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8 Best Port Chalmers Tours

The best days ashore.

The 8 most popular port chalmers tours for cruise passengers. The trips worth your hours ashore, what each one runs, who operates it and how to be back before all-aboard.

8 Best Port Chalmers Tours

Iconic Shore Excursion: Dunedin City Highlights Tour - University of Otago: Student Culture Without the Long Campus Detour
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Iconic Shore Excursion: Dunedin City Highlights Tour

1.Iconic Shore Excursion: Dunedin City Highlights Tour

A 4-hour small-group Dunedin cruise excursion from Port Chalmers: Signal Hill views, Baldwin Street, Otago highlights, and free time downtown.

Most Popular 5.0

“Kim was an amazing guide and had so much information about Dunedin to share and secret insights. He not only has vast knowledge of the area, he also shares hilarious antidotes along the way to keep you laughing and entertained throughout the route. I highly recommend this tour.”

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Iconic Shore Excursion: Iconic Larnach Castle Tour - Dunedin Railways: a quick stop that feels like a real time machine
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Iconic Shore Excursion: Iconic Larnach Castle Tour

2.Iconic Shore Excursion: Iconic Larnach Castle Tour

A guided Dunedin and Otago Peninsula shore trip with Larnach Castle, standout photo stops, and cruise-friendly transfers for one set price.

5.0

“Fantastic tour. Anne was so informative and kept everyone entertained with her extra stories. The castle and gardens are spectacular and the coffee and food at the Cafe was perfect. 100% recommend this tour”

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Shore Excursion: Dunedin City, Otago Peninsula, Castle Gardens & Olveston Tour - Dunedin quick-hits: Baldwin Street, Signal Hill, and city orientation
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Shore Excursion: Dunedin City, Otago Peninsula, Castle Gardens & Olveston Tour

3.Shore Excursion: Dunedin City, Otago Peninsula, Castle Gardens & Olveston Tour

Small-group Dunedin and Otago Peninsula shore tour with views, Olveston House, and Larnach gardens, plus easy Port Chalmers pickup.

5.0

“Warren was a fabulous guide. He showed us so many sites around the city and the surrounding land. He shared history, plants, trees, animals and culture. It was a great tour.”

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Dunedin Shore Excursion City Sightseeing & Tour of Larnach Castle - Port Chalmers Pickup to Larnach Castle: How the Morning Unfolds
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Dunedin Shore Excursion City Sightseeing & Tour of Larnach Castle

4.Dunedin Shore Excursion City Sightseeing & Tour of Larnach Castle

Larnach Castle gardens and Dunedin city highlights from Port Chalmers on a 7-hour shore excursion with included admission and guided touring.

4.0

“Dunedin - what a town - we will be back! The excursion undertaken was one of the highlights to New Zealand, it was value for money, not rushed and our driver 'Richard' was exceptionally knowledgeable and conveyed it in a way that everyone could understand he must have been a radio announcer in a previous…”

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Larnach Castle Tour & Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion) - Larnach Castle: William Larnach’s Story Plus Gardens Time
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Larnach Castle Tour & Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion)

5.Larnach Castle Tour & Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion)

Small-group Dunedin shore trip: guided Larnach Castle, Otago Peninsula drive, and a Monarch wildlife cruise for royal albatross and seals.

5.0

“We had a great time visiting the castle and on the wildlife cruise. The castle was beautiful and our guide was great - very informative. We saw dolphins, sea lions and blue penguins on the wildlife cruise.”

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Otago Harbour Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion) - Meeting at Port Chalmers Cruise Terminal: Quick, Straightforward Start
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Otago Harbour Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion)

6.Otago Harbour Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion)

Small-group Otago Harbour cruise from Port Chalmers with Taiaroa Head albatross, fur seals, warm jackets, and tea/coffee.

4.5

“This was a small group experience which allows for good interaction with the staff. We were given a fleece/raincoat due to misty weather which allowed us to sit outside for a better view. We saw many varieties of birds. Seeing several AlbatroRead more”

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Dunedin Shore Excursion - Sightseeing, Larnach Castle, Chinese Garden & Museum - Larnach Castle at 1871: the guided tour is the main event
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Dunedin Shore Excursion – Sightseeing, Larnach Castle, Chinese Garden & Museum

7.Dunedin Shore Excursion – Sightseeing, Larnach Castle, Chinese Garden & Museum

Cruise-day Dunedin sights plus Larnach Castle, the Chinese Garden, and the Toitu Settlers Museum in one 7-hour tour with included admissions.

3.5

“A great tour of Dunedin and the Larnach Castle. Our tour guide, Kim, was very knowledgeable and gave us a fun and entertaining tour of the castle with lots of stories and history of the house and family. Would highly recommend this tour!”

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Totally Local Wildscene Private Shore Excursion With 8 travelers - The viewpoint circuit: Baldwin Street, Signal Hill, and Otago Peninsula
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Totally Local Wildscene Private Shore Excursion With 8 travelers

8.Totally Local Wildscene Private Shore Excursion With 8 travelers

Port Chalmers to Dunedin in a private 4.5-hour tour. Small group visit Larnach Castle interior plus Baldwin St and Otago Peninsula views.

5.0

“Fantastic tour! Glenn went above and beyond to show us the best of Dunedin. He gave us water and chocolates, stopped at two stores for shopping, took us on an interior tour of Larnach castle - he spent two hours extra. Best tour ever!”

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