Wellington Scenic Full Day Tour

Scenic drive from the City around Oriental Bay up to one of Wellington’s most popular look out points – Mt Victoria.

View the Wellywood sign on the Miramar Pensinsula.

Immerse yourself in the magical world of movie making and special effects at the Weta Cave.

Visit the magnificent Massey Memorial, the resting place of Prime Minister William Massey and wife Christina.

View Barretts Reef from Breaker Bay which claimed the Inter Island Ferry Wahine on 10 April 1968 and pay our respects at the Wahine monument to the 53 people who lost their lives.

Take a walk up the Breaker Bay Hill to view the Mustafa Kemal Atatürk memorial, the first President of the Republic of Turkey. The memorial looks out over the Harbour entrance/Cook Strait and the site was chosen for its remarkable likeness to the landscape of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.

Check out the favourite surfing spot of Wellington’s surfing community – Lyall Bay on the south coast.

Take in lunch at an iconic Eastern Bays or South Coast Cafe.

Pass by the southern bays and surburbs of Houghton Bay, Island Bay and Owhiro Bay.

Ride the iconic Wellington Cable Car and take a ‘behind the scenes’ look at how the Cable Car operates. Please note that the ‘behind the scenes’ experience of the Cable Car is not available on high peak days i.e. when cruise ships are berthed in Wellington.

Visit the Lady Norwood Rose Gardens in the Botanical Gardens (when in bloom).

View the iconic buildings of the Parliamentary Precinct – The ‘Beehive’, Parliament House and the Parliamentary Library Building.

Visit Old St Pauls Anglican Cathedral. The Cathedral is one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the world.

Itinerary subject to change.