A great day - Couldn't fault it. Our driver/guide Gabi was punctual, neat, polite and knowledgeable. Lunch was quite nice and the cruise was great.

A great experience - Overall a great experience. Wonderful views and great atmosphere. Cruise to the ocean was the best part of the journey . Our tour guide Scott was excellent.

Great time. - Had a great tour guide.Reasonable time to enjoy the sights.Weather played its part with heaps of sunshine.Saw heaps of wildlife on boat part of tour.

Place not to be missed - The place was unique with French type of buildings with lot of eateries near the coast. Enroute the rim of the dead volcano overlooking Akaroa was too good. Best of all is Andrew, the loving and cheerful skipper and guide. He made our tour more lively with his nice commentary. He deserved an additional star.....

a wonderful boat trip - We enjoyed the boat trip very much - something to remember and recommend to friends! The captain was very helpful at telling you which side of the boat you can see dolphins and seals. It was also interesting to visit the town Akaroa, enjoy a walk along the sunny embankment, admire the colorful views of the bay.

Great day trip from Christchurch - Very nice! Akoroa was such a cute village and the stops along the way were pleasant surprises! Tasted and bought some cheese and had contracted for the lunch which was DELICIOUS! I had the salmon and my husband had the fish and chips. The crew on the boat were equally as helpful and got into some fun conversations with Ben who helped spot those dolphins and a few penguins.

Great trip and beautiful location - Akaroa is a beautiful place visit, everything is so pretty there, the houses, land scapes, plants, trees, shops and cafes etc. we had a best salmon dish there as part of the tour in Bully Hayes restaurant, the coffee is nice in one of the cafe. Since we couldn’t go on boat trip due to the weather I got half money refund. On the way back we stopped at some scenic locations. It’s worth a trip, thank you

Akaroa Day Trip - We thoroughly enjoyed the day trip to Akaroa and harbour cruise. Our driver/guide Scotty is a legend, very knowledgeable on the history and background, giving us an insight to how this part of NZ was settled. Akaroa itself is a charming place, the lunch was a chance to catch up wth fellow travellers and hear of their experiences. On the harbour cruise we saw dolphins, babyseals and a humpback made a brief appearance... this was the first sighting of the season, so a big point score for the skipper and crew. Picked up some chutneys, cheese and chocs at the factory before heading back to town Thanks to all for a very enjoyable day out.. Barbara M

Would definitely do it again - The drive is long but beautiful. It turned out to be a bright sun day at the trial heads. The trip was very well organized. We loved the stop at the bakery. Only thing we would do differently. We would have stayed the night at the sky observatory.

Very nice tour operator, Akaroa town blah, Hector dolphins on bay good - We live along a vibrant coast so I'm a bit jaded on beach towns so this place did not meet my expectations and we did not enjoy our lunch choices at Bully Hayes. The restaurant was not busy and yet they crammed 5 of us into a table for 4 making it difficult to place beverages, elbows, etc. The boat out to the marine reserve was good, you cannot see the penguins, don't plan on it. I'm seen enough fur seals to last my life, but we were fortunate to have an abundance of playful Hector dolphins hang around the boat. Before arriving in town, we stopped at a beautiful viewpoint. Afterward, we stopped at a cheese place. Seriously, you should drop that from the tour, it is ridiculous and not worthy of being called a tasting. Waste of time. I wouldn't do this trip again...too much time and money for the result.