Private Tours NZ and AU

[kristicruise]

Hi,

 

I just got back from the Celebrity Sydney - Auckland cruise. We booked private tours for almost all the ports.

 

Tasmania -Heather from Let Us Show You Tasmania http://www.showyoutasmania.com.au/ - great tour, knew the rangers at the animal park and they let us pet the Koala, Wambat and other animals.

 

Dunedin - Arthurs Tours -http://www.visit-dunedin.co.nz/arthurs_tours.html

-Arthur was fabulous. Our ship was delayed 2 hours due to fog. He called ahead to all of our stops and accommodated all of the delays. We did not miss a thing. We had personal guides for our small group at Larnach Castle, Otago House, Dunedin train station and Speights Brewery.

 

Wellington - Wellington Rover Tours - Jason http://www.wellingtonrover.co.nz/- Good tour, very reasonably priced. Jason was very accommodating.

 

Tauranga - Mount Classics- http://www.mctours.co.nz/ tour 5, Our guide took our group of 11 personally through the hot springs area, the Te Puia, the Maori performance, Kiwi 360. Ian also made arrangements for our Auckland airport transfer and entire day tour.

 

Auckland - Mount Classics - John Richmond.- This was an all day tour with a drop off at the airport. John was amazing. He picked us up in a minivan with trailer (luggage issues). We dropped off the trailer then hit the road. We saw Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium, One Tree Hill, Cornwall Park, Mt. Eden, 5 wineries, volcanic beaches and beautiful neighborhoods. The day could not have been better.

[Ontario Cruiser]

Thanks for the information. Did you book these tours ahead of time or were they available when you docked?

Happy New Year

Ontario Cruiser

[kristicruise]

I booked all of them online. They are such great operators they might be booked up. With the exception of the Mount Classic tours, only small groups.

[Jswen]

Great info, Thanks.

We are looking for a 1/2 day morning tour in Auckland, before we board our cruise ship.

I will check out Mount Tours.

J

[kathy16]

Also looking for tour of AKL on Jan 22, 2009 before boarding Nautica. But, might just take the ho-ho bus, and visit Kelly Tarletons.

[Granny DI]

We used Golfer's Dream (www.golfersdream.co.nz) for our tours. They can book anything you like to do.

[Budget Queen]

Always book tours in advance. Don't waste time at the dock trying to arrange stuff.

 

For information, you can easily get to Kelly Tarleton's. either by the free shuttle from the Skytower, 10 min walk, or city bus for $3.20nz. I was just there last week and ended up costing about $32US for 2.