Canterbury Trails Day Trip to Akaroa New
Zealand
Personally Guided Day Tour -
Akaroa & Banks Peninsula from Christchurch featuring two options
Banks Peninsula and Akaroa includes Akaroa harbour cruise or Banks
Peninsula and Akaroa includes Akaroa swim with dolphins.
Travel to Akaroa over the
beautiful Banks Peninsula, formed following violent eruptions of
two ancient volcanoes. The high summit route gives glorious views
of Akaroa Harbour, the Canterbury Plains and the distant Southern
Alps and the remote bays and farmlands. The Akaroa crater nurses
the picturesque harbour and Akaroa village, the only French
settlement established in New Zealand.
Visit the Barry's Bay Cheese Factory for a cheese tasting of
locally made cheeses, the only remaining cheese factory on the
peninsula from a bygone era.
Enjoy the quaint colonial style architecture and wander around the
charming 150 year old French harbourside village of Akaroa with
it's museum of settlers' history, art and craft shops and studios,
cafes and wine bars.
Tour AK 01 With eco-marine harbour cruise
Tour AK 02 With "swim with dolphins"
Tour AK 01 With eco-marine harbour cruise
Your tour includes:
- Travel by deluxe minicoach
- Delicious picnic morning and afternoon tea
- Cheese factory visit
- Cafe lunch in Akaroa
- Nature & harbour cruise on the Canterbury Cat
- Courtesy city hotel / B & B pick up and drop off.
Fully escorted with informative
commentary
Depart Christchurch at 8.30am and return approximately 5.45pm
Tour AK 02 With "swim with
dolphins"
Your tour includes:
- Travel by deluxe minicoach
- Delicious picnic morning and afternoon tea
- Cheese factory visit
- Cafe lunch in Akaroa
- Swim with Hector's Dolphins - an eco-marine adventure
- Courtesy city hotel / B & B pick up and drop off.
Fully escorted with informative commentary
Depart Christchurch at 8.30am and return approximately 5.45pm