First City Heritage Tours, Dunedin
Settle back, relax and enjoy your day, you are now in the hands of Dunedin's most experienced tour company. Our professional staff will escort you around the attractions of our city, providing an entertaining and informative commentary.
Our tours are packaged and precisely timed to ensure you get the best possible experience during your time in Dunedin.
"First City" double-deck bus tour- Your Dunedin experience begins with this one-hour introduction tour to life and times in this 'city of firsts'. Scottish Presbyterian settlers arrived here in 1848 and the incorporation of the City Council in 1865 was the first in New Zealand. Dunedin also lays claim to NZ's first University, first girls' high school, first chocolate factory, first public botanic gardens, first daily newspaper, first cable car public transport, first kerosene street-lighting and first public art gallery. The first telephone call in New Zealand was also made here and we include the world's steepest street, Baldwin St, on the tour. In the 19th century, Dunedin was a progressive and vibrant centre of NZ's commerce, culture and education.
Tour departs from the Visitor Centre, Princes Street. The itinerary includes:
- Municipal chambers
- World's Steepest Street
- First Church
- 'Exchange' historic precinct
- Villas & bungalows of hillside suburbs
- Olveston stately home (optional guided tour)
- Botanic gardens
- Otago University (photo stop)
- Otago Museum
- Cadbury chocolate factory
- Railway station (photo stop)
- Otago Settlers museum
- Speights heritage brewery
- Art Gallery
- Robbie Burns statue
- St Paul's Cathedral
Prices quoted in NZ$, Subject to Change
Prices: Adults $NZ20.00; Children (3 - 15 years of age) $NZ10.00; Children (0-2 years of age) Free of Charge
Double deck tour plus a guided tour of "Olveston" - This intimate experience of the life of an affluent Dunedin family in the early years of the 20th century perfectly complements your double deck bus tour. In 1904 David Theomin, one of Dunedin's most successful businessmen, commissioned this stately home. Since the death of his daughter Dorothy in 1966, the home has been faithfully preserved under a trust deed. The experience is authentic from the treasures collected during the family's extensive travels to the crockery and cutlery that were used by the family and the kitchen utensils used by the servants. Disembarking from the double deck bus tour at its halfway point you will be taken on a guided tour of Olveston and then you rejoin the bus on its next circuit to complete your tour. You can add the Olveston guided tour to the 9am, 1pm or 2:15pm double deck tours.
Prices: Adults $NZ36.00; Children (3-15 years of age) $NZ18.00; Children (0-2 years of age) Free of Charge
Wildlife Tours
Choose between any one of the three great tours listed below. On all tours settle back and enjoy a spectacular drive around the Otago Peninsula.
Tour 3A Albatross Colony
The only mainland breeding colony for any albatross species found in the Southern Hemisphere – the tour includes:
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A guided visit to the nest observatory (open Nov 24th to Sept 16th)
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An audio visual presentation on the life of an Albatross
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An interactive educational centre with café and gift shop
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A guided tour through the tunnels of Fort Taiaroa to see the unique 1886 Armstrong ‘Disappearing Gun’
Tour 3B Natures Wonders Penguin Tour
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Exciting 8 wheel drive Argo all terrain tour over the Reid family farm to Penguin Beach
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Visit strategically placed viewing hides and see: Yellow Eyed Penguins, Little Blue Penguins, NZ Fur Seals, Cormorants and much more – all up close without disturbing their natural habitats
Tour 3 C Penguin Place
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Yellow Eyed Penguin reserve
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Walk through carefully constructed tunnels and view Penguins from wooden hutches up close and at eye level
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Great ground/eve level photo opportunities
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Tour begins with an informative talk on the Yellow Eyed Penguin
Prices: Adults $NZ95.00; Children (up to 15 years of age) $NZ47.50
Dunedin based Tour Coach Fleet - Citibus has a large fleet of 3 and 4+ star coaches as well as local urban and transfer buses, from 12 seat to 57 seat capacity from which we offer private charters from our depots in Christchurch and Dunedin. We can assist with itinerary planning for local sightseeing or South Island tours. We take great pride in the presentation of our fleet to our visitors from all parts of the world.
DUNEDIN URBAN BUS SERVICE - Please visit www.citibus.co.nz for Dunedin bus timetables