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Christchurch Explore New Zealand, Australia & Fiji!tune
Join us for a unique, fun and informative tour of Christchurch – the South Island’s largest city!
Highlights
- Hop-on, Hop-off and explore the city at your leisure!
- Open & closed top double decker buses, classic and new
- Incredible views from the top deck!
- Visit all the must-see attractions
- Live entertaining commentary from friendly drivers
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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Roy Watson from Australia wrote on 01 March 2020
Christchurch City Tour
Great way to see the Christchurch City sights especially sitting on the top deck. We enjoyed it so much we went around twice. The drivers both times were very informative.
Nailesh from New Zealand wrote on 27 February 2020
Good tour
Driver/Host was great and very informative. However, no specific timings forbwhen the bus will arrive and we ended up waiting for an hour for the bus.
Edwin from Austria wrote on 15 March 2020
Had better ones
Only a few stops, not really worth the money if we would have paid full price. Driver however was very informative. Intervals of one hour are too long. Probably better to use the tram.
Pete Lightfoot from United Kingdom wrote on 21 February 2020
A Great Way To See The City
The tour was very informative and our Scottish driver looked after us extremely well. Made us appreciate just how devastating the earthquakes were and we were shocked at the fact that redevelopment was only now gathering momentum. The bus itself was a little tired and could have done with a little TLC itself (seats were saggy and well used) but the excursion itself ran to time and took in all the famous points of interest too.
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Byounghoon from South Korea wrote on 18 March 2020
Thanks to driver
I happened to ride the last bus with my wife and there's no more passengers. We were about to get off in the midway and told so to the driver. The driver explained ceaslessly, to us foreigners, about the streets till the last moment we got off. I was really impressed by his suncerety and proud to his job.