more.

Authentic As offer a unique experience for visitors to the Southern Lakes. Rather than remind you to bring your camera with you, we recommend you leave it at home so you can sit back and relax whilst we take care of everything. We took the Johnson’s on a mid winter adventure along the Glenorchy road and beyond.

Simon explores the terrain above the Skyline Gondola in Queenstown New Zealand. Fresh snow has fallen on the slopes of Ben Lomond and armed with his camera he sets out to capture this incredible Winter Wonderland

Ginnie wanted to see the beautiful Southern Hemisphere night sky. We took her out exploring capturing beautiful photographs as we went, we even bumped into Lady Aurora

The Monssens chose our day trip into Glenorchy, Paradise and Mount Aspiring Park. They love nature and recently moved up across Australia from a cooler farming background to the heat of Queensland. They loved slowing down and exploring some of the quieter and relaxing places in the Southern Lakes

Hannes and Suki were in Queenstown for a few days as part of their New Zealand adventure. They came on one of our ‘Top & Back’ tours. Suki experienced snow for the first time amongst many other things. Together we had lots of laughs and created the most amazing set of images

Even when the moon is out and clouds in the sky, our camera skills, local knowledge and DOC concessions enable us to be able to create breathtakingly beautiful photographs under the stunning night skies in Queenstown New Zealand

The Garcia’s from the Philippenes, journeyed to the Top and Back with us on Christmas Eve. They loved our private bespoke 4WD photography tour. We took in many of Queenstown, New Zealand’s Points of Interest capturing their day in stunning photographs, as we introduced them to this amazing place we call home

We took Bif, Bex, Beatrice and Victor - a young local family, to the Head of the Lake and Back earlier this year. As you can see, even though the temperatures were well into big coat and woolly hat territory, everyone had a great day out and now have these beautiful photographs to treasure for decades to come and share with their friends and family back home in the UK and around the world.