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We had a wonderful time. We managed to see dolphins. It was a fantastic experience for us. The beautiful sunset was a bonus.
An amazing experience that I would highly recommend. The crew were very welcoming and friendly, highly educated and answered many questions. Saw both dolphins and whales on the trip and was blown away by the scenery. You get a once in a lifetime experience which is completely worth the money!
The ride is awesome. Crew members are so nice and entertaining. It’s good one day trip.
I love dolphins while am not willing to visit them in the aquarium. It was fantastic to meet them in such a natural way. It was the first time I saw dolphins. They were truly active and social, comparing to whales. I took some awesome photos of them and can’t wait to share.
Such a fantastic day out on the harbour for the whole family. We took the kids (11 and 13) and although the 11 year old got a bit crook it was still such a fantastic day. We were blessed to find a pod of several hundred dolphins who hung around the boat for about an hour jumping out of the water and spinning around jumping over back and forth. We sped up and they sped up. We slowed down and they slowed down. It was such an amazing experience! The captains were fantastic and invited my 13 year old to sit in the captains seat for about an hour on the way back which was an opportunity of a lifetime for him and something he will never forget. Thanks guys! All staff were friendly and amazing and so helpful and knowledgeable. We all learned a lot from the commentary and we will definitely come on another trip! So grateful to have such an amazing marine ecosystem right in our own backyard in Auckland and grateful for an amazing company to show us ❤️
We had excellent weather and saw 2 pods of dolphins. Got to spend a decent amount of time at each spot and got some good photos. Just a shame we didn't see any whales but that's out of their control and we still had an amazing time.
I rented an e-bike for 2 days and think that that's a good enough time to really explore the island on your own pace. Definitely rent an e-bike and not a typical pushbike if you want to explore all around - as there are a lot of hills on the island! The viewtops are spectacular and great picnic spots. The bike was also easy to use and I was able to have it overnight and borrow a charger to use it again the following day. Joaco was awesome and provided a map and tips for a lot of great places to see. Will try to do again with visiting friends in the future!
It was a lot of fun because it was the first time I went fishing with my son on a boat. I highly recommend doing this type of fishing.
Robbie was an absolute hoot! Went on the Robbie’s fun bus on our stay in Waiheke and couldn’t recommend it to more people. It’s a must do if you’re over! The humour and thoughtfulness of the tour really shone through. Robbie is such a genuinely kind person and absolutely hilarious made the whole tour thoroughly enjoyable. He would go out of his way for people to make sure they’re having a good time even to the point that I left my phone behind before going on the bus and he helped me find it and dropped my friend and I back into town near our home! I’ll definitely be coming back with friends!
So glad I booked the tour because I was able to experience so much within a short time frame. Steve was knowledgeable and very accomodating highly recommend
Such a great day dispite the weather! Would definitely recommend and go again!! Thanks a lot!!
Great evening. We caught so many snappers! Skipper Mike was great help to everyone as most of us were fairly new to open waters fishing. Good boat, good equipment, friendly service. All in all a great trip.
We got to see bottlenose and common dolphin but they still gave us voucher to return as we didnt see much activities and no whale. Thank you.
Awesome Girls Day Out ~ don’t forget to drop into the wineries for a wine reward afterwards .
Me , my friend and my daughter thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful weather and the great sculptures. It was my first trip to Waiheke on the Ferry so was lovely to explore outside of Auckland . Also the voucher made the trip so affordable and memorable.
We went early on a Friday morning and we’re also able to take our dog too which was great. The view on the trail out to Auckland was beautiful as well as the art we saw. Would definitely go again.
My 72 yr old dad & I visited Waiheke for the day. What a brilliant way to see the island. The quality of the bikes is excellent & makes it a breeze to explore all Waiheke had to offer. The service from the team is absolutely second to none! I can’t wait to come back. Thanks for helping make our day so magical!
The service is excellent! If you run out of power, you can go back to the shop and get a new battery, and I cycled all day, and at the end of the day I still had 55% charge, which was really good!
My first time on an eBike in years are it really was breezy up the hills once you got used to it! We did have one bike malfunction halfway through our day, but within 30 minutes we had a new bike dropped to us. We biked for 3+ hours and still had half a battery left
Informative friendly team and both journeys on time.
My daughter 8 years old and I had such a great day trip to Rangitoto Island. We took a bus from home to the Ferry Pier 13, it was such a good weather, we packed healthy snacks, lunch and water. We walked up to the summit and visit a lava cave. We took a ferry at 2.30pm and bus home! Will definitely return.
I got the tickets the next day after I made the booking. The trip was great!
This tour was great! Our tour guide Julie was amazing and we got to see some amazing sights of Waiheke. The vineyards were awesome, we saw Mudbrick, Thomas's Bach and Dellows. We had enough time to enjoy each one and it was a lovely pace. The BBQ at the end was a great way to end the tour and by the end of it we were all friends on the tour. I will definitely be referring all my friends to do this tour and I would even do it again next time I'm visiting Waiheke
Such a good time! Each winery was very different (which is great) but everyone was so lovely and friendly. Definitely recommend!
If you'd like to do a tour on Waiheke I definitely recommend this one! Visiting 3 beautiful vineyards and at end heaps of BBQ bites!
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A must do when in auckland. Amazing views.
It’s a very impressive fishing trip, highly recommended!
We relocated from the US and are now residents on NZ. Hence, US Kiwis... Sheree was awesome and did a fantastic job. She is extremely knowledgeable and has a wonderful personality. We are going to be booking with her again for our next trip back in December.
We had a great time on board and saw two small pods of common dolphins. Crew didn't think this was good enough so was given a lifetime voucher to come back. We was happy to see the dolphins and really enjoyed getting to know all about the mammals on the gulf!
Very good trip - coach driver David was very informative ' needs to work on some of his accents ' ha 😀 Good variation of wine and choice of food was pretty good
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