had a excellent trip. excellent service by john and his son by Southern Wanderer group. really appreciate their service. recommend to everyone

Great value for money

What an amazing morning it was! Blue skies and blue water! The first thing we encountered when we left the bay was a mother dolphin and her calf. As we went out of the harbour we came across some noisy seals that came right up to the boat. But what really stood out was the hospitality from the skipper and his local knowledge.

Thank you so much Tony! For the amazing experience! We saw alot of wildlife! This tour was perfect! And we would definitely love to come back again soon! Highlight was seeing the dolphins! Words can’t express enough how much we enjoyed our tour!

It was a great experience in total

Had a lovely time on this trip, a birthday treat. Very relaxed and informative on the history of the area. Bit disappointing that we only saw 1 dolphin as they are always a treat to see but that's nature, can't be helped. Saw wee penguin and the fur seals. Definitely worth doing, even for us locals.

Our day was beautiful! The people friendly and the little elusive dolphins ? made an appearance well worth it.

This is recommended to all that have not been on this trip before. Skipper was lovely. A lot of people due to the cruise ship docked at the time. Me and hubby thoroughly enjoyed it.

It was such an amazing experience and Tony was so good in explaining things. He made sure we are having fun and he is so so good. We got to see dolphins, seals, Shags, etc I have only videos of dolphin, but I have shared some good photos I took. I was more focusing on videos ? We really enjoyed and thanks Tony for the amazing experience. ?

Great fun. Stunning location.

Friendly and lovely Alpacas..The information given by our guide is so informative and enthusiastic in explaining everything about Alpaca

Best experience ever. Amazing scenery and wonderful time with cute animals. It was lifetime experience and thanks to the tour guide(forgot her name) who made my day. She explained everything in detail and helped us get along with alpacas and it was really good time. I bought a scarf to remember the tour and it was so warm. I had to order another one from the online shop. Wish I have another chance to visit again

We absolutely loved our visit. It was wet day and on our way we were thinking the weather would spoil the experience. However, it was still well worth the visit. I would go again.

A wonderful experience for young and old! I the tour guide was knowledgeable, friendly, relaxed and in tune with the animals it was amazing that he knew every Alpacas name. He was attentive and patient with the kids and allowed them to be themselves and feed them. All questions answered thoroughly and we left feeling we had leant some valuable facts about Alpacas.

We came here on a monday morning. We had such a great weather but it was a bit windy. The staff were friendly and helpful with assisting us to get close to the alpacas so we can cuddle them. The view was breathtaking as you can see the entire akaroa harbour from the farm. We enjoyed every minute of the experience.

Great experience. Definitely recommend it.

This is a great voyage, we saw dolphins, seals, and seagulls. Looking forward to participating in other activities of Book Me.

I was on a cruise with Kate, Alex and Bri. The girls were great at spotting wildlife, especially the dolphins that everyone is hoping to see! The cruise was a well run and professional experience that takes you around the harbour and the skipper will tell you a bit about the history of different areas of Akaroa as you go past. We stopped by a area known to have some NZ fur seals. The dolphins came to bow ride at the front of our boat. We were also lucky enough to spot a new calf!

We were both blown away with the harbour cruise. The weather was stunning which makes a difference. The crew commentary was very amusing and informative. We were lucky to see a number of little Hectors, seals and pups and NZ Shags. We would thoroughly recommend the trip . Great value for money too. Thanks Guys!

Absolutely an awesome experience. The weather was perfect and i learnt a lot about the area. We saw a number of Hector dolphins that swam around the boat several times and that certainly made the trip for my grandson. Dont miss it if you are in the area.

Very good cruise with many encounters with dolphin penguin seals Nice commentary by Kate

We did the 11am trip and definitely recommend it. Staff were really friendly and the guide had a great sense of humour. Weather was perfect aswell. Only advice is if you take young children like we did grab a spot for the trip at the beginning, as soon as dolphins were spotted people didn't care if they were pushing our children out the way.

Absolutely stunning morning out on the water, very informative captain, we learnt loads! And saw everything we came to see.

Awesome tour

I booked this trip at the last minute and so glad we did. Even though it was a cold and somewhat windy day we thoroughly enjoyed this cruise. The scenery is beautiful and we saw lots of Hectors dolphins, and some NZ fur seals. The staff were very informative and friendly,and i would happily do this trip again when next we visit Akaroa.

Coast up close is a local business and Tony and Mafi is very friendly persons and this is our best experience in our whole Akaroa visits and we really recommend the firm for dolphin encounters and they are very friendly and patient and showed around and the trip was amazing. We will visit them again in future. Thanks Team

Beautiful journey with a great driver.

The staff were super helpful as soon as I arrived I got my tickets, the staff aboard were also great. Very clear and informative commentary and we got to see a wide variety of wildlife including dolphins, penguins, seals, and even an albatross. I would highly recommend this to anybody visiting Akaroa I would gladly go again!

Did the morning session and probably each and every single Hector dolphin in the harbour. Did not disappoint. We were in the water and had a few different pods around. All equipment provided was super high quality!! Thanks again

The driver was courteous, informative and a good driver. There was a passenger who missed the pickup and we pulled over and waited approximately 15 minutes for this passenger to be brought to the bus. I was surprised that they would do this as everyone on the bus was held up because of one passenger. The driver was very apologetic and tried to make up the lost time. We had a great day and I would recommend this service.

Great couple of hrs on Akaroa harbour Skipper was fantastic Was a great experience would definitely recommend

Lots of information and it was stunning while sailing

Fabulous afternoon spent on the Black Cat - Very informative with the Crew and special mention to Daniel he was a wealth of knowledge and to get the boat close to the caves was amazing- Would highly recommend taking this trip

Wonderful crew, friendly, helpful and informative. An amazing experience. Saw so many seals, dolphins and a couple of penguins. Must do if you are in Akaroa

We had a wonderful two plus hours with Ollie the skipper and dad John the very knowledgable tour guide. Besides a lot of information on the wild life we saw John also told us a lot of the history of Akaroa and the harbour. It was a lovely day and we went well out to sea. With maximum eight passengers it’s an experience that you feel part of all the time. There were four passengers on our trip and it was great.

Ticked all the boxes. Dolphins, seals and a penguin! Fortunate to be with a small group and were able to take lots of photos