Hired a car and self itineraried. Read Less

We did not do any of the ship's excursions, so walked to the port office and got the shuttle into Dunedin 20NZD return pp. It took 30 mins to get to the Octagon where we were met by friendly and helpful information centre volunteers. We connected to the free wifi then walked down to the train station which was quite charming. We also inspected the restored train engine nearby. As it started raining, we didn't walk to the Botanical Gardens, which we were planning on doing, but continued to walk around the city exploring as we went. Read Less

Hop on hop off tour Was raining on the day and felt rushed at each stop Read Less

Take the camera The place is amazing Read Less

We did an excursion through an external company. Dunedin is a nice, very hilly city. I would recommend seeing Olveston House as it was beautiful. Read Less

Fantastic scenery Read Less

Very well organised and interesting trip. Good catering. Read Less

Really a nice city and the castle gardens are beautiful Read Less

Go see the beautiful gardens and enjoy a nice lunch Read Less

Wonderful tour and castle. Loved the info and guides knowledge Read Less

We did the hop-on-hop-off bus on our own...it was worth doing and was inexpensive. Read Less

We liked Dunedin. We wanted to take the train excursion but it was truly disgustingly expensive. Like, disgustingly. I've been on way better train rides than that for a lot less. Even the train at Flam was less expensive, with more spectacular views than this rail journey offered. I would still go on this train but only from the station, not on an overpriced ship tour. And the ships timing seemed calculated to ensure people could not simply go into town and catch the train from there. There were some bus/train excursions people could take. We decided to take a shuttle into the city and walk around, have coffee and visit the station building. It was a very nice city, some interesting buildings. The train station was lovely. We didn't do a lot in the city but we enjoyed doing a bit of shopping and sightseeing. Nice city. Read Less

We walked around the town and visited the museum which was huge and very interesting. Also visited the Chinese gardens, very pretty. Read Less

From our designated seats we saw little on the way up the gorge. Passengers need to alternate seats on the return journey Read Less

Highlights of Dunedin; stops on high bluffs at scenic places Read Less

Part of the panoramic bus tour; the railway station is a beautifuly decorated treasure Read Less

Long van ride to mountain; hike was too strenuous for one in our party who needed help completing; great views Read Less

Used the shuttle and had a long walk round. Nice city Read Less

We hired a car here (prebook!!) and toured the Otago Peninsular before heading into town for a look at the train station. There are several lookouts and a cool, but small, Maritime Museum in Port Chalmers where the ship docks. Read Less

The grounds and gardens are lovely, we didn't go inside. Beautiful views. Read Less

We had lunch at Speights, the food was delicious and the beer and wine very good. Prices are reasonable, highly recommended. Read Less

Olveston House was a great place to visit. Lovely historical home. Read Less

Wonderful but messy boarding of the train. In addition, other passengers were taking all the tables by the windows with no consideration to the rest. Selfish behavior. The actual views and train rides were excellent. Read Less

Free public wifi by the octagon. Otago Settlers Museum was really interesting, and surprisingly free. Port Chalmers itself is very nice and I would recommend taking a walk along the water there. Read Less

enjoyed Port Chalmers, savouring a reasonably priced cup of coffee! I recommend the walk to the Lady Troy Dell (right name?) up the road from the prominent and fine Presbyterian Church building, delightful gardens, would have been splendid in spring. Read Less