Top Auckland City Tours - page 4

Wow…just wow. I took the tour this morning, and it exceeded all my expectations of any previous tour I have done. Jono, our guide, has an incredible local knowledge and was telling us interesting facts for the whole journey. I found his ability to speak some Māori and explain the traditional links with all the places we visited particularly insightful. This tour takes you out of the CBD and into the suburbs; something you don’t get with the hop-on-hop-off buses. This really was the best way to get a sense of the “real Auckland”. We drove out to the harbour, Northshore, Mount Eden, and then along the coastline to beautiful little beaches at Mission Bay and St. Helier’s, (as well as lots of other places) Designated stops have been put on for photo opportunities and time to soak up the scenery. It was a lovely small group of 6 travellers, which made the van nice and spacious. I honestly cannot recommend this tour more highly, I feel this should be a must on your Auckland itinerary. I spent the whole tour dreaming of what lovely little suburb I’d like move to 😂.

The tour of Hobbiton was fantastic! The guide was fun, knowledgeable, and efficient. The drink at the Green Dragon was frosting on a Middle Earth cake. The Glowworms Caves adventure was also fantastic. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Our coach driver and guide for the day was very jolly and personable. She made the day long experience a joy.

Both locations were wonderful and I am so glad I booked this. I was only in NZ for two nights, and doing this on the one full day I had was totally worth it. You will be traveling in a small bus, and you will want something to do while being driven between locations. Maybe a battery pack too. The driver made sure we had water, and stopped for coffee soon into the trip.