Dunedin Highlights: A Scenic Gardens and City Exploration Tour for Cruise Passengers
4.4
70 Ratings
Port Chalmers
Experience the best of Dunedin on this scenic gardens and city exploration tour. Visit top attractions, enjoy informative commentary, and get off the bus to explore. Full refund offered if dissatisfied.
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Signal Hill - Lookout over Dunedin
  • Baldwin Street: The Steepest Street in the World - View or walk up the street
  • Dunedin Botanic Garden - View upper gardens and aviaries if fine weather. Lower gardens if raining.
  • The Octagon - See the central area of Dunedin
  • Dunedin Railway Station - Dunedin’s historic railway station
  • Toitu Otago Settlers Museum - See Dunedin’s heritage an history on display. Cafe also available.
What's Included
  • Climate-controlled vehicle interior
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This is a short tour by bus around some of the main attractions of Dunedin. It is aimed at cruise ship passengers but anyone can participate so long as it is a cruise ship day.

The tour stops at all locations mentioned with a chance to get off and have a walk around.

Comfortable vehicles and a commentary is provided.

A full refund will be offered if at the conclusion of the tour the customer is dissatisfied with any part of the experience that is within the operator’s control so long as the issue is raised first with the operator before any third party. (Subject to tripadvisor complying with operator request)

  • We can usually accomodate wheelchairs and prams in the bus but person must sit on a seat in bus.
Location
46C Beach Street
Beach Street
We meet in the 'private tours' area of the cruise ship terminal at Port Otago.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Marlene_q
Mar 25, 2024
Amazing and breathtaking especially on oall the sites like the railway station, signal hill lookout, city center, others - 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.
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Kathleen_r
Mar 24, 2024
Great tour - 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.
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Milagros_b
Mar 21, 2024
Mila's group - 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.
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Dylan_s
Mar 18, 2024
Easy way to see Dunedin. - 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.
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Kymhanlin
Mar 15, 2024
A+++ excellent. - Great tour and value for money. Craig our tour guide and Joe our driver were great and a wealth of local knowledge and stories. Would definitely reccommend
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Pius_b
Mar 13, 2024
Dunedin Garden and City Tour last March 4, 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.
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Christina
Mar 12, 2024
A great half day tour showing best of Dunedin - Great tour guide drive, Andrew. He showed us highlights of Dunedin, including town, Baldwin St, botanic gardens, and settlers museum. A great tour, we thoroughly recommend it. Would suggest need to make museum stop longer, 30 mins not enough for a fab museum with lots to see.
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Scottj_b
Mar 10, 2024
We liked Baldwin Street a... - We liked Baldwin Street a lot. We hiked to the top. The view from Signal Hill was spectacular. Our driver/guide Len was great!
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Aidan_h
Mar 10, 2024
Very good city tour -... - Very good city tour - train was great gardens a bit disappointed but then that’s nature and the time of the year!
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Muddy19
Mar 9, 2024
Nice trip in good weather. - Our first stop in Dunedin City was outside a church. The driver said we would stop for about 3/4 hour, but nothing else. It was raining. We walked downhill to the edge of the Octagon, where other tour buses were parked and people were dropped off in the shelter. We weren't sure what to do, so looked for a cafe and bought coffee, then trudged back uphill to the bus. Then on to a high lookout, where views were extensive, and the rain had stopped. Back down hill to the lower end of Baldwin St, with the chance to walk to the top. Then on to Botanical Gardens, with limited time which prevented a good look, as the gardens are extensive. Back to the Octagon with the choice of Railway Station or Settlers Museum, both of which are definitely worth a look. Our driver was not very talkative, and did not engage with the (mostly senior) passengers. A nice trip with limited time, but it could be improved with more thought and interaction with customers.
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