Join us for a unique, fun and informative tour of Christchurch – the South Island’s largest city!
Learn about the history of our city and view areas affected by the devastating earthquakes.
See how the vision to rebuild and restore Christchurch is coming to life!
Central Tour highlights and stops include Canterbury Museum, Mona Vale, Westfield Riccarton Mall, Earthquake Memorial, Cardboard Cathedral, Margaret Mahy Playground, Cathedral Square.
Tour information
First departure point: Rolleston Ave, outside the Canterbury Museum
Tour Duration: 1 hour for a complete loop
Tour Frequency: Every 60 minutes
Summer departure times (1st Nov - 30th Apr): Buses depart every 60 minutes from 10am. The last bus will depart Canterbury Museum at 4pm.
Winter departure times (1 May – 31 Oct): Buses depart every 60 minutes from 10am. The last bus will depart Canterbury Museum at 2pm.
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Kia Ora Sarah and family, and thank you so much for your wonderful review of our Christchurch Soaring Kiwi Tour! We are thrilled that you enjoyed exploring Christchurch and learning the history of our city. Our dedicated team work hard to ensure our commentaries are entertaining and informative and we are glad that you found it fun. We hope that getting to do the tour in an original London bus really added to your day. Thank you for choosing to travel with Hassle-free Tours, we really appreciate your support and hope to welcome you back to Christchurch again another day! Warm regards, The Soaring Kiwi team :)
Kia Ora Sharon and thank you for your fantastic review of our Christchurch City Tour. We are delighted to hear you had a great time on-board with us and enjoyed learning more about our city. We appreciate your sharing this wonderful photo with us (what a beautiful sunny day you had) and hope you captured lots of photos from the top deck of our open top bus! We hope to welcome you back on-board again another day in the future. Kind regards, from all of our Soaring Kiwi Tours team. :)
Kia Ora Michelle and thank you so much for your lovely review of our City Tour. We are glad to hear you had a great time and love your picture! It looks like it was a beautiful sunny day in Christchurch. We hope you enjoyed learning all about our city and had fun visiting the attractions along our tour route. We appreciate your choosing to travel with us and hope to welcome you back again another day! Kind regards, from all of our team here at Soaring Kiwi Tours. :)
Kia Ora Rosiane, thank you so much for your great review of our Christchurch City Tour and for sharing this wonderful 'selfie' with us! We are so glad you and your family had a great time on-board and hope you enjoyed learning all about the history of our city. We appreciate your choosing to travel with us and wish you all the best for the rest of your stay in New Zealand. Warm regards from all of our Soaring Kiwi Team. :)
Kia Ora and thank you so much for your fantastic review of our City Tour. We are thrilled that you enjoyed your time with us and appreciate your sharing this fab pic of the bus! We hope you had fun learning all about the history of our city and wish you all the best for the rest of your stay in Christchurch. Kind regards, from all of our team here at Soaring Kiwi Tours. :)
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Sarah Cross from New Zealand wrote on 21 May 2019
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The 5 adults and 2 young children in our group all enjoyed the hop on hop off bus. We did a couple of trips throughout the day and had 2 different drivers both of which were very informative giving a wonderful commentary. Coming from London myself it was also a great day to reminisce.
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