Otago Peninsula Scenery and Dunedin City Highlights Tour

Overview

Available languages

English

5 hours

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Start at Port Chalmers to experience the beauty of Dunedin on a fantastic 5 hour tour of rich heritage, spectacular scenery. You will experience gorgeous and memorable landscape of Otago Peninsula with amazing string of rugged beaches, bays and wildlife. Your knowledgeable guide will show you the most breathtaking views and take you closer to nature and its wildlife.

Spend some free time at Royal Albatross Centre: this place offers 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!) or watch lazy seals.

You will stop at the world's steepest street, First Church, Railway station and will have some free time to explore internationally significant and the oldest botanic garden in New Zealand. The tour is designed only for a small group, to enjoy flexibility, comfort and personalized attention.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Specialized infant seats are available

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Bottled water

Driver/guide

Live commentary on board

Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Lunch

What To Expect

Baldwin Street - World's Steepest Street!

A short Stop

10 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Signal Hill

A short stop to enjoy the panorama of Dunedin

5 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

Including free time

Free time at the Royal Albatross centre where you can walk down to the beach to view seals that are there most of the time, observe albatrosses gliding in the wind if it is windy enough.

Including Albatross Tour

Includes 1 hour guided tour at Albatross centre to view the nesting area.

Reviews

4.71

28 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

It's a long day but well...
Linda B,
Apr 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00
It's a long day but well worth it! The drive thru Christchurch was great and our driver was so informative. The 3 wineraries were suberb and lunch at the ladt one was delicious.
Otago Peninsula Tour
Debra T,
Feb 4, 2025
- Viator
4.00
Teresa was a very knowledgeable guide with excellent driving skills. We packed a lot into the day - visiting the train station, the steepest street and the botanical gardens. However, 2 tours had to be joined together. Since we had to wait for other passengers to visit their tour destinations and the drive out to the peninsula was quite a distance away, we did not get enough time to spend at the Albatross Centre.
Great tour but shame about the weather
Carolyn D,
Nov 30, 2024
- Viator
5.00
Enjoyed the tour, a shame about the weather. Warren the tour guide was very knowledgeable and made the tour interesting.
Great trip
sue c,
Nov 27, 2024
- Viator
5.00
Really enjoyed it, weather want great but the guide was brilliant. Loved to steepest street in the world and the albatross centre, see some sea lions but sadly no albatrosses. Great day though
3 couples on a bucket list trip!
Elizabeth E,
Nov 19, 2024
- Viator
5.00
The scenery was absolutely gorgeous, the towns quaint, and the fish and chips at the Albatross Center Cafe were even better than in England! Warren was very knowledgeable and informative. The only negative is that the seals and penguins were down the coast that particular day and it wasn't windy enough for the albatross' to be flying. We can't control Mother Nature.