Private Guided Tour of Dunedin

Discover Dunedin’s heritage and wildlife on a private, flexible tour. Explore scenic drives, Royal Albatross Centre, and more. Tailored for your group.

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Baldwin Street: The Steepest Street in the World - Experience the thrill of walking up the world’s steepest street or simply capture a photo of it.
  • Signal Hill - Make a brief stop to take in the panoramic views of Dunedin City and its surroundings from Signal Hill.
  • Dunedin Botanic Garden - Opt for a guided stroll through the upper…
What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Bottled water
  • Driver/guide
  • Surcharges on fuel
  • Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
  • Transport by private vehicle/ air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

Enjoy Dunedin on a private tour, tailored just for your group of up to 6 passengers. A knowledgeable driver - guide will show you the best spots in Dunedin in a comfortable van. You will be very flexible and can spend any amount of time at all the stops.
There is an option fo a bigger group too.
Scenic drive through the city and on Otago Peninsula to…

Location
Dunedin isite Visitor Information Centre
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Wander02759492955
Feb 15, 2024
Great private tour, payment issue from cruise ship - We are a group from USA and Taiwan that traveled via cruise to Dunedin. We arranged a private tour via emails with Asta while we were on the ship. She was very prompt in answering and working with us to make the excursion possible. There was some payment challenges which almost ruined the tour and I will get to that later. Keith was our guide and he was absolutely wonderful and a delight to be with. With his knowledge, time management and flexibility, we hit pretty much all major city highlights and points of interests including castle garden & its lunch cafe during a 5 hours span. Concerning payment, I would recommend Fantail Tours to have an alternate payment method in addition to just the “invoice page website”, because for two days we couldn’t figure out why the payment website shows as blank on mobile phones, iPad and laptops with our cruise ship Internet package. We almost cancelled the tour. Eventually we had to upgrade to premium Internet package to make the payment page showed up correctly. While ship was cruising, we can’t make voice calls and email was insecure to give credit card info. So this is one area for improvement.
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Lisa_f
Dec 31, 2023
Great tour of Dunedin and the wildlife - Our driver was very knowledgeable and ensured that we would see as much as possible in the time we spent with her
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Simone_p
Nov 21, 2023
Well worth booking - Staffan was an excellent tour guide, he was very knowledgeable and was incredibly accommodating for our needs, we had a fantastic day.
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Downinglemur24
Mar 29, 2023
Do Dunedin with Fantail Tours - A group of five of us did a private shore excursion of Dunedin with Claudia as our tour guide. Claudia was fantastic and showed us some amazing sights. She was fun and very informative and we managed to beat the crowds at all the locations which included the steepest street and the botanic gardens and Lannarch castle and the Penguin place and Dunedin sights and the railway station. We were back at the ship in a timely manner. All our tickets were organised for us. A bag was left in the mini van and Claudia promptly answered the call and was able to return the backpack before boarding of the ship. Can highly recommend this tour company
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Janet_f
Jan 23, 2023
Dunedin private tour - Very knowledgeable driver and host who was more than willing to cater for our requests. Would highly recommend this tour and Asta.
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Discover802692
Jan 15, 2023
Lovely private tour of Dunedin with wildlife emphasis! - Just completed full day private tour with Teresa - wonderful guide. We began with a quick highlights of Dunedin then off to Penguin Place to see rehabbed yellow eyed penguins as well as seeing little blue & yellow eyed penguins in the wild. Very lovely! Then on to Albatross Center to see nesting albatross up close. So amazing to be able to see this! We also saw kingfisher, spoonbills, black swans, plover, oyster catcher and ducks. Great day for wildlife viewing. Thank you Teresa for a delightful day !
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Henry_f
Jan 8, 2023
Great Tour with a Wonderful Guide - This private tour was excellent. Our guide, whose name I believe was Asta, was wonderful. She was kind, knowledgeable, and customized our day "on the fly." The city is interesting and worth exploring. Be sure to head out to the peninsula to see the albatross refuge.
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Sandra_m
Jan 6, 2023
Beautiful day in Dunedin - Asta, our tour guide was awesome. She mapped a seven hour tour for us, highlighting the best of Dunedin but she was extremely flexible. When we mentioned we would like to put our feet in the ocean she drove us to a beach so we could do that. She was pleasant, knowledgeable and the best tour guide we had in New Zealand. I highly recommend this private tour. We did see an Albatross and absolutely loved the peninsula.
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Kevin_l
Dec 28, 2022
Best decision made! 👏 - Our tour guide Heike was super friendly and was here on time, there waiting when we got off the cruise ship. She was very knowledgeable and was very patient with our family (group of 8 with different age group). Very accommodating and kept our schedule on track! Very grateful to have met her and was happy with our decision of using this tour service! Only hindsight from our own planning pov was should have opted for the castle tour rather than the penguin tour.
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Feifei_h
Feb 26, 2024
Not so clean vehicles used - Tour guy was fine and experienced, but the vehicle - van was old, dirty and with strong cigarette smoke smell. We (5) paid non refundable of $800+ for the day tour, don’t feel we’re deserved to sit in such dirty, smelly van all day… We have two more tours booked with Viator in New Zealand after this one. Really hope the experience can be better from now on…
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From $881 (Per Vehicle)
up to 15 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).