Private Guided Tour of Dunedin City Heritage and Unique Wildlife and Scenery | La Vacanza Travel

Private Guided Tour of Dunedin City Heritage and Unique Wildlife and Scenery

Duration: 5 to 7 hours
Destination: New Zealand, Otago, Dunedin & The Otago Peninsula
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  • 5 to 7 hours
  • Dunedin & The Otago Peninsula
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Enjoy Dunedin on a private tour, tailored just for your group of up to 6 passengers. A knowledgeable driver - guide will show you the best spots in Dunedin in a comfortable van. You will be very flexible and can spend any amount of time at all the stops.

There is an option fo a bigger group too.

Scenic drive through the city and on Otago Peninsula to view the most breathtaking views. You will enjoy a stop at Royal Albatross Centre (about 1 hour), the world's only mainland colony of Royal Albatross. Here you have the option to either take lunch, explore the visitor center or wander outside (since it's generally pretty windy, you are likely to see flying the largest seabirds!) Then, take a scenic drive back to Port via Portobello Road, along the harbor, where you are likely to see wading birds. You will have a great choice to create a memorable tour to suit your interests.

What Can You Expect?

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Baldwin Street: The Steepest Street in the World, Baldwin Street, Dunedin 9010 New Zealand

You will have a chance to walk up the world’s steepest street, or just take a photo of it.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Signal Hill Road, Dunedin New Zealand

A short stop to enjoy panorama of Dunedin City and surroundings on Signal Hill

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Dunedin Botanic Garden, Corner of Great King Street and Opoho Road, Dunedin New Zealand

At your choice you can choose to have a guided stroll at the upper Botanic garden to view bird aviaries with New Zealand native birds and some birds form different parts of the world and view a variety plants depending on the season

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Northern Cemetery, 40 Lovelock Ave, Dunedin, Dunedin 9016 New Zealand

Drive through one of the oldest cemeteries of Dunedin, where some famous people of the area are buried and learn about Thomas Bracken and WIliam Larnach

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: University of Otago, 362 Leith Street, Dunedin 9016 New Zealand

Have a short stop at the oldest university of New Zealand and hear how important it is to Dunedin City

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Olveston Historic Home, 42 Royal Terrace, Dunedin 9016 New Zealand

There is a possibility to join a 1 hour guided tour of the historic home of the Olveston at the extra cost of NZD23 per person.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: First Church of Otago, 415 Moray Place, Dunedin 9016 New Zealand

Visit one of the finest churches of New Zealand - First Church of Otago

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Dunedin Railway Station, 3074332, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Stop to marvel tone of the most photographed building of New Zealand.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Larnach Castle & Gardens, 145 Camp Rd Otago Peninsula, Dunedin New Zealand

You can choose to stop to explore Larnach Castle and the gardens or only the gardens and take pictures of the castle outside. Extra fee for the castle and gardens applies.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Rd, Dunedin New Zealand

At the end of the Peninsula, there is Albatross Centre which has free entry to look at displays about wildlife, grab some drinks and snack at the cafe, use toilets, browse souvenir shop.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Royal Albatross Centre, 1260 Harington Point Rd, Dunedin New Zealand

You can choose to have free time at albatross centre or join a 1 hour guided tour which is NZD55 per person. During one hour guided tour you will hear all about Royal Albatross, watch a short movie, walk up the hill to the viewing platform to view albatross nesting area

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: The Otago Peninsula Eco Restoration Alliance, 45 Pakihau Road, Dunedin 9077 New Zealand

While on Otago Peninsula you have a choice to join one of the wildlife tours - a guided walking tour of Penguin Place, NZD55 per person

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Otago Peninsula, Dunedin New Zealand

Otago Peninsula drive offers the most breathtaking scenery via both, Highcliff and Portobello roads. It is about one hour drive one way from the city to the end of the peninsula

Duration: 2 hours

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions
  • Driver/guide
  • Bottled water
  • Transport by private vehicle/ air-conditioned minivan
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • Private tour
  • Fuel surcharge
  • Entry/Admission - Dunedin Botanic Garden

Exclusions
  • Lunch

Additional Info

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
  • A maximum of 6 people per booking or a bigger group of 11
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Comfortable walking shoes, wind and water proof jacket are recommended
  • Near public transportation
  • Infant seats available
  • Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability

Departure Point

Departure Point

1: Dunedin isite Visitor Information Centre, 50 The Octagon, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
2: Beach Street Wharf, 46C Beach Street, Port Chalmers 9023, New Zealand


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Duration & Voucher Info

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

5 to 7 hours

Cancellation Policy

User's Reviews

Feifei_H

26 Feb, 2024

Tour guy was fine and experienced, but the vehicle - van was old, dirty and with strong cigarette smoke smell. We (5) paid non refundable of $800+ for the day tour, don’t feel we’re deserved to sit in such dirty, smelly van all day… We have two more tours booked with La Vacanza Travel in New Zealand after this one. Really hope the experience can be better from now on…

Wander02759492955

15 Feb, 2024

We are a group from USA and Taiwan that traveled via cruise to Dunedin. We arranged a private tour via emails with Asta while we were on the ship. She was very prompt in answering and working with us to make the excursion possible. There was some payment challenges which almost ruined the tour and I will get to that later. Keith was our guide and he was absolutely wonderful and a delight to be with. With his knowledge, time management and flexibility, we hit pretty much all major city highlights and points of interests including castle garden & its lunch cafe during a 5 hours span. Concerning payment, I would recommend Fantail Tours to have an alternate payment method in addition to just the “invoice page website”, because for two days we couldn’t figure out why the payment website shows as blank on mobile phones, iPad and laptops with our cruise ship Internet package. We almost cancelled the tour. Eventually we had to upgrade to premium Internet package to make the payment page showed up correctly. While ship was cruising, we can’t make voice calls and email was insecure to give credit card info. So this is one area for improvement.

Lisa_F

31 Dec, 2023

Our driver was very knowledgeable and ensured that we would see as much as possible in the time we spent with her

SIMONE_P

21 Nov, 2023

Staffan was an excellent tour guide, he was very knowledgeable and was incredibly accommodating for our needs, we had a fantastic day.

downinglemur24

29 Mar, 2023

A group of five of us did a private shore excursion of Dunedin with Claudia as our tour guide. Claudia was fantastic and showed us some amazing sights. She was fun and very informative and we managed to beat the crowds at all the locations which included the steepest street and the botanic gardens and Lannarch castle and the Penguin place and Dunedin sights and the railway station. We were back at the ship in a timely manner. All our tickets were organised for us. A bag was left in the mini van and Claudia promptly answered the call and was able to return the backpack before boarding of the ship. Can highly recommend this tour company

User's Picture Gallery

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Lovely private tour of Dunedin with wildlife emphasis!

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Saw city highlights of Dunedin, the penninsula and saw the coast, had a boat ride out to the albatross nesting area.

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