Christchurch City Full Day Private Tour
Description
Kiwi Horizons Travel' Christchurch city tour stands out due to its focus on providing a comprehensive and immersive experience of the city. Key aspects that make it unique include: Local Insight: The tour often features knowledgeable local guides who provide deep insights into Christchurch's history, culture, and ongoing recovery and rebuilding efforts following the 2011 earthquake. Tailored Experiences: The tour may offer customized options, allowing visitors to choose specific attractions or experiences that interest them, such as visits to the Botanic Gardens, Canterbury Museum, or the innovative Re Mall. Emphasis on Recovery and Innovation: It highlights how Christchurch has transformed and innovated in response to the earthquake, showcasing new developments and creative solutions in urban planning and architecture.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The Christchurch Gondola is a tourist attraction service offered by Christchurch Attractions in Christchurch, New Zealand. The gondola base is located in Heathcote Valley, and it traverses the slopes of Mount Cavendish in the Port Hills.
Lyttelton is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, at the northwestern end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.
Sumner Beach Christchurch a great family beach is located next to the Sumner Township and has Cave Rock at the start of the promenade to Scarborough Park.
From the spring drifts of daffodils, spectacular summer roses, stunning autumn leaf displays and cosy conservatories to explore over winter, there's something to delight in every season.
Christchurch is one of five cities in the world known as a ‘gateway to Antarctica.’ This is far more than an empty title. The garden city acts as a conduit to the icy continent, sharing and championing Antarctic geography, history and culture.
The new pier was designed to be a place where people could feel close to the ocean. Much of the pier's length is out over the water, even at low tide.
The Air Force Museum of New Zealand, formerly called The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, is located at Wigram, the RNZAF's first operational base, in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Guide will find the traveller with their name board. The pickup point is Cathedral Church. Guide will call you once reaching at pick up point.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Travel time included
- Wheel chair doesn’t accessible because we don’t have special compartments
- Customer have to buy their own Tickets for Gondola & Antarctic Centre.
Reviews(11)
Excellent service and very professional team. Everything was perfectly organized. Highly recommended!
A great introduction to Christchurch. We were able to see the city’s major attractions in comfort, with plenty of time for walking around and taking photos. Kiwi Horizons made everything smooth and enjoyable.
This tour showed us both the beauty and the resilience of Christchurch. We saw the Botanic Gardens, the river, and the new city center, while also learning about the impact of the earthquakes. It was informative and moving at the same time.
Kiwi Horizons did an excellent job organizing this city tour. The transportation was comfortable, the guide was engaging, and the itinerary balanced sightseeing with free time. We left with a much better understanding of Christchurch.
Everything was amazing. We covered all the tourist spots in Christchurch city. Guide was knowledgeable, good communication skills. Highly recommended
Fantastic city tour with Kiwi Horizons Travel. The guide was knowledgeable, friendly and made the experience unforgettable. Highly recommended for anyone looking to explore the city.
We had a very good day with guide who was very kind and very available to our needs. Interesting tour with some places we were not prepared to see. Great lunch among the beach.
Attempts to contact our tour operator have been ignored. With only 2 weeks to go before our booking, and in light of other recent reviews of this company, we were left no choice but to cancel our tour and book with another company.
"Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about your experience. We understand how frustrating it can be when communication falls short. However, we don’t show any records of a booking with us, and we'd love to understand more about your situation. Please feel free to reach out directly so we can investigate this further.
Well in advance, booked via Viator and worked itinerary directly with provider via WhatsApp. Last thing they told me was “no worries” two days before the tour. They canceled the morning of the tour with generic email and ghosted my follow up. I’ve booked a lot of tours and have never had anything this bad done before. Avoid them!
The guide/driver that we had for Christchurch was more than 30 minutes late picking us up, then was the worst guide we ever had on any tour anywhere. Just wanted to dump us off in a line for a gondola and did not have tickets for us, just wanted to dump us off at museums. Provided zero information on the area other the most minimal facts. He was terrible. We should really get a refund for this "tour." It was absolutely the WORST we've ever had.
Thank you for your feedback. We’d like to clarify that the tickets for the gondola and museums were not included as part of the tour, as outlined in the trip details. It seems that there was some frustration with waiting in line for tickets, which we understand can be inconvenient. However, as stated in the tour details, Customers are responsible for purchasing their own tickets, and waiting in line is part of the process. We understand that you chose to skip some of the included stops, such as the Botanical Gardens, Art Gallery, Airforce Museum, and the City Walk. While we aim to offer a well-rounded tour, Customers are free to make their own decisions about which sites they wish to visit. It seems there may be some confusion, as our guide provided all the necessary details and followed the tour's planned itinerary. The information shared was intended to ensure you had a clear understanding of each stop and the overall experience. If there are specific concerns or areas where you felt the tour did not meet your expectations, we are happy to address them. However, we believe the service was provided as promised, and as such, a refund may not be warranted.
