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15 Best Tauranga Tours

The best days ashore.

The 15 most popular tauranga 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.

15 Best Tauranga Tours

Tauranga Shore Excursion: Rotorua Highlights - Mount Maunganui Pickup and Timing the Day Around Your Ship
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Tauranga Shore Excursion: Rotorua Highlights

1.Tauranga Shore Excursion: Rotorua Highlights

Full-day Rotorua shore excursion from Tauranga: Whakarewarewa geothermal wonders, Pohutu Geyser, Māori village show, kiwifruit stop and more.

Most Popular★ 4.5

“So interesting to see the Maori people living in their community and using the land to their benefit. Also seeing a bit of the New Zealand landscape, the beautiful scenery and waterfalls, the redwood forest was wonderful. Tasting kiwi and visiting the kiwi farm was a bonus.”

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6.5 hour Small-Group Rotorua Naturally Shore Excursion - Tauranga - The geothermal taste test: Kuirau Park, Sulphur Point, Government Gardens
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6.5 hour Small-Group Rotorua Naturally Shore Excursion – Tauranga

2.6.5 hour Small-Group Rotorua Naturally Shore Excursion – Tauranga

Get Rotorua’s geothermal sights, a Māori village snack stop, plus Redwoods treetop rope bridges and a glow worm cave on a cruise-friendly day.

★ 4.5

“Allistar our tour guide was great. The trip to the tree top hanging bridges and the glow worm cave were tremendous. Definitely a highlight. The trip is worthwhile if only for those two activities. The stop at the geothermal areas was nice but nothing like visiting the paint pots of Yellowstone. Overall, I’d recommend this…”

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Hobbiton Movie Set Shore Excursion from Tauranga (6 Hours) - How the 6-hour day really plays out (without rushing you off a cliff)
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Hobbiton Movie Set Shore Excursion from Tauranga (6 Hours)

Tauranga Shore Excursion: Top Half Day Curated Highlights Tour - Mt. Maunganui pickup and the harbor crossing: a fast start with big views
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Tauranga Shore Excursion: Top Half Day Curated Highlights Tour

4.Tauranga Shore Excursion: Top Half Day Curated Highlights Tour

4.5-hour Tauranga shore excursion with McLaren Falls, kiwifruit and manuka honey tasting, Minden Lookout views, Gate Pa, plus muffin, coffee, and hokey pokey ice cream.

★ 4.5

“A really outstanding trip. We really enjoyed it from start to finish. Stephen was a fantastic guide, had loads of information for us and made us feel very welcome. The Muffin from the coffee shop was the largest i have ever seen. The walk to and from the falls was not too far and was…”

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Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours - Tauranga Harbour Bridge and the Port: How Work Shapes the City
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Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours

5.Tauranga Shore Excursion: History & Kiwifruit Tasting – 4 Hours

Half-day Tauranga tour with Mt Maunganui views and port history, capped by a kiwi orchard tasting and local tea for $65.78.

★ 5.0

“A fabulous highlight tour of Tauranga with our guide Russell who was super friendly and knowledgeable. Comfortable and safe transport to all destinations. Would definitely recommend.”

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Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga - Meeting Your Driver at the Port Gate (and Getting on With Your Day)
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Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga

6.Shore Excursion: Local Tasting Tour from Tauranga

Port-to-vine tastings in Tauranga: craft beer, wine at Skyline’s gondola, plus dessert and cocktails. Small group, pickup included.

★ 5.0

“Paul did a great job driving our group around. Learned about kiwi plants, went to a brewery, had lunch at a great restaurant. did a wine tasting and stopped for dessert and coffee. Not much to do in port so this was a pleasant tour and Paul took care of us all and passed on…”

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TAURANGA SHORE EXCURSION: Epic 25 min V8 Trike tour of Mt Maunganui & Tauranga - Mt Maunganui Main Beach and Bay Oval: instant scenery, minimal fuss
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TAURANGA SHORE EXCURSION: Epic 25 min V8 Trike tour of Mt Maunganui & Tauranga

7.TAURANGA SHORE EXCURSION: Epic 25 min V8 Trike tour of Mt Maunganui & Tauranga

25–30 minutes on a V8 Chevrolet trike cruising Mt Maunganui and Tauranga, with a private-group feel and top-10% recognition.

★ 5.0

“It was a fantastic experience riding the V8 trike tour through the city of Tauranga. Enjoyed it very much, our driver was fantastic, told us a lot about the city and was very friendly. We can highly recommend this tour, it is definitely worth it.Auto-translated”

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Private Tour Rotorua Shore Excursion up to 8 Passengers - Paengaroa kiwifruit orchards: local produce with real context
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Private Tour Rotorua Shore Excursion up to 8 Passengers

8.Private Tour Rotorua Shore Excursion up to 8 Passengers

Private Tauranga to Rotorua shore excursion for up to 8: Mt Maunganui, kiwifruit, redwoods, Te Puia geysers, Māori culture, hot springs.

★ 5.0

“Great experience with Wendy sharing so much about the area as we travelled. Beautiful area. Her suggestion if we had time was to take the ferry to devenport which is a beautiful little town, wonderful shops and restaurants. Wendy is wonderful.”

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Tauranga Private Shore Excursion: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland - Choosing your walking track without losing the day
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Tauranga Private Shore Excursion: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland

10.Tauranga Private Shore Excursion: Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland

Private Tauranga shore excursion to Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland: geothermal walks, Lady Knox Geyser, Whakarewarewa, and Rotorua stops.

★ 5.0

“Our private shore excursion was an incredibly fun little adventure through beautiful forests, Kiwi fruit orchards, and geothermal wonderlands of the North Island, between Tauranga and Rotorua. Our driver, Marina, was an excellent tour gRead more”

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TAURANGA SHORE EXCURSION: V8 TRIKE - 1.5 hour City Sites - Before you meet up: what to expect from the experience
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TAURANGA SHORE EXCURSION: V8 TRIKE – 1.5 hour City Sites

Hells Gate Geothermal, Mud & Sulphur Spa - Mud baths and sulphur spas: where the geothermal fun becomes real
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Hells Gate Geothermal, Mud & Sulphur Spa

12.Hells Gate Geothermal, Mud & Sulphur Spa

Geothermal walk, Māori carving, and mud-sulphur spa in Rotorua from Tauranga, with snacks, scenic stops, and a full day.

★ 4.0

“No information upfront on what to bring and what to expect. No overview before the trip began. Very difficult to plan and anticipate anything. Glorified taxi service at best.”

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Tauranga to Magical Hobbiton Movie Set - Private Shore Excursion - The best part of the drive: orchard stops and Bay of Plenty viewpoints
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Tauranga to Magical Hobbiton Movie Set – Private Shore Excursion

13.Tauranga to Magical Hobbiton Movie Set – Private Shore Excursion

Private Tauranga to Hobbiton shore trip for up to 4, with a pro guide, comfy car, and a 2.5-hour walk through the film set.

★ 5.0

“We had an absolutely wonderful time in Tauranga and Hobbiton. Our driver and guide, Pat, was very friendly and knowledgeable. We would highly recommend both Pat and this experience.”

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Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Valley, & Hot River - Sulphur Point at Lake Rotorua: Free, Short, and Surprisingly Characterful
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Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Valley, & Hot River

Te Puia Geothermal, Kiwi and Māori Art - The Māori Welcome and Performance: Culture You Can See Clearly
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Te Puia Geothermal, Kiwi and Māori Art

15.Te Puia Geothermal, Kiwi and Māori Art

Geothermal steam, Kiwi spotting, and Māori culture in Rotorua, plus parks and gardens. Guided day trip from Tauranga.

★ 3.5

“My family was sad to miss the Maori dance as the local operator did not check the schedule time for the show properly. The driver was given the wrong time. Otherwise the driver took us to the other places on time and was very friendly.”

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