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SHORE EXCURSIONS

8 Best Wildlife Tours

The best days ashore.

The 8 most popular wildlife 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 Wildlife Tours

Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka - Stop 1: Sitka Sound and the outer Baranof Islands wildlife circuit
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Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka

1.Best Whale Watching and Wildlife Shore Excursion in Sitka

Intimate Sitka Sound whale watching in a small six-person boat. Heated cabin, local guide spotting skills, and a safe return to port.

Most Popular 5.0

“Excellent tour highly recommend. We only had 5 people on the boat. Plenty of room excellent views binoculars provided. Rick is a great guy and answers any questions.”

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Amazing Whale Watching and Marine Wildlife Shore Excursion - Getting started at Crescent Harbor: where you’ll check in and what to bring
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Amazing Whale Watching and Marine Wildlife Shore Excursion

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)

3.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

“Sightings of rare NZ fur seals snd the breeding ground for albatross were amazing. Learned a lot of history on the castle tour. Guides for both were exceptional.”

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A Comfortable Sitka Whale Watching Wildlife Shore Excursion - Sitka Sound Cruising: What You’ll See During the 2.5 Hours
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A Comfortable Sitka Whale Watching Wildlife Shore Excursion

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)

5.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

“We enjoyed this boat tour and the commentary was very good. We saw New Zealand fur seals and albatrosses at the rookery and in flight, plus several other species of sea birds. The day we went was cold and rainy (not unexpected in Port Chalmers!) so we appreciated the additional warm jackets that were supplied…”

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Wings Wildlife Park Burnie Shore Excursion - Getting there from your cruise: Makers Market meet-up and shuttle reality
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Wings Wildlife Park Burnie Shore Excursion

Hobart: Mt Field National Park & Wildlife Shore Excursion - Meeting at 20 Davey Street and the timing that drives the whole day
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Hobart: Mt Field National Park & Wildlife Shore Excursion

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