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Join our friendly local experts aboard our classic vessel the Monarch for a truly enchanting wildlife cruise.
The Otago Peninsula is home to a wonderful array of wildlife including marine mammals, albatrosses, penguins and other ocean birds. This fascinating cruise will take you on a journey around the spectacular Taiaroa Head – the worlds only mainland nesting place of albatross. Enjoy watching our native furseals play on the rocks and sometimes see New Zealand sealions basking on the white sandy beaches.
If you are lucky enough, you may even catch a glimpse of the dolphins and other marine mammals that frequent this beautiful part of New Zealand. So come along and enjoy New Zealand’s great outdoors with the highly acclaimed Monarch Cruises and Tours!
Departures: From Wellers Rock on the Otago Peninsula, approximately 45min drive from Dunedin
Check in: Please check in at Weller’s Rock boatshed office ten minutes before departure
All prices for this activity are shown in NZD ($)
Good weather & enjoyable cruise. Friendly staffs, filled us with loads of information throughout the cruise. Though there was no blue penguin 🐧 nor dolphins but we could see albatross & fur seals laze around their habitats. Great for family adventure
I took a friend visiting from England on the one hour trip and was greeted by Buddy and immediately put at ease by his friendliness. I knew we were in for a treat. There were only 4 of us on board which was great as we got to ask our info guy, Jurgen, lots of questions about the local wildlife and he was very helpful and knowledgable. The weather turned whilst we were at sea but he made sure we were warm and dry with jackets provided. Great experience. Lots to see and loved that we were provided with binoculars too. Amazing array of NZ marine life! Great trip all round.
friendly knowledgeable staff, excellent adventure, reasonable pricing, would definitely recommend
Great cruise, made the best of middling weather conditions and our guides helped us see 3 species of albatross, among other awesome things! Our guides Buddy & Jurgen were knowledgable and enthusiastic, and helped us top off a great few days in Dunedin! Will definitely be travelling with Monarch again.
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Romy from Germany wrote on 02 March 2018
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This 1 hour boat trip was great, even with the weather not to good. However the windy conditions let the albatross fly and fly and fly. An our small group (sometimes bigger groups are on board) had much luck and next to the seals we saw yellow-eyed penguines, little blue penguines and hector dolphins. I learned a lot of new things about the different animals and had some great time on board.
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