Tauranga Cruise Reviews

Omg would so do again. Was a wonderful experience and insight into the lives of the locals and the food was amazing 10/10 ...

We hired a car and drove to Wai o tapu to see the champagne lake. It was a great trip and I'm glad we did this. It was a difficult destination because there was a lot to do and many choices. Hiring a car was a good choice. We wanted to see Hobbiton too but just didn't want to hurry too much. It was a really hot day so we ended up not going to any of the hot water spas at Rotorua. Too hot! We did ...

We did a tour on our own through Viator. It would have been great if one couple had bothered to get off the ship in time to leave the port at the assigned time. I think they were waiting for someone to personally invite them to leave the ship. Our driver made the other 12 of us sit around and wait an hour for them. I will take that up with Viator. It cut the tour short for the rest of us. ...

Ship actually docks at Mt Manganui so you need to get shuttle or taxi into Tauranga itself. Just walked off ship. Nice seaside area with good coffee shops. We walked to the top of Moturiki Island then had a coffee. ...

Refuelling stop and that’s it ...

Just enjoyed wandering around the very pretty port area ...

Historic village had one of the earliest and only remaining jails from the time of colonization; the church and bridge were added sights to see ...

Fantastic tour around. Tauranga is a stunning place. ...

Wonderful walk around base of mountain. Beach excellent. ...

Shopping, unfortunately needed shoes as ones we took gave us blisters. Wandered through town, pleasant enough. Lovely couple told about a larger shopping centre ...