From Cave to Coast Wellington Highlights Tour: Scenic Views, Iconic Landscapes, and Weta Cave Visit
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131 Ratings
Wellington
Experience the best of Wellington on this 5-hour guided tour. Enjoy scenic views, iconic landscapes, and a visit to the famous Weta Cave. Lunch included!
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Mount Victoria - Enjoy panoramic views of the city and harbour from the Mount Victoria Lookout.
  • Weta Cave - Visit to the Weta Cave retail and museum space. Optional exclusive behinds the scenes documentary viewing available if time and availability allows
  • Chocolate Fish Cafe - Lunch (mains and a drink) served at this lovely seaside cafe
  • Te Kopahou Visitor Centre - Learn about the local history, geography, flora and fauna and enjoy amazing views across the Cook Strait to the South Island.
  • Wellington Wind Turbine - Take in the epic views from the amazing vantage point above the city of Wellington. Learn about the history of the first wind turbine in New Zealand.
  • Wellington Cable Car - Optional trip up the iconic Wellington Cable Car from Lambton Quay to Kelburn. Look across the valley from the Cable Car viewing platform and learn its history in the Cable Car Museum
  • Lady Norwood Rose Garden - From the top of the Cable Car guests have the option to take a 20 minute walk down through the Botanical Gardens to the Lady Norwood Rose Garden (weather permitting). The drive guide will pick up guests at the Lady Norwood Rose Garden and continue the tour.
  • Old St Paul’s - Explore this 160+ year old wooden cathedral and it’s famous stained glass windows.
What's Included
  • Local driver/guide with live commentary on board
  • Small group tour
  • Lunch included
  • Convenient hotel or cruise ship pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Cable Car tickets (optional)
Additional Information

Embark on a comprehensive 5-hour guided exploration of coastal Wellington. The tour showcases breath-taking vistas from the Mount Victoria Lookout, a panoramic ocean-side journey from Oriental Parade to Miramar Peninsula, as well as an exclusive screening at the renowned Weta Workshop Weta Cave. Revel in the views of the rugged southern details of Wellington coast up to Te Kopahou Reserve and the Brooklyn Wind Turbine before choosing optional city stops like the Cable Car, Botanical Gardens, Lady Norwood Rose Garden, and the historic Old St Paul’s Cathedral. The tour includes a lunch of your choice of main as well as a beverage at a waterfront cafe.

  • 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
Location
Wellington isite Visitor Information Centre
Wakefield Street
Tour departs from the Tour Pick Up Zone opposite and/ or in front of the Amora Hotel next to the Wellington i-SITE. Please be advised your pickup time may vary if you wish to be picked up at a specific destination, please confirm it with Zozo Travel at least 24 hours before departure.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Xploretravelvega
May 29, 2024
Amazing tour in Wellington - Lucky enough we took this tour. We meet amazing and friendly tour guide ( PHIL) , whose passion and knowledge is incredibly amazing. all questions we throw to him he have incredibly good answers 🤩🤩🤩 Excellent introduction to Wellington 🇳🇿 we enjoyed Mt Victoria lookout, weta cave, Shelly Bay ,Wellington cable car, lady Norwood rose garden, Old St.Paul church , And Brooklyn winturbine and Beehive ..the experienced we had is truly unforgettable; and take note lunch is included (Chocolate fish Cafe ) 😋and opt to have seafood chowder with toast › fish, prawn and shrimp in a creamy dill wine soup this is a top notch dish , and my hubby ordered Open sirlion steak 🥩 well plated and he enjoyed his meal.this is a MUST DO tour while in Auckland ..HIGHLY Recommended👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you Phil for a wonderful adventure had together with you as our tour guide 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Mariane_l
May 28, 2024
Wonderful experience - Lucky enough we took this tour. We meet amazing and friendly tour guide ( PHIL ) , whose passion and knowledge is incredibly amazing.. all questions we throw to him he have incredibly good answers 🤩🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻, we enjoyed Mt Victoria lookout, weta cave, Shelly Bay ,Wellington cable car , lady Norwood rose garden, And Brooklyn winturbine and Beehive ..the experienced we had is truly unforgettable; and take note lunch is included (Chocolate fish Cafe ) and opt to have seafood chowder with toast > fish, prawn and shrimp in a creamy dill wine soup 🍲 this is a top notch dish 😋, and my hubby opt to have Open sirlion steak 🥩 > well plated and he enjoyed his meal..this is a MUST DO tour while in Auckland ..HIGHLY Recommended 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Thank you Phil for a wonderful adventure had together with you as our tour guide 🤩🫶🏻 🫶🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Nadiac138
Apr 26, 2024
Great Zozo tour in Wellington - Views and tour with Gary were amazing. We had a bright sunny day with some wind but we're able to see everything we set out to see. Gary provided fabulous commentary
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Arjan_c
Apr 20, 2024
Excellent Tour - Excellent introduction to Wellington. Outstanding views. Very nice lunch. All led by an Outstanding and patient guide.
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Pearlquan
Apr 20, 2024
Perfect tour to see the sites of Wellington in a short timeframe - This is a great tour to see the Wellington sites in a short period of time. Gary was a great tour guide.
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Gaza74
Apr 10, 2024
Great Wellington tour from a cruise ship - My Wife & I took this tour in Wellington on Tuesday 9th of April 2024, we were picked up from where our cruise ship was docked, our tour guide Michael was awesome, he had a great sense of humor & was very friendly, we visited Old Saint Paul’s Anglican church, amazing views from various coastlines, beaches & lookouts, including right up to the base of one of many wind turbines, we visited the “Workshop Weta Cave” (a place with models to purchase & many on display from movie sets like the Lord of the rings/ Hobbit & others. We had no idea what this was before we went on the tour), we had a fantastic lunch a the “Spruce Goose” we also visited the Lady Norwood Rose Garden. We highly recommend this tour & company.
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Rajbanisetti
Mar 25, 2024
Beautiful drive - I love the coastal drive along the way and get to see beautiful spots in this trip. The guide is very friendly and nice person.
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Betty_b
Mar 24, 2024
Lunch on him! - I thought our tour guide did a great job showing us the sights of Wellington. We were pleasantly shocked that lunch was included and he let us all order what we wanted from a menu! Great tour and highly recommend it!
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Andreas_p
Apr 14, 2024
Great way to see the city. - It was just a generally good way to see the city. Our driver was very friendly and knowledgable. Just the seats were a bit too squeezy for larger people sitting together (reason for 1 less star).
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Jane_t
Mar 28, 2024
Whistle stop type tour of the Wellington ARea. - This was a whistle stop type tour of the Wellington area. We were shown a lot of sites in and around Wellington. We didn't spend any length of time at any one stop. Lunch was provided and was excellent. In hindsight, wish I had booked the Te Papa museum as I think it would have been more memorable.
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