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Dunedin, Coastal Otago and Southland

Section One Dunedin + Coastal Otago

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Dunedin City Attractions


  • Otago Museum: first time visitors should be recommended the gallery "Southern Land, Southern People" for stories of pioneering ingenuity and success. www.otagomuseum.govt.nz
  • Architecture: Dunedin is one of the best-preserved Victorian and Edwardian cities in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • Olveston House: a peek at the home life of a Dunedin family at the turn of the century. www.olveston.co.nz
  • Speight’s Brewery Heritage Tours: The Speight's Heritage Centre is an informative 1.5 hour tour through the working brewery and museum of Speight’s the regional beer. www.speights.co.nz
  • Otago Settlers' Museum: learn more about Dunedin's Scottish heritage.
  • Dunedin Botanic Gardens: New Zealand’s oldest Botanic Gardens.
  • Dunedin Chinese Gardens: In the heart of the city, one of only three truly authenic Chinese gardens created outside China. www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/dunedin_chinese_garden
  • Dunedin Public Art Gallery: a wealth of international and national works, both contemporary and traditional. www.dunedin.art.museum
  • Cadbury World: for chocolate lovers www.cadburyworld.co.nz

Half-day / full-day trips from Dunedin city


  • Taieri Gorge Railway: visitors depart Dunedin Railway Station and travel through the Taieri River Gorge to Pukerangi and Middlemarch and return to Dunedin. www.taieri.co.nz
  • Larnach Castle and gardens: New Zealand's only castle, approximately 15 kilometres from Dunedin city. www.larnachcastle.co.nz

Combine several of the following activities to make a wildlife highlights excursion to the Otago Peninsula (approximately 40 minutes from Dunedin city):

  • Penguin Place: visit the yellow-eyed penguin conservation reserve on Otago Peninsula, some of the rarest penguins in the world. www.penguinplace.co.nz
  • Royal Albatross Centre: visit the site of the only mainland breeding colony of Royal Albatross in the world. Tours of the colony are available. www.albatross.org.nz
  • Elm Wildlife Tours: small group tours operate daily to view wildlife with a strong conservation focus. www.elmwildlifetours.co.nz
  • Monarch Wildlife Cruises: experience by boat albatrosses, seals, penguins, shags (cormorants) and other marine and bird life. www.wildlife.co.nz
  • New Zealand Marine Studies Centre: marine conservation, aquariums and 'touch tanks'. www.otago.ac.nz/marinestudies

Evening Attractions around Dunedin


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St Paul’s Cathedral and the Town Hall are just two of the many beautiful historic buildings in the heart of Dunedin.
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    Dunedin
• Tairei Gorge Railway
• Larnach Castle
• Wildlife Activities





    For a truly authentic experience, your clients can arrive or depart from the Rail Trail via the Taieri Gorge tourist train




    Taieri Gorge Railway
Find out what time the Taieri Gorge Railway journey departs Dunedin and the cost per adult