We used the Ship Shuttle here again to get to the centre of the city. The charge for this was $10 for the return trip. This is a relatively small city. We visited the Railway Station, the Octagon area, the Toitu Otago Settlers Museum - which was really interesting and well done. In the afternoon, we visited the Orokonui Ecosanctuary and got a taxi back to Port Chalmers. We spent a little time ...
First, we did the Viking optional Otago Peninsula and Taiaroa Head Wildlife Cruise. It was very enjoyable! The Viking bus drives less than 5 minutes (you could see it from the ship) out of the industrial port to a smaller marina where you board a smaller ship, The Monarch. About half the seating is uncovered (in the front) and half is covered (in the back). The captain gives commentary from the ...
Princess supplied a return bus shuttle into Duneden for about $35 Australian. Well worth it.
Many passengers used the local bus but had to wait a very long time between buses.
We actually stayed in Port Chalmers as we had been to Dunedin before. easy walk from Terminal to town. ...
I did the excursion called, "Highlights of Dunedin" and would have enjoyed it more if we could have purchased a one-way transfer ticket to return to the port after our excursion. We stopped at the Olveston Historic Home and the Botantic Garden but I would have liked to have walked around the town more but didn't want to deal with the drama of arranging my own transportation back to the ship so I ...
We saw Yellow Eyed penguins, Blue footed penguins, sea lions, seals... all close and all in the native environment. Not for the mobility challenged ...
