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From Cave to Coast Wellington Highlights Tour: Scenic Views, Iconic Landscapes, and Weta Cave Visit
4.8
193 Ratings
Wellington
Experience the best of Wellington on this 5-hour guided tour. Enjoy scenic views, iconic landscapes, and a visit to the famous Weta Cave. Lunch included!
Experience the best of Wellington on this 5-hour guided tour. Enjoy scenic views, iconic landscapes, and a visit to the famous Weta Cave. Lunch included!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Mount Victoria - Enjoy panoramic views of the city and harbour from the Mount Victoria Lookout.
- Weta Cave - Visit to the Weta Cave retail and museum space. Optional exclusive behinds the scenes documentary viewing available if time and availability allows
- Chocolate Fish Cafe - Lunch (mains and a drink) served at this lovely seaside cafe…
- Mount Victoria - Enjoy panoramic views of the city and harbour from the Mount Victoria Lookout.
- Weta Cave - Visit to the Weta Cave retail and museum space. Optional exclusive behinds the scenes documentary viewing available if time and availability allows
- Chocolate Fish Cafe - Lunch (mains and a drink) served at this lovely seaside cafe
- Te Kopahou Visitor Centre - Learn about the local history, geography, flora and fauna and enjoy amazing views across the Cook Strait to the South Island.
- Wellington Wind Turbine - Take in the epic views from the amazing vantage point above the city of Wellington. Learn about the history of the first wind turbine in New Zealand.
- Wellington Cable Car - Optional trip up the iconic Wellington Cable Car from Lambton Quay to Kelburn. Look across the valley from the Cable Car viewing platform and learn its history in the Cable Car Museum
- Lady Norwood Rose Garden - From the top of the Cable Car guests have the option to take a 20 minute walk down through the Botanical Gardens to the Lady Norwood Rose Garden (weather permitting). The drive guide will pick up guests at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden and continue the tour.
- Old St Paul’s - Explore this 160+ year old wooden cathedral and it’s famous stained glass windows.
What's Included
- Local driver/guide with live commentary on board
- Small group tour
- Lunch included
- Convenient hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off
- Local driver/guide with live commentary on board
- Small group tour
- Lunch included
- Convenient hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Cable Car tickets (optional)
- Gratuities
- Cable Car tickets (optional)
Additional Information
Embark on a comprehensive 5-hour guided exploration of coastal Wellington. The tour showcases breath-taking vistas from the Mount Victoria Lookout, a panoramic ocean-side journey from Oriental Parade to Miramar Peninsula, as well as an exclusive screening at the renowned Weta Workshop Weta Cave. Revel in the views of the rugged southern details of…
Embark on a comprehensive 5-hour guided exploration of coastal Wellington. The tour showcases breath-taking vistas from the Mount Victoria Lookout, a panoramic ocean-side journey from Oriental Parade to Miramar Peninsula, as well as an exclusive screening at the renowned Weta Workshop Weta Cave. Revel in the views of the rugged southern details of Wellington coast up to Te Kopahou Reserve and the Brooklyn Wind Turbine before choosing optional city stops like the Cable Car, Botanical Gardens, Lady Norwood Rose Garden, and the historic Old St Paul’s Cathedral. The tour includes a lunch of your choice of main as well as a beverage at a waterfront cafe.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them to board and disembark
Location
121 Wakefield Street
Wakefield Street
Please arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes early. The tour departs at 10:00AM from the Wellington i-SITE Day Tour Pick-up Coach Stop (121 Wakefield Street, opposite Amora Hotel).
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(193 Ratings)
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Pennypinc
Mar 6, 2025
Great tour - Fantastic Tour, highly recommended taking this tour to see many highlights in the area with fantastic views. We did it from the cruise port with absolutely no issues.
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Linda_s
Mar 4, 2025
This was a wonderful way... - This was a wonderful way to see the area all around Wellington. Our driver, Gary, was a lot of fun and very knowledgeable. Lots of stops for photos of the beautiful scenery. It was a great day!
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Maxisme
Feb 28, 2025
Excellent tour. - This was an excellent tour in a comfortable coach. Prompt, thorough, and friendly guide. A good overview of the area and it's history.
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Venture19585469291
Feb 27, 2025
Great Tour in Wellington - Excellent tour in Wellington, great experience, the guide had good knowledge about the city and explain really well, I really recommend this tour
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Avgmom2travel
Feb 27, 2025
Great Tour with a Great Guide in Wellington, NZ - When our cruise ship docked in Wellington last month, my husband and I took this tour with Zozo Travel, booked via Viator before leaving home. Mia from Zozo Travel was very helpful with the instruction on where to meet. Gary was our driver and guide for the day. He picked us up at the port and other people from several hotels. There were eight of us in the van.
We covered all the places listed on the itinerary. It was a lot of areas to cover in a limited amount of time, so we sat in a van a lot, but the scenery was beautiful. Also, despite the tour name, there was actually no “cave” visit, but a visit to Weta Cave Workshop – a souvenir shop for Lord of the Ring aficionados.
Our favorite stop was the included lunch at the Chocolate Fish Café at a beautiful seaside location. It was very crowded, but a table was set aside for our group. Each person gets a drink and a main from the menu. While the food was average, service and ambiance were great!
Gary got us back to the port in a timely manner. We highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Wellington!
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Deb_n
Feb 23, 2025
Great Wellington Experience. - A wonderful tour of Wellington with our lovely guide Athena. Athena was fantastic & shared her knowledge & love of NZ and Wellington, in particular. Our tour included many iconic sights and a great lunch.
Would highly recommend this tour.
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Alicia_p
Feb 12, 2025
driver was pleasant.... - driver was pleasant. flexible. very nice. was on a shore excursion from a cruise. she was very mindful of ship time.
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Briannan_l
Feb 9, 2025
Amazing tour of the City - Great tour, Tracy our guide knew so much of the area and gave lots of personal details and stories about the city which was great.
I think perhaps it would have been to have made the lunch stop a bit later, we arrived at 11am for lunch which was very early.
Tracy was really happy to stop at any point during the tour. She personalised the tour to the group she had, we had a Turkish family with our tour and due to weather one look out point would have been too overcast to see so we went to the Turkish memorial, which was absolutely incredible. So happy to have made this detour
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Janet_m
Feb 9, 2025
A day with a great guide - Our tour guide was Wonderful!!! He was informative and patient and made the day very special!!! Could not have been any better, excellent
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Jim_d
Feb 22, 2025
Long drive on winding... - Long drive on winding roads required to get to sights. If you don't habdle bus riding well you may want to rconsider.
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