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Akaroa Full Day Sightseeing Tour from Christchurch | 9 hours 30 minutes

180 Reviews | Christchurch
From $150.68 per person Lowest Price Guarantee
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Akaroa - Cruise Only
2 Adults x $151.75
$303.50
Approx Total
$303.50
Akaroa - Cruise only: Akaroa Day Tour including a 2 hour Nature Cruise on Akaroa Harbour (No lunch included)
Pickup included
Akaroa Day Tour w/ Lunch
2 Adults x $175.10
$350.20
Approx Total
$350.20
Akaroa Day Tour: Tour includes lunch at Bully Hayes restaurant and a 2 hour Nature Cruise on Akaroa Harbour.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Lunch - (if option chosen)
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Driver/guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Gratuities

Overview

Enjoy a Sightseeing tour to Akaroa through the spectacular scenery surrounding Banks Peninsula, formed following violent eruptions of two ancient volcanoes.  The Akaroa crater nurses the picturesque harbor and Akaroa village. Experience a Nature Cruise with highlights including the rare, NZ native dolphin - the Hector's Dolphin, as well as penguins and other sea birds. And you'll see giant volcanic sea cliffs and hear about Akaroa's fascinating past. The Tour also includes a delightful lunch at Bully Hayes Restaurant.

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Itinerary

  • Akaroa

    Following a morning pickup by air-conditioned coach from your Christchurch hotel, head out along the road to Akaroa to begin your tour. Tour includes Tourism Award Winning & Supreme Tourism Award winning cruise, on Akaroa Harbour. Visit the beautiful unspoilt old French whaling depot of Akaroa. A charming small township nestled in a inner harbour bay of Akaroa Harbour on Banks Peninsula. The township contains a host of historic buildings, craft and gift shops together with a multitude of idyllic photo opportunities. Lunch is available at the naturally picturesque setting of Akaroa Village at the popular Bully Hayes. (Lunch is an optional extra) In the afternoon enjoy the Akaroa Harbour Cruise on the Canterbury Cat. On your return journey to Christchurch a stop will be made at the Barry’s Bay Cheese factory, where you will get to sample some fine New Zealand cheese

  • Lake Ellesmere (Pass By)

    Travel to Akaroa via Lake Ellesmere, Lake Forsyth and Little River

  • Barrys Bay Cheese

    Visit the Barry's Bay Cheese Factory for a cheese tasting of locally made cheeses, the only remaining cheese factory on the peninsula from a bygone era. Next you can enjoy the quaint colonial architecture and wander around the charming 150 year old French harbor side village of Akaroa with its museum of settlers' history, art and craft shops and studios and al fresco cafes and wine bars. In the late-afternoon, hop back aboard your coach for the drive back to your Christchurch hotel, where your tour will come to an end.

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Additional Info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark

Partially Refundable

October 21100% refund
October 27No refund

You can cancel up to 6 days in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 6 full days before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 6 full days before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 6 full days before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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180 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
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Beautiful Day in Akaroa with lunch and cruise

Published on Feb, 2025

Curvy road to get there, but well worth the drive. Great guide, terrific lunch, and the boat tour was beautiful

Amazing tour and guide

Published on Feb, 2025

This was the highlight of our 3 month visit to NZ. Scenery breathtaking from start to finish, great stops for photos and lunch. Cruise was amazing. Pete was a terrific guide, very knowledgeable and had a soothing voice, spicing up the tour with good humor and good music. He even made an unplanned stop on our return home to let me retrieve my prescription glasses, that I left behind!

Fascinating & enjoyable day-out

Published on Feb, 2025

Everything went smoothly, from hotel pick-up to drop-off. Steph, our driver, was friendly and knowledgeable. We had to adapt to the weather forecast, but that just meant stopping points were shuffled around seamlessly, and we went on an earlier harbour cruise. The cruise part was also friendly, with humour thrown in, too. We saw Hector's dolphins & fir seals and enjoyed the coastal scenery over the 2 hour cruise. Back at Akaroa, the lunch was tasty, and we drove back via a short stop at a cheese-making factory and some high viewpoints for photos. Everything was pitched just right for an enjoyable day.

Great value for money and great experience

Published on Feb, 2025

Carmen our guide was very friendly and welcoming. We had a great showing of dolphins. The food at the restaurant was tasty

Wonderful day trip to Akaroa.

Published on Jan, 2025

If the weather is good , this is a perfect trip.The hills were enshrouded with clouds when we left Christchurch but we had sunshine and warm weather in Akaroa. Saw lots of dolphins on our boat ride and the scenery was spectacular on our drive. Our guide, Jude was wonderful and gave us lots of good information.

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