Waitomo Caves Custom Day Tours New Zealand Port of Tauranga
customdaytours.co.nz Waitomo Caves Trip - Enjoy a magical day trip to the Waitomo Caves with Custom Day Tours NZ in the Bay of Plenty
We will collect you from your cruise ship in the Port of Tauranga in one of our luxury vehicles. The Waitomo Caves are located around an hour and a half from the Port of Tauranga, across the Kaimai Ranges. The Kaimai Ranges offer panoramic views across the Provence of Waikato; this is one of our favorite routes as we pass through breath-taking farm land that typifies New Zealand rural life. You will get a real taste for the Bay of Plenty during this drive and we are happy to answer any of your questions on the way. As we move towards the Waitomo Caves we will offer you full commentary on the brief history of New Zealand, as well as a few interesting facts about our agriculture, horticulture and forestry industries. We always build up a really friendly report as we travel through the Bay of Plenty together.
The Waitomo Day Trip/Shore Excursion Itinery
There are three different caves at the Waitomo Caves location, you can choose which cave, or which combination of caves, you want to visit depending on your preference and the duration of your shore excursion in Tauranga.
Glowworms Cave
The first cave at Waitomo is the Glowworm Cave. Here you will be amazed by the many thousands of magical glowworms lining the walls of the cave. This cave is visited only by boat and you will be guided through by one of the Waitomo guides, many of whom are ancestors of the Maori chief who originally explored the cave and can share with you more about the history of the area.
Before your boat ride your boat ride you will also have the chance of walking through the Cathedral Cave, famous for its fantastic acoustics. These caves have been guided since the 1880s and are one of New Zealand's first tourist attractions. You are sure to love this shore excursion activity from the Port of Tauranga.
You can expect the Glowworms Cave experience to take around forty-five minutes.
Ruakuri Cave
The Ruakuri Cave at Waitomo is full of legends and tales -- it takes two hours to explore this cave in depth, all the while you will be guided through in small groups to really enjoy this educational and interesting experience.
The entrance into the Raukuri Cave is a spectacular spiral design, leading into the limestone caves. The solftly-folding shawl-like limestome formations and crystal tapestries have been developed over millions of years. Once you are deeper into the cave you will see the ancient glowworms up-close and learn about their fascinating life. While you are down in the cave you will here the distant rumble of the underground waterfalls in the near distance. This is really a fantastic site to enjoy while you are docked in the Port of Tauranga.
Aranui Cave
The Aranui Cave at Waitomo is set in New Zealand forest, giving you the chance to wander off the beaten track through some true New Zealand bush. Once you reach the Aranui Cave you will be amazed by the beautiful white, pink and brown stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstones.
Many people choose to combine this experience with the Glowworms Cave. Both take around forty-five minutes to complete and can make a perfect activity for your shore excursion from the Port of Tauranga.
The Kiwi House
Back on our tour schedule, after enjoying the Waitomo Caves, time permitting we often stop by the Kiwi House where you are guaranteed to see a Kiwi -- our Kiwi Bird.
Back To Tauranga
After meeting the local Kiwi we head back to the Port of Tauranga to ensure that you are returned in plenty of time to your cruise ship. If we have time we like to stop at Mount Maunganui main beach for a photo opportunity at this beautiful spot.
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Port of Tauranga Tours Shore Excursions Day Trips with Custom Day Tours NZ
Custom Day Tours, New Zealand customdaytours.co.nz-- we are your specialist team for customized VIP cruise ship excursions from Tauranga Port in Mount Maunganui. If you are wandering what to do during your day off the cruise in Tauranga, then look no further. Custom Day Tours will create your ideal schedule to make the most out of your cruise ship excursion day around the Bay of Plenty. Our guided tours from the Port of Tauranga are always a highlight of your New Zealand holiday experience.
Custom Day Tours is a husband and wife team, our names are Carolyn and Terry Kelliher. Together we have over ten years of experience in the tourism sector with our expertise focused on cruise ship excursions around the Bay of Plenty. Having lived in the Bay of Plenty for over forty years, we are delighted to guide our customers around the best sites in the Bay of Plenty region. We pride ourselves on going the extra mile to ensure that your day tour around Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Rotorua is really the best it can be.
Our Custom Day Tours can be tailor made to match your exact requirements. We personally collect you from your cruise ship docked at the Port of Tauranga in our luxury vehicles. Which sites we see in the Bay of Plenty is really up to you. We can guide you to help choose the excursions that we think are the best for you, but the final decision is yours. Our main destinations for cruise ship excursions from the Port of Tauranga are Rotorua and the geothermal valley, the Hobbiton movie set, Hells Gate Mud Spa, and the Waitaimo Caves. Depending on how long your ship is in port, we can often combine a number of the different Bay of Plenty sites into one day excursion.
The Custom Day Tours experience in the Bay of Plenty is a luxury one. Our vehicles are all air-conditioned, specialized touring vehicles. We have chosen our vehicles carefully to ensure that you have the most comfortable cruise ship excursion from the Port of Tauranga.
Prices for your cruise excursions from the Port of Tauranga vary depending on the schedule we design for you. We keep our prices reasonable and promise that there are no hidden costs. Please email us to discuss your requirements and we will provide a quote.
Our Custom Day Tour guided tours around the Bay of Plenty can be designed for a solo traveler and private groups of any number. Check out our website customdaytours.co.nz for more information
Tauranga, New Zealand
Tauranga is the sixth biggest city in New Zealand, one of the country's premier summer time holiday destinations. Tauranga is located in the heart of the Bay of Plenty, on the eastern side of the North Island of New Zealand.
Aside from being one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, Tauranga is also the hub of trade and commerce in the Bay of Plenty, and is also home to the country's busiest sea ports.
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Cruise Ship Excursion and Visit to Tauranga and Rotorua by Amazing Day Tours
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Cruise to Tauranga harbour and let us show you the wonderful sights, sounds and tastes of our beautiful Bay of Plenty.
Custom Day Tours Tauranga Port Shore Excursions
Hi, we are Terry and Carolyn Kelliher -- the proud owners of Custom Day Tours, New Zealand. You can find out more about our tours at customdaytours.co.nz We really are a 'true' Kiwi couple with many generations of both families coming from New Zealand. After over forty-five years of happy marriage, four children and nearly eleven grandchildren (one on the way), we love to work together showing tourists around our beautiful Bay of Plenty home region.
We are both dedicated to Custom Day Tours offering a specialized and personalized guided tour service around Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Rotorua. We will be far more than your drivers for the day; we will be your friendly hosts and guides. It is testament to our dedication that many guests have happily declared their Custom Day Tour to have been the very best day of their international cruise.
Custom Day Tours is operated under the umbrella of Carter Limited, our joint New Zealand business enterprise. You can conact us at any time by email terrycarolynkelliher@hotmail.com or catch us on the phone at +64 (7) 542 0267. We are always happy to help you choose the very best activities and experiences for your time in New Zealand.
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Having travelled and cruised ourselves, we came to believe that small group guided tours were the very best way to see a region. Our goal is to help you avoid the crowds, whilst still showing you the very best sites that New Zealand and the Bay of Plenty have to offer. We are happy to stop along the way wherever you might like -- we know this is your tour and your special holiday.
Our luxury mini-van is a great way for small-group guided tours around the Bay of Plenty. We love taking family and friends together on private guided tours -- everyone always has a lot of fun with this exclusive tailor made service.
Safety, comfort and making memories are our focus. We promise you a day full of awesome photos and great holiday memories in the Bay of Plenty. Your cruise ship excursion from the Port of Tauranga with Custom Day Tours, New Zealand will definitely be one to remember. Don't hesitate to send us an email and we will start planning together all the fun sites and experiences that await you in the Bay of Plenty.
If you are coming from a cruise ship in the Port of Tauranga we will pick you up dockside from your boat and deliver you again at least one hour prior to sailing. We carry chilled water with us at all times for your comfort.
Of course, if you are travelling around New Zealand independently, not on board a cruise ship, we can tailor our tours to pick you up and deliver you to other locations. Moreover, we are more than happy to customized day trips to fit in all of the sites around the Bay of Plenty and New Zealand that you choose.
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Ovation of the Seas New Zealand - Vlog day 6 - Tauranga; Hobbiton and Rotorua
Join us on our amazing day trip in Tauranga. We go to Whakewarewa Living Village with geothermal activity and visit Hobbiton! Oh, what a day! Our tour was operated by CJays Tour Group. Check them out at
Ovation of the Seas New Zealand cruise for 12 nights in February 2019.
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Tauranga, New Zealand
The video shows the embarkation port, Auckland, the interiors of the cruise ship and Tauranga, first port of call. FromTauranga we went 35 miles to Rotorua to visit the Maori Villeges and Pohutu Geyser in the Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley. Along the way we visited a kiwi fruit displayed orchard.
(The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand).
Touring HOBBITON & Tauranga, NZ - CRUISE Part 4 // Ovation of the Seas
Going to tour Hobbiton during our port visit in Tauranga, New Zealand!
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In this video, we go on our only excursion we booked with the ship - to go see Hobbiton! If you don’t know, Hobbiton is where parts of The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies were filmed! Our visit was just as magical as seeing it in the movies, and to my surprise, it was an absolute oasis out in the middle of some farmland. The forces perspective tricks used in creating the set were really interesting. Larger hobbit holes were used in scenes with the hobbits in order to make them look smaller, while the small hobbit holes were used in scenes with Gandalf in order to make him look like the towering wizard he is! After our tour, we visited The Green Dragon Inn to cool down before heading to the gift shop. After that, we headed back to our ship and had an impromptu tour of Tauranga’s beach from our lovely bus driver. Such an awesome visit!
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Landing at Tauranga Airport
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Rotorua Tours Tauranga Port Shore Excursions
Custom Day Tours New Zealand customdaytours.co.nz we are your specialist team for customized VIP cruise ship excursions from Tauranga Port in Mount Maunganui. If you are wandering what to do during your day off the cruise in Tauranga, then look no further. Custom Day Tours will create your ideal schedule to make the most out of your cruise ship excursion day around the Bay of Plenty. Our guided tours from the Port of Tauranga are always a highlight of your New Zealand holiday experience.
One of our most popular cruise ship guided tour destinations in the Bay of Plenty is to Te Puia; the ultimate Rotorua Geo-Thermal Wonderland Experience.
We will collect you from your cruise ship in the Port of Tauranga in one of our luxury vehicles. Our first stop is often Mount Maunganui Main Beach where you will have the chance to take photos of this beautiful beach in the morning sun.
As we move on from Mount Maunganui Beach we will offer you full commentary on the brief history of New Zealand, as well as a few interesting facts about our agriculture, horticulture and forestry industries. We love answering your questions along the way and always build up a really friendly report as we travel through the Bay of Plenty together.
Next up, we have found that many of our customers enjoy a stop at Kiwi 360 on the way to Rotorua. Here you will see the giant kiwi fruit and have a chance to taste kiwi wines and juices. The kiwi fruit orchard here is a really great photo opportunity, with acres of kiwi vines as far as the eye can see. Kiwi 360 is on the outskirts of the town of Te Puke, often referred to as the 'Kiwi Fruit Capital of the World'.
From Kiwi 360 the drive to Rotorua takes about hour with scenic forest views along the way. Before arriving at Te Puia, we offer you the chance to stop at the beautiful Redwood Forest in Rotorua. Often this is a surprising highlight of your guided tour around Rotorua. The combination of giant redwood trees and beautiful silver fern, which is New Zealand's national symbol, is always a breathtaking site not to be missed during your excursion to Rotorua.
Depending on timing we can either stop for lunch (at own expense) at the Lakefront in Rotorua or at Te Puia itself. The Lake of Rotorua is definitely a picturesque addition to your Rotorua day trip schedule.
Our next destination in Rotorua is the much anticipated Te Puia. Famous for housing two of only eight spontaneous geysers in the world, you will be delighted to see the birth of a new geyser during our tour of this Maori Cultural Centre. We personally guide you through Te Puia, some of the main highlights are:
Te Puia Nga Mokai a-Koko boiling mud pools -- large pools of boiling mud whose name means 'the pets or play things of Koko'
Te Puia Maori welcome concert which aims to show you the very best of Maori performing arts and hospitality
Maori National Flax Weaving and Carving School where trainees are taught the old arts to keep the crafts alive. You are welcomed to take watch and take pictures as they continue to pass on their traditions
The Kiwi birds are at home in Te Puia -- as our national bird we love to introduce guests to the Kiwis at Te Puia
After taking our time at Te Puia we can move on to the Rotorua Government Gardens where we can drive through the gardens. As we move through the city of Rotorua we will point out further geothermal activitiy -- everyone is always amazed to see steam vents gushing from people back yards and gutters on the side of the road.
Time permitting, and depending on your preferences, we can add some extra activities to your guided tour of Rotorua. A local Maori Village, waterfalls and Lake Tarawera are some of our favorite extras, at no extra cost.
After your fun-filled and informative guided day tour in Rotorua we will return you to your cruise ship in the Port of Tauranga via a different route home. This way you can take in new sites, including beautiful vistas across the Bay of Plenty. We pass through the city of Tauranga on the way back to your ship, giving you the chance to see the charming city with all of its cafes and water-front bars. You will quickly sense the laid back Kiwi life style that we enjoy.
All in all we return you back to your ship in Tauranga with plenty of time to board. You are sure to have a camera full of photos and many happy memories from your guided tour with us in Rotorua.
For more information check out our website customdaytours.co.nz
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The ANL Kardinia being manoeuvred into position by the tugs at Tauranga in New Zealand.
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A highlights video of wine tours in Tauranga and Mount Maunganui, New Zealand showcasing the beautiful region of the Bay of Plenty.