Wellington City to Coast Highlights Tour (with Lunch)
Overview
This five-hour experience offers outstanding value, giving you more time to explore, a wider variety of attractions, and a delicious lunch all in one tour. With its combination of sightseeing, local insights, coastal scenery, and quality dining, this tour offers a well-rounded introduction to the very best of Wellington.
Discover Wellington's iconic highlights, including Mount Victoria Lookout, the Wētā Cave, the historic Wellington Cable Car, the Wellington Botanic Garden and Lady Norwood Rose Garden, Parliament Grounds, and Old St Paul's Cathedral. Venture beyond the city centre with a scenic drive along Wellington's dramatic south coast and a visit to the Brooklyn Wind Turbine, where you'll have time to soak up the panoramic views.
To complete the experience, enjoy a relaxing seaside lunch at a popular local café, including one main meal and one drink.
What's Included
- Lunch
- Small group tour
- Hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off
- Local driver/guide with live commentary on board
- Gratuities
- Cable Car tickets (optional)
- Old St. Paul’s Cathedral (Optional)
Meeting and Pickup
Optional departure times are available on selected cruise ship dates to accommodate varying arrival schedules.Zozo Travel will provide a scheduled pick-up time based on your chosen hotel. Please check your email or Viator messages for your tour details. Be ready in the hotel lobby or outside at the specified time to meet your driver-guide.For cruise terminal passengers, your driver-guide will meet you at the terminal, holding a Zozo Travel sign with your name. Kindly identify yourself to the driver-guide upon arrival.
50 Cable Street
Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
What To Expect
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Mount Victoria
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Weta Cave
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Shelly Bay
45 minutes Admission Ticket Included
Te Kopahou Visitor Centre
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Wellington Wind Turbine
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Wellington Cable Car
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Lady Norwood Rose Garden
30 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Old St Paul's
15 minutes Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them to board and disembark
- To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all guests, participants must be able to enter and exit our vans unassisted, using steps and grab rails. If this basic requirement cannot be met at the start of the tour, our guides reserve the right to decline participation. In such cases, a full refund will be provided.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 11 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Activity code: C-47417P4
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from Cool Shore Excursions customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (NZDT).
- This tour requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
- Lunch.
- Small group tour.
- Hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off.
- Local driver/guide with live commentary on board.
- Gratuities.
- Cable Car tickets (optional).
- Old St. Paul’s Cathedral (Optional).
The minimum age to participate is 1. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Wellington City to Coast Highlights Tour (with Lunch) is as follows:
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Wellington City to Coast Highlights Tour (with Lunch) will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- Lunch
- Small group tour
- Hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off
- Local driver/guide with live commentary on board
- Gratuities
- Cable Car tickets (optional)
- Old St. Paul’s Cathedral (Optional)
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them to board and disembark
- To ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all guests, participants must be able to enter and exit our vans unassisted, using steps and grab rails. If this basic requirement cannot be met at the start of the tour, our guides reserve the right to decline participation. In such cases, a full refund will be provided.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 11 travelers
