As a Nature Guide with RealNZ, you'll lead visitors through the stunning Te Anau Glowworm Caves, offering knowledgeable, engaging commentary across multiple scenic locations. You'll ensure each guest has a memorable experience, safely guiding them and sharing your enthusiasm for New Zealand's unique landscapes, flora, and fauna.
In this role, you'll organise and guide guest groups, providing accurate, clear nature commentary while prioritising safety. You'll also support guest satisfaction by warmly welcoming and assisting visitors, maintaining tidy service areas, and ensuring a friendly send-off. With a focus on safety, you'll implement Health & Safety protocols, assist in risk planning, and make operational calls around conditions like high water.
This is a full time, fixed term opportunity through until the end of the summer season.
What do you get out of this?
- Full time work with guaranteed hours
- Enjoy some incredible staff perks! Bring a friend along to experience RealNZ's unforgettable adventures, either for free or at a fantastic discount. Explore thrilling jet boating, rafting, the Te Anau Glowworm Caves, cruise Milford and Doubtful Sound, and discover Rakiura. It's an amazing opportunity to experience the best of New Zealand without breaking the bank!
What are we looking for in you?
- Current First Aid certificate.
- Experience in Cave Guiding, Nature Guiding, or a similar field.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with a positive, proactive approach.
- Enthusiastic about sharing knowledge and able to engage diverse groups of guests.
If you're ready to inspire visitors with your passion for New Zealand's natural wonders and have the experience to provide a safe, engaging experience, we'd love to hear from you!
Who are we?
We are real people in real places delivering real experiences. Enabled by tourism, our vision is to be a leading conservation business. We are committed to the future of sustainable tourism while honouring our past. Our guest centric attitude is fuelled by our promise to deliver Aotearoa's most unforgettable experiences.
Here at RealNZ we encourage people to be themselves, respect the environments we operate in and respect each other. We are committed to empowering people, so they can have a voice, be heard and be present.
Our people and our experiences stretch across our most remote islands and fiords to our snow-capped maunga; we are a diverse group of people, and our passion to share incredible environments and experiences with guests drives us every day. Join us on our mission to conserve nature, share our history and culture and have fun every step of the way.
How to apply
Hit APPLY today to submit your application through our careers page!
Please note that we will be interviewing candidates as they apply, and if the right person is found, we may close the role off to any further applications.
