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Garden and City tour

Name: Garden and City tour
Brand: Exploring New Zealand
SKU: 124765P1
Price: 36.90 USD
Rating: 4.5 (70 reviews)

Port Chalmers, New Zealand

From $36.90

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

4 to 5 hours
Pickup offered
Offered in: English

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Overview

See some of Dunedin’s main attractions on this short city tour. Designed for those arriving into Port Chalmers on cruise ships, this tour is open to everyone and only operates on cruise ship days. Take in the views of the city from Signal Hill, visit the Botanic Gardens and see Baldwin Street - the steepest residential street in the world. See impressive architecture including the iconic Octagon and the Railway Station.

Travel in a comfortable vehicle with commentary onboard
Great for those looking for a quick tour from the cruise ship
This tour will have a maximum of 36, so great for large groups
Fit more into a busy schedule with this quick tour of highlights

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

46C Beach Street, Port Chalmers 9023, New Zealand
We meet in the 'private tours' area of the cruise ship terminal at Port Otago.

Pickup point

Port Otago in the private tours area of the cruise ship terminal.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Ticket Redemption Point

31 Beach Street, Port Chalmers 9023, New Zealand

Pickup details

We pick up from outside the cruise ship terminal at Port Otago. If the cruise ship comes in later than normal tour departure time we will depart after whenever it gets in and people have had a chance to unload. We can also pick up from outside the Dunedin isite in the Octagon, Dunedin.

What To Expect

Signal Hill

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Baldwin Street: The Steepest Street in the World

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dunedin Botanic Garden

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Octagon

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Dunedin Railway Station

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation

Most travelers can participate
We can usually accomodate wheelchairs and prams in the bus but person must sit on a seat in bus.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 36 travelers

Operated by Exploring New Zealand

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

4.5

70 reviews

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The Best Tour

David_W, Apr 2024

We booked online for the 10.30 tour from the port. There were 11 or 12 collected in the port and about the same number joined us in town. Our guide was Rob and he was superb in every way. Rob provided a great tour and pointed out interesting sights and facts as we toured. We took in all the great sights of Dunedin, including Baldwin Street, the Railway station, the Botanical Gardens etc in a leisurely and informative manner. Without doubt, this was the best tour that we took on our New Zealand cruise. Thank, Rob

Fabulous

Rebecca_R, Apr 2024

Fabulous tour. Very informative. Great highlights of Dunedin. Would highly recommend. Great value for money

Had a excellent tour well...

Jen_S, Apr 2024

Had a excellent tour well worth the money Rob our driver very knowledgeable thoroughly recommend to do his tour

Garden and City excellent tour in Dunedin

Sandra_A, Apr 2024

GARDEN and City gets a 5 star review. Graig our driver and tour guide was super informative and helpful.

Great Time in Dunedin

JoAnn_S, Apr 2024

This was a fabulous trip. Our guide, Craig, was informative and extremely engaging and funny. He made the day a very enjoyable one for us. We have fond memories of Dunedin due to Craig and our Garden & City Tour. Well done!

Amazing and breathtaking especially on oall the sites like the railway station, signal hill lookout, city center, others

Marlene_Q, Mar 2024

All of the different sites that this tour gave us were excellent. T he irony is it is the most affordable tour and it was the best. Covered a lot of historical sites. My friends and I were all amazed on how it was narrated by our tour guide Owen. Nice person.

Great tour

Kathleen_R, Mar 2024

Simon was absolutely amazing. Very knowledgeable and passionate about what he did, yet made it very fun. Provided a lot of history and made many stops for photo opportunities. Would highly recommend it.

Mila's group

Milagros_B, Mar 2024

We saw the steepest street and Andrew the owner of the company drove the group around Dunedin and was very patient with our group of 46 people. A very nice tour and highly recommended.

Easy way to see Dunedin.

Dylan_S, Mar 2024

An easy way to see Dunedin and its attractions from the cruise terminal at Port Chalmers. Our guide was informative and entertaining. Would recommend this activity to people coming in on a cruise holiday.

Dunedin Garden and City Tour last March 4, 2024

Pius_B, Mar 2024

Our Tour Operator was very informative as he is a Dunedin native. We were able to tour around a lot of the interesting places in Dunedin. He was very accommodating and provided us with ample time to roam around during our stops. He even went as far as to give us a quick drive to South Dunedin even though we were already supposed to travel back to Port Chalmers.

We liked Baldwin Street a...

ScottJ_B, Mar 2024

We liked Baldwin Street a lot. We hiked to the top. The view from Signal Hill was spectacular. Our driver/guide Len was great!

Very good city tour -...

Aidan_H, Mar 2024

Very good city tour - train was great gardens a bit disappointed but then that’s nature and the time of the year!

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Well glad you thought it was a "Very good city tour" but I don't know what you mean about a train or the gardens so not much I can say about those details.

Great tour

Julie_B, Mar 2024

We are so happy we did this tour. Very much enjoyed our guide as well as all the stops. We had an amazing mincemeat pie at the cafe at the gardens. So glad we tried it!!

Great time with our two...

Sharon_D, Mar 2024

Great time with our two informative guides. We only had a little time and was able to see quite a bit.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Glad you enjoyed the tour!

Guide was friendly and...

ElizabethP, Mar 2024

Guide was friendly and knowledgeable. He provided a history of Dunedin and you could tell he loved his city. He gave us time at each stop to explore on our own and gave us a mini tour of the Botanical gardens.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

I am glad that me or one of our driver/guides was able to give you that experience. Thanks for your review!

Outstanding

John_H, Feb 2024

Great tour of the city with Rob our guide - he was outstanding. Simply the best way, in a day, to get to see the best of the city.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

I will let Rob know about your praise. Thank you for your review.

Excellent tour of Dunedin

Jill_L, Feb 2024

It was an excellent tour for the money! Much more reasonable them the cruise ship excursions! I was billed twice and still waiting to get that resolved.

Ok but not memorable

Robert_W, Feb 2024

Crowded bus. No legroom. More like a school bus than a tour bus. Driver was OK-but more interaction and personality would have made the tour memorable.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

It as has been a busy time at port this season. I brought in a larger bus that has in fact been used as a school bus at other times. Why did I do this? In general I use tour buses and in fact people booking online generally get priority on these buses so it may be that you didn't pre-book. Regardless of that I did check on the legroom of the bus and I am capable of sitting comfortably on the seats with legroom and I'm over six foot. In any case the reason why a tour bus isn't needed so much in this case is that we are doing short hops between locations in the bus and then getting out as opposed to traveling for hours between cities which is what the tour buses are designed for. Actually I have found that people are less concerned about actual comfort than the perception around that comfort. For instance if a new Mercedes had the same legroom then that would be seen as fine. The bus does have better visibility and aircon than the tour bus and some of the buses taking cruise ship passengers don't even have aircon! (all mine do). In terms of interactions it can be challenging to have interactions with 45 people. Thanks for your comments though I take it all on board.

Great value tour

guypayne, Feb 2024

Excellent tour. Scotty the guide / driver was excellent and very knowledgeable. Great tip for steak and cheese pie for lunch - a New Zealand delicacy!

Great tour.

diane_f, Feb 2024

Excellent tour. Saw many places on the tour. The guide was excellent. He was very informative. Very friendly.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks for your review. Glad you had a good time!