Dunedin Highlights: A Scenic Gardens and City Exploration Tour for Cruise Passengers

Experience the best of Dunedin on this scenic gardens and city exploration tour. Visit top attractions, enjoy informative commentary, and get off the bus to explore. Full refund offered if dissatisfied.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Signal Hill - Lookout over Dunedin
  • Baldwin Street: The Steepest Street in the World - View or walk up the street
  • Dunedin Botanic Garden - View upper gardens and aviaries if fine weather. Lower gardens if raining.
  • The Octagon - See the central area of Dunedin
  • Dunedin Railway Station - Dunedin’s historic railway station
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What's Included
  • Climate-controlled vehicle interior
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Additional Information

This is a short tour by bus around some of the main attractions of Dunedin. It is aimed at cruise ship passengers but anyone can participate so long as it is a cruise ship day.
The tour stops at all locations mentioned with a chance to get off and have a walk around.
Comfortable vehicles and a commentary is provided.
A full refund will be offered if at…

Location
21 Beach Street
Beach Street
We meet in the 'private tours' area of the cruise ship terminal at Port Otago (Port Chalmers).
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Martindeggbtinternet
Mar 7, 2026
Dunedin Garden and City tour - We were taken by bus and shown various points of interest around the city and visited the botanical gardens. Our driver Craig was excellent, very engaging, knowledgeable and funny. The trip was very entertaining, Craig brought Dunedin to life and his love of the city was very obvious. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
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Needles66
Mar 6, 2026
Busy schedule, but able to enjoy time on our own. - Craig was passionate about Dunedin and enjoyed taking us around. We liked having time to ourselves to look at the shops and cathedral, walk up Baldwin Street and enjoy the Botanical Gardens and the museum. That tour took nearly six hours and all our fellow passengers were on time at every stop. Good value for money and appreciated being told where we could buy refreshments.
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Gloria_w
Mar 6, 2026
A Fantastic Tour!! - We had a wonderful tour!! Our tour guide was fantastic! He told us much of the history of the town. He made everything thing so fun with jokes and laughter!!! While we were on the bus he let us out some to explore on our own. Don’t miss this tour you will definitely LOVE it!!!
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Lourdes_s
Mar 6, 2026
Highly recommended city tour of Dunedin - Very informative about Dunedin past. Comfortable tour even for seniors. Perfect length to get back to cruise ship on time.
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H0liday2021
Mar 6, 2026
Lovely Dunedin - I booked this for a group of 6 of us on the Carnival Splendor. I was nervous that it may not meet their expectations. It was just the best!! Well done.
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Ray_g
Feb 28, 2026
Craig was great in... - Craig was great in Dunedin and Dixie was greatat Seal coast . Both were the best hiosts we’ve ever had
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191jackiel
Feb 28, 2026
Garden and City tour - Craig, lovely, funny, witty, knowledgeable, charming, a great storyteller, literate, self-deprecating and more. A lovely day, approximately 5hrs of laughter, sightseeing, and Mackintosh lollies, it could not get any better. Thank you very very much. Ex Anthem of the Seas, 19th Feb 2026. Ps please say thank you very much to Julie, Port Chalmers for her lovely welcome and sense of humour. We saw Constable Gorgeous!!
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Kmarkillie1
Feb 27, 2026
Dunedin tour from port Chalmers - Craig went above and beyond for us. He was very knowledgeable and so funny
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S3689zalisab
Mar 1, 2026
Garden and City tour - It became obvious from the start that our tour was going to take longer than the time mentioned on our ticket.Craig was an excellent guide who really loves his homeland.As I mentioned the tour took longer than we were expecting , which was made worse by the same people being late back for the bus every time we stopped.As a result , we were dropped off at the ship only five minutes before our last embarkation time,which caused a bit of stress.On the whole , a good tour-just a pity that it over ran time wise.
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Faraway822234
Feb 27, 2026
Dunedin in skirts of grey - Our driver really knew his stuff and I found this tour great value for money. The driver was really knowledgeable and made sure we got back to the shop in good time
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).