12 Shore Excursions in Dunedin That Justify a Whole Day

1.Dunedin Shore Excursion: Small-Group Tour of Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 270 reviews · from $86Our pick

See Dunedin, Baldwin Street, the railway station, Otago Peninsula views, and wild sea lions on a small-group cruise shore tour.

“The drive through Dunedin with the highlights such as the train station was very informative. The views of the Otago peninsula were amazing. A big bonus to see New Zealand sea lions and many native birds. The geography of this area of NZ is similar to that of Scotland. Our guide Chris was absolutely fantastic. Highly recommended!”

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2.Shore Excursion: V8 Trike, Peninsula and City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 207 reviews · from $86Top rated

Review of Dunedin’s one-hour V8 Trike tour, with Otago Peninsula views, city sights, practical tips, pricing, weather advice, and FAQs.

“Nice, friendly and knolegeable guide and driver we've got on our first-time experience on V8 Trike on a 1 hour tour of Dunedin, NZ. Wishing him a lot of happy customers and all the best!”

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3.Iconic Shore Excursion: Dunedin City Highlights Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 131 reviews · from $61

Review of Dunedin’s 4-hour small-group shore tour, with Baldwin Street, Signal Hill, railway station, local guides, value, and practical tips.

“Kim our tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. The organisation of getting the right people to the right bus at the beginning of the tour was a bit chaotic - but we got there in the end and enjoyed the trip.”

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4.Iconic Shore Excursion: Iconic Larnach Castle Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 93 reviews · from $98

Explore Dunedin, Baldwin Street, and Larnach Castle on a six-hour guided shore excursion with port transfers and castle entry.

“We had a fabulous day trip with Ann, who was accompanied by her son Dustin in highland dress. We thought we were just going to Larnach Castle but made stops at the Railway Station, the Octagon, Baldwin Street, the worlds steepest strRead more”

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5.Dunedin Nature & City Tour – Full Day Cruise Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 87 reviews · from $58Best value

Review of Dunedin’s full-day cruise excursion, covering city sights, beaches, wildlife views, price, stops, guides, and practical tips.

“We had a fabulous day exploring Dunedin, mostly due to our wonderful driver, Ryan! He made a great day out of a bad weather day for all of us! We saw the highlights of the city, spotted some sea lions on the beach, and walked to the top of the steepest street in the world, all while having a great commentary from a real down to earth guy. We would highly recommend this tour with Ryan!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 81 reviews · from $179

Review of Dunedin’s small-group shore tour, with city sights, Otago Peninsula views, Larnach Castle gardens, and Olveston House.

“Very interesting Very informative Theresa the guide was brilliant. Maybe would have liked a ride to top of steepest hill so could walk down, but we enjoyed it regardless.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 66 reviews · from $108

Review of Dunedin’s 7-hour shore excursion to Larnach Castle, with city highlights, free time, port transfers, value, and practical cruise tips.

“enjoyed this tour thoroughly, learned a lot about Dunedin from a very informative guide.”

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8.Larnach Castle & Dunedin City Highlights Tour (Shore Excursion)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 56 reviews

Review of Dunedin’s 6-hour city and Larnach Castle shore tour, with Signal Hill views, Baldwin Street, free time, value, and practical tips.

“Tour guide was a very friendly & knowledgeable local. We saw lots of the sights but the tour didn’t seem rushed. Highly recommend”

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9.Otago Peninsula & Larnach Castle Shore Excursion

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · from $179

Review of Dunedin’s 6-hour Otago Peninsula and Larnach Castle tour, with Baldwin Street, gardens, city views, lunch tips, and cruise timing advice.

“Botanical Gardens were beautiful! A real highlight! Lanach Castle was lovely! Knowledgable and friendly tour guide. Lunch was excellent!”

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 25 reviews · from $121

Review of the Larnach Castle and Wildlife Cruise from Port Chalmers, with practical details on price, timing, wildlife, guides, and value.

“Good tour of castle with knowledgeable driver/guide. Boat cruise was great with lot of Albatros sightings. Cheaper and better than ship excursion, got us back to ship in plenty of time. Recommend.”

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11.Otago Harbour Wildlife Cruise (Dunedin Shore Excursion)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 16 reviews · from $86

Review of the Otago Harbour Wildlife Cruise from Port Chalmers, with albatross, seals, dolphins, practical tips, value, and booking advice.

“A lovely vessel and was a lovely morning for a cruise in the harbour. Unfortunately there was a storm the night before so there was a big swell and we were not able to head further out to sea. We did see a couple of penguins, seals on the rocks and a dolphin.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 13 reviews · from $124

Review of Dunedin’s 7-hour shore excursion to Larnach Castle, the Chinese Garden, Settlers Museum, and city sights from Port Chalmers.

“I had several emails from Viator telling me to look for iconic tours, Fantail Tours, Good Company Tours and finally Liesure tours. This was a wee bit disconcerting and confusing. Leisure tours never appeared up on the big bulletin board at depaRead more”

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