Auckland Explorer: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

Explore the best attractions in Auckland with a 24 or 48-hour hop-on hop-off bus tour. Discover the city’s sights, beaches, and shopping districts at your own pace!

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Red Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: The first bus leaves at 9:00 am, and the final bus departs at 4:00 pm, with buses leaving each stop every 30 minutes (timings may vary due to traffic conditions).
1. 23 Customs Street East
Main departure point
2. *SkyCity Auckland

The Sky Tower, Corner of Victoria and Federal Streets,…

What's Included
  • Hop-on hop-off tour
  • On-board WiFi
  • GST (Goods and Services Tax)
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Informative English commentary
  • Multilingual audio commentary in Mandarin, Spanish, German, and Japanese via an app
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Experience the top attractions in Auckland with a 24 or 48-hour hop-on hop-off bus pass! Each route takes about an hour to finish, but you’ll want to hop off and explore the city’s amazing sights, tree-lined avenues, scenic beaches, and trendy shopping areas at your leisure. The Auckland Explorer Bus is an excellent way to get around New Zealand’s…

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Dianne_h
Mar 8, 2026
The Best Way To See Auckland NZ - A wonderful way to get around the city of Auckland & to see all the important attractions. Bus run every 30 minutes. Commentary onboard is perfect, concise & easy to understand. Highly recommend.
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Joce_g
Mar 2, 2026
Great service - Easy to catch. Not a lot of stops. We only had to wait once for the next bus, but that was because a cruise was in town. Got us to all the places we wanted, plus more. We did both the blue and red tours.
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Patricia_s
Mar 2, 2026
Auckland Hop on-hop off tour - The hop-on hop-off bus tour was awesome. The busses were comfortable and the narration was easy to hear. The bus driver was also very helpful. After this tour, I felt that we had a very good understanding of Auckland and it's layout. I would highly recommend this inexpensive tour to anyone coming to Auckland for their first time experience.
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Chi_n
Mar 1, 2026
Informative and... - Informative and convenient. Took you to the major hotspots in the city and was close by to major accommodations.
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Vicki_j
Mar 3, 2026
A little pricey for what... - A little pricey for what you see but to avoid hills, worth it!! Would encourage anyone with only a day to see the city: do the Hop on Hop off bus
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Alice_f
Mar 6, 2026
Need a way to Track Bus locations throughout the day - The time between returns to stops is unpredictable. There is no way to see where the busses are. They should install the bus tracking app feature to track bus locations at all times, like the hop on hop off bus system in Las Vegas, NV.
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Jan_g
Mar 6, 2026
Informative and clear... - Informative and clear commentary, but we were bumped from a nearly empty bus to an overcrowded bus. We couldn’t even sit together. Very disappointing.
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A5580wcleec
Mar 6, 2026
Headphone free but challenging to hear - Great way to see the city and beyond. However it was a lot of money to hear very little of the commentary. This was a headphones free tour, with traffic, the wind, the bus engine, people talking on the bus and various road works it was very difficult to hear. As a warm day we didn’t want to sit inside. I would be reluctant to recommend this tour.
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Edward_f
Mar 2, 2026
Poor information on redeeming vouchers. - Viator sold us a voucher with inadequate instructions on how to redeem. Gave us an address but didn’t say there was no location there. Only an agent standing on the street 10 minutes before the bus departed.
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Karen_b
Mar 8, 2026
Unfavorabke - It isn’t very informative. I felt like it was a waste of money. If you are someone who can’t get off at the stops and just ride around the whole time, it was boring.
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From $41
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).