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Tours of the City

Walking Tours
The Auckland Visitor Centre has leaflets giving details of the many marked trails around the city. These include heritage walks visiting historic buildings in the city's various suburbs, as well as nature walks slightly further. Guided walking tours of the nearby Waitakere Ranges and Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf are available from The New Zealand Walking Company (tel: (09) 590 0087).

Bus Tours

The United Airlines Explorer Bus (tel: (0800) 439 756) links many of the visitor attractions in central Auckland and a day pass costs NZ$20. It leaves from the ferry terminal every 30 minutes in summer (0900-1600) and hourly in winter (1000-1600). At the Auckland Museum, there is an additional summer satellite link that takes passengers on to more outlying attractions, including the Auckland Zoo and the Auckland Art Gallery.
Several companies offer city tours, which last three hours and cost about NZ$40, including hotel pick-up and drop-off. Companies include ABC Tours (tel: (0800) 222 868), Great Sights (tel: (0800) 744 487) and Scenic Pacific Tours (tel: (09) 634 2266). Auckland Adventures (tel: (09) 379 4545) has half-day tours (NZ$60) and an all-day Wilderness Adventure (NZ$89).

Boat Tours

Tours of Auckland harbour are available through Fullers (tel: (09) 367 9111). The most popular tours are the 'Coffee Cruises', 90-120 minutes' long. Most call in at Devonport and sail across to Rangitoto Island in the Hauraki Gulf; while some also visit Kelly Tarlton's. there are also lunch and dinner cruises too.



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