Wellington Full Day Tour
A fully escorted tour showcasing all of the best highlights of Wellington city and some of its outer suburbs. Among visiting iconic landmarks, the tour will also include a cafe lunch beside the sea (cost not included), and the choice of taking either a guided tour of the Weta Workshop Studios, or for the nature lovers, a guided tour of our renowned wildlife sanctuary Zealandia.
Features include: • Mt Victoria lookout (360 views of Wellington) • Ride on Iconic Wellington Cable Car • Parliament Buildings (Beehive) • Old St Paul's Cathedral • Lady Norwood Rose Garden • Rocky coastline • Wahine Memorial • Drive through downtown Wellington • Lunch at a seaside cafe (cost not included) • Weta Cave Tour or Zealandia Wildlife Sanctuary (tours are with a guide)
Pickup included
An amazing 360 degree view of Wellington City
Approximately an hour tour where you discover New Zealand’s rich history and cultures through Te Papa’s world-leading exhibitions and treasures.
Guests will ride the iconic Wellington cable car (which first carried passengers in 1902). After you have travelled to the top in the cable car and visited the quaint museum at that end, you will have more breath-taking panoramic views of the harbour and city.
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
A PICKUP LOCATION MUST BE GIVEN AT TIME OF BOOKING If you are unsure, please select 'Wellington isite Visitor Information Centre' when booking. This can be amended later if required. DO NOT put 'I will select later'. ******CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS WILL BE COLLECTED FROM THE PORT IN THE DESIGNATED PICKUP AREA, YOU DO NOT NEED TO GO IN TO THE CITY****** Please select "Wellington Cruise Ship Port, Pipitea" option as your pickup location and enter your ship name in the additional booking details. Your pickup time will be 45 minutes after the ship has docked (even if your ship has been delayed or arrives early) with 8.45am being the earliest pickup time. For the convenience of other guests, please ensure you arrive at the tour area promptly as the tour may not wait for you. Look out for the Xplor Tours guides who will greet you. NON-CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER BOOKINGS: Pickup times may differ from tour start times if there are multiple guest pickup locations. We will contact you in advance of your tour with your estimated pickup time if this is the case.
FOR CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS: Please stay at the Port and do not catch a shuttle into the city. All Cruise pick-ups are from the Port.