Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour - Duration: Own Leisure
When your cruise ship docks in Auckland, see the best of the city on an Auckland hop-on hop-off shore excursion. Discover the vibrant city with flexibility and ease on your tour of all the major sites and attractions. You're free to hop on and off at your leisure, and your tour is accompanied by an audio commentary. It's the perfect way to explore if you have limited time, especially if this is your first visit to the city. The Auckland hop-on hop-off is an all day sightseeing tour that takes one hour to complete an entire loop, or you can choose to hop on and off during the day, visiting Auckland's attractions along the way.

Small-Group Auckland City Tour - Duration: 3 Hours
See the sights when your ship is in port in Auckland and learn more about this beautiful ‘City of Sails’. Traveling by air-conditioned mini-coach, led by a local guide, this small-group Auckland tour begins with a trip along Queen Street in the central business district, Auckland University and the Domain inner-city park, through the attractive suburb of Ponsonby, with its grand Victorian buildings, crossing the Harbour Bridge to Auckland’s North Shore, then stretch your legs on Narrow Neck Beach in the town of Devonport, with fabulous views of Rangitoto Island’s extinct volcanic cone, before the tour continues to the summit of Mt Victoria, for panoramic views over Auckland.

Auckland West Coast Wineries Tour - Duration: 3 Hours
When your cruise ship docks in Auckland, don't miss the chance to taste a variety of New Zealand’s wines on a fun and informative winery tour. Visit two or three wineries, and enjoy views of the Tasman Sea along the way! With a choice of morning and afternoon shore excursions, you can choose the tour that best suits your cruise itinerary. After you've docked in port, your Auckland shore excursion begins with a meet and greet at your pickup location -- Prince's Wharf -- from where you'll enjoy a drive by comfortable minibus through Auckland's city center and western suburbs to the West Coast wine region. At both a large established winery and a smaller boutique label, taste a range of New Zealand’s wines, from chardonnay to pinot noir to Bordeaux-style. During your guided winery visits, you'll also discover why the West Auckland region is known for its wide-ranging varieties of wines, made from grapes grown in such world-famous wine areas as the South Island’s Marlborough and Central Otago, and the North Island’s Hawke’s Bay and Gisborne.

Auckland Highlights Small Group Tour - Duration: 6 Hours
This small-group tour will showcase to you the highlights of New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland! Known as the ‘City of Sails’, you will enjoy plenty of stops throughout the day to allow you to see and feel what makes this vibrant city tick. Your Auckland Highlights tour will begin at the Princes Wharf and Queens Wharf where the cruise ships berth. Join us on a tour to see the main city sights and most famous landmarks including crossing the iconic Auckland Harbour Bridge which offers some great views from high above the water, to Takapuna and historic Devonport on the Auckland's North Shore where we will explore North Head, Mt Victoria and finally Devonport. You have the option here to leave our tour and catch the harbour ferry back to the city centre or explore some of the interesting boutiques and shops as well in Devonport beforehand or just stay on the minibus and we will take you straight back to the ship in good time for its departure.

City Sightseeing Tour, Harbour Cruise and Sky Tower - Duration: 7 Hours
While your ship is in port in Auckland, see the city sights, take a cruise under the Harbour Bridge and enjoy bird’s-eye views of Auckland from the Sky Tower. You’ll see some of the city’s top attractions like Quay Street, Waitemata Harbour, Queen Street and more, plus catch views of Auckland's beautiful waterfront.

Combining sightseeing, 90-minute harbour cruise. Explore Waitemata Harbour, see the volcanic cone of Rangitoto Island and sky-high city views, this shore excursion shows you the many sides to Auckland, New Zealand’s premier city. Harbour.

Enter the magical world of ‘the Shire’ on this small-group movie set tour to Hobbiton from Auckland. See where the The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed and pose for pictures in front of hobbit holes.

See the party tree, Green Dragon Inn and Bilbo Baggins’ house, and learn from your guide about the making of the films. Afterward, enjoy lunch at The Shire’s Rest Café.

This is a must-do tour for any The Lord of the Rings movie lovers!

City Sightseeing, Harbour Cruise and Waiheke Island Wine Tour - Duration: 8 Hours
Go sightseeing and wine tasting when your cruise ship is docked in Auckland, and fall in love with the ‘City of Sails’. Your tour begins with a morning sightseeing tour of Auckland’s most famous sights, including Quay Street, the Harbour Bridge and Waitemata Harbour, Queen Street, Auckland University and Auckland Museum, Dominion Parks and Gardens, the Tamaki Waterfront and the Auckland Viaduct Harbour. You’ll see how Auckland lies on two island-dotted harbours and is surrounded by the dormant cones of 49 volcanoes before travelling on a local ferry for a 40 minute cruise on the beautiful Hauraki Gulf to the holiday isle of Waiheke Island, met by your guide and enjoy escorted visits to three of the island’s celebrated vineyards: Mudbrick Vineyard, the Goldie Room and Te Whau Vineyard. Enjoy tastings of the vineyards’ premium wines and take in picturesque views of the Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel Peninsula before returning to Auckland’s waterfront by ferry.

Small-Group Coast and Rainforest Tour - Duration: 7 Hours
Explore New Zealand’s rugged west coast and rainforest when you’re in port in Auckland on a scenic and invigorating full-day shore excursion. You’ll see panoramic ocean views in the Waitakere Ranges Regional Park, take a guided walk through coastal rainforest an area of untouched original rainforest with mature 1,000-year-old kauri trees and native birds, you’ll hear how the country has existed for millions of years, separate from the rest of the world, and so has evolved in isolation to produce its own unique flora and fauna - 70% of the country’s native plants are found nowhere else in the world!. You’ll also go for a walk along a black-sand beach of Piha, have a picnic lunch and enjoy personal attention from your guide on this small-group tour.