Auckland Discovery City Tour

Auckland, New Zealand

Take in all the highlights of Auckland on a half-day city tour. See the yachts bobbing in the harbor, heritage listed buildings and parkland that offer stunning panoramic views over the city. Enjoy morning tea at the quaint village of Parnell, travel through Auckland Domain and cross the Harbor Bridge to the north shore. The city tour starts in the morning, leaving the afternoon free to relax or to combine with a visit to Kelly Tartan's, Underwater World or a cruise on the harbor

The tour begins with a short trip over the Harbour Bridge to the North Shore before returning to the central city to visit Queen St and the Auckland Viaduct.

Next we travel through the city's oldest park, the Auckland Domain, which is situated on a year old volcano. Stop in the quaint village of Parnell for morning tea stop and wander around the historic buildings many of which have been transformed into fashionable boutiques, antique, craft and specialty shops.

End your tour by taking the scenic waterfront route of Tamaki Drive to the Michael Joseph Savage Memorial Park, in Mission Bay. Here you will see a memorial to the first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand and the founder of the welfare state. The park has panoramic views over Whenua Rangatira, Auckland city and Waitemata Harbour and is great for photo opportunities.

This mornings tour is also available with the following options:

• Entry to the Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World
  Experience King and Gentoo Penguins then travel through the Underwater World and come face-to-face with giant stingrays and ferocious sharks!

• Entry to the Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World and Devonport
  Step under the city and into the sea with a visit to Kelly Tarlton's, then venture across Auckland's beautiful harbour and immerse yourself in Devonport's unique heritage, wide range of restaurants, cafes, beaches, art galleries and shopping.

• Entry to the Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World and Fullers Harbour Cruise
  Escape the city and cruise the sparkling waters of Auckland's beautiful harbour. Harbour highlights include historic Devonport, the harbour bridge and the NZ Naval base.

USD $57.49

Traveler Reviews

Review by: marcus l	January 2012
Driver did not speak very well

Review by: marcus l	January 2012
Driver did not speak very well

Review by: Emilencia M	January 2012
Insightful tour into the City of Sails, we saw everything there is to see! Our Driver -Guide was funny, informative and organized.

Review by: Harish c	December 2011
The Highlight of the trip is Kelly Underwater aquarium,rest of the places like War memorial and Michael Joseph Memorial was Ok.

Review by: Pamela H	October 2011
Enjoyed the tour. Great sights. Pete, the driver, was very informative, polite and funny.

Review by: Alan R	May 2011
Exactly what you would expect for a Discovery City Tour. A perfect experience to see important elements of the city with enough history and background to either get good overview or whet interest for more!

Review by: COLIN S	May 2011
Great start to the holiday, apart for the crap weather. But driver was excellent and knew his stuff, the 5 hours went very quickly.

Review by: Michael C	May 2011
The tour was very good and I would recomend it to any visitors. Last year we complained about a tour we did in Miami USA and got no response.

Review by: Bless S	October 2010
I totally enjoyed listening to the driver/tour guide - Peter was fantastic! I wish the trip to the island would be much longer as the boat ride was longer than the island stay (was just there to have a quick pee). Over-all I enjoyed it and would confidently recommend a 4.5 rating. Cheers!

Review by: Robert O	October 2010
It was excellent, the tour guides were funny and full of detail about Auckland and New Zealand.

Review by: GLORIA F, United Kingdom	March 2010
Excellent we were able to see far more than we could manage on our own. It was easy and very enjoyble and very good value for money. Very well organised just as I expect from Viator.

Review by: Gloria F	March 2010
Excellent we were able to see far more than we could manage on our own. It was easy and very enjoyble and very good value for money. Very well organised just as I expect from Viator.

Review by: James W, United States of America	February 2010
Very good, well worth the money. Good itinerary, comfortable bus and great commentary.

Review by: Debra Ann S, United States of America	December 2009
Excellent tour. The coach driver was super fantastic. Very knowledgable about the area, curteous and most helpful.

Review by: Caitlin G, Australia	November 2009
This tour was a great opportunity to see the city and explore the streets with a knowledgeable guide. The sights overlooking the city were amazing and you could see everything, with breathtaking views.

Review by: Robert M, United States of America	March 2009
The tour director was very knowledgeable.

Review by: Ward D, United States of America	March 2009
This is the second time we have used Viator on a vacation and we would recommend the company for their tour selection and their performance. We had just disembarked a cruise ship in Auckland. We were surprised that the disembarkation included a city tour, so the city tour the next day was a bit redundant. The good news, however, was that I didn't have a camera as we left the ship. The Viator tour fixed that nicely. The highlights of the tour were stops to view the Harbor Bridge and a visit to Mt. Eden, a volcanic cone that overlooks the city. Weather cooperated, allowing excellent views on both days. The tour gives one an overall sense of the city. We were signed up for an option to descend under the water in a viewing tube to see the natural sea life, but elected to miss that so we'd have more time for lunch before our afternoon harbor cruise.

Review by: Randall D, United States of America	February 2009
Very enjoyable.

Review by: Kim N, Australia	August 2008
Auckland city tour together with Kelly's Antartic and Harbour cruise is a great combination to experience the highlights of Auckland within 6.5 hours.

Review by: Benjamin P, Australia	July 2008
This was a fun activity. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the best but our tour guide was fantastic having an incredible amount of knowledge and jokes which compensated for the rainy day. Kelly Tarlton's was the best especially the penguins, so cute. This is the best and quickest way to get to know Auckland city.

Review by: Kirstyn M, Australia	July 2008
If you don't have long in Auckland, this is a good way of seeing the main sights and hearing some local stories and information. I didn't enjoy Kelly Tarlton's as much as I was hoping to but may have been because I was sharing it with lots of screaming kids during their school holidays.

Review by: Rajkumar R, United States of America	August 2007
Worth the money we spent. This is a good way to see many attractions in shorter time.

Review by: Melvyn R, United States of America	January 2007
Personal, informative.

Review by: Sal B, United States of America	January 2007
Be sure to go to Kelly Tarlton's. It's well worth it to see the penguins and sea life. It is fantastic what they did with the old, sewage tanks.