Wellington Sightseeing Tours – Wairarapa & Lord of the Rings
Wellington Sightseeing Tours of the Best activities & Attractions
Full Day and Half-Day tours of Wellington’s highlights
Wellington’s Capital Personalised Tours offers personalised tours showcasing the attractions of the Greater Wellington region and the Wairarapa. We cater to smaller groups in modern luxury 4WD vehicles.
If you’re looking for something fun to do in Wellington, why not try one of our popular Wellington day trip tours? Our Lord of the Rings Tour visits location sites and Peter Jackson’s Weta Cave.
In the City, we offer sightseeing tours with private tour guides a little further out of Wellington. We offer wine and beer tasting tours that show off the best of the region’s breweries and beers. Day trips from Wellington to Wairarapa, including Martinborough Wine tours and Kapiti Full and Half-day tours.
Your tour guide John is a born and bred Wellingtonian. A nature lover and wine enthusiast, John provides insights into Wellington’s spectacular scenery and comprehensive knowledge of the Wairarapa wine region. When requesting booking a tour, the vehicle is solely for your use, regardless of the numbers in your party. We aim to ensure you travel comfortably and have a day to remember.
Wellington Sightseeing Tour – Wellington Highlights Full Day.
Price: $310 per person – Child $155.00 pp
Departs: 9:30 am
Duration: 7 Hours approx.
We pick you up from your choice of Wellington location at 9.30 am and head to Mt Victoria for superb views of the city and harbour and to give you the lie of the land. Peter Jackson’s Weta Cave film empire is our next stop with a fascinating behind-the-scenes workshop tour before lunch by the sea at the renowned Chocolate Fish cafe.
After lunch (included in the tour price), we continue to follow the rugged coastline around Red Rocks and head off-road to see the seal colony in season.
We then drive back into the city, take you on a cable car ride, and walk down through the picturesque Botanical Gardens to the Lady Norwood rose gardens.
Then we head to the iconic Beehive and Parliament buildings before visiting Wellington’s oldest church, “Old St Pauls”. Finally, we head out West to Wright Hill, a historic military site with commanding views of the greater Wellington region.
Wellington Sightseeing Tour – Half Day.
Price: $190 per person – Child $95 pp
Departs: 9:30 am & 1:00 pm
Duration: 3 Hours approx.
Pick you up from your choice of Wellington locations at 9.30 am or 1.00 pm and head to Mt Victoria for superb views of the city and harbour and to give you the lie of the land. Peter Jackson’s Weta Cave film empire is our next stop with a brief look at the Museum and Shop.
We continue to follow the rugged coastline to Red Rocks, then drive back into the city, take you on a cable car ride, and walk down through the picturesque Botanical Gardens to the Lady Norwood rose gardens. Then we head to the iconic Beehive and Parliament buildings before visiting Wellington’s oldest church, Old St Pauls.
We will return you to your Wellington base at 12.30 pm or 4 pm.
Wellington Day Tours – The Wairarapa Scenic Tour & Seal Colony.
Price: $310 per person – Child $155.00 pp
Departs: 9:30 am
Duration: 7 Hours approx return at 4:30 pm
After picking you up from your location of choice at 9.30 am, we travel leisurely through the Hutt Valley and onto the Rimutaka Ranges. We stop at the top to admire the view, then drive down to the sleepy town of Featherston before heading south to Martinborough through typical rural New Zealand countryside featuring sheep, cattle and deer.
Upon arriving at Martinborough, we tour the town and have the option of visiting a local winery to sample a selection of the region’s finest wines, including the celebrated Pinot Noir variety. We then continue south to the historic Lake Ferry pub for traditional fish chips, Kiwi style.
After lunch, we follow the coastline to the picturesque fishing village of Ngawi and encounter the seal colony featuring grey fur seals and their pups. We continue following the rugged Southern coast to the lighthouse at Cape Palliser and work off lunch as we climb the 254 steps to the top.
Wellington Day Tours – Martinborough Wine Tour.
Price: $310 per person – Child $155.00 pp
Departs: 9:30 am
Duration: 7 Hours approx return Wellington at 4:30 pm
After picking you up from your location of choice at 9.30 am, we travel leisurely through the Hutt Valley and onto the Rimutaka Ranges. Passing through the sleepy town of Featherston, we head east to Martinborough through typical rural New Zealand countryside featuring sheep, cattle and deer.
We lunch at Poppies Winery with a platter of local delicacies washed down with a complimentary glass of wine. With a choice of over 20 wineries, we sample some award-winning wines, including the Pinot Noirs that the region is renowned for.
You will experience informative insights from some of the region’s wine experts, many of whom are entertainers in their own right. Post-lunch, the wine tasting continues, or a coffee stop and some shopping in nearby Greytown. The choice is yours.
We will return you to Wellington at 4.30 pm, relaxed and better off for your winery experience.
Wellington Day Tours – Craft Beer Tasting Tour.
Price: $310 per person – Child $155.00 pp
Departs: 9:30 am
Duration: 7 Hours approx return Wellington at 4:30 pm
We pick you up from your choice of Wellington location at 9.30 am and give you a brief overview of Wellington and its harbour atop Mt Victoria. We then visit our first brewery, Parrot Dog, for some “hair of the dog”.
Then we head north for a guided tour of the Kereru brewery with one of their brewers, where we learn how to create the perfect beer, and of course, we get to sample their product.
You will be ready for lunch at the trendy Art of Pizza in Upper Hutt with Kereru beer on tap. After lunch, we do a Panhead driveby, then call into Baylands Brewery in Petone on the way back into town.
The two final Wellington breweries we visit are Garage Project, recently voted NZ’s best craft beer brewery, followed by last orders at Tuatara Third Eye. We return you to your home base or your craft beer bar of choice in the Wellington CBD at 4.30 pm
Wellington Day Tours – Lord of The Rings Day Tour.
Price: $310 per person – Child $155.00 pp
Departs: 9:30 am
Duration: 7 Hours approx return Wellington at 4:30 pm
We will pick you up from your choice of Wellington location at 9.30 am and head for the hills. After admiring the view from the top of Mt Victoria, we head into the “Outer Shire” for our first stop, the Hobbit’s hideaway.
From there, we visit the Weta Cave museum in Miramar, also seeing a short documentary of the filmmaking exploits of Peter Jackson and his remarkable team, and followed up with a fascinating ‘Window into the Workshop” exhibition, showing film props and weaponry with the artists themselves describing how the various props were created.
We lunch locally at the iconic Chocolate Fish cafe (price included), then head north into the Hutt Valley following the River Anduin and taking in the sights of Helms Deep before stopping at the Gardens of Isengard for afternoon tea.
The final destination is Rivendell and the Legolas tree before returning to Wellywood at 4.30 pm.
Wellington Day Tours – Lord of The Rings Half Day Tour.
Price: $190 per person – Child $95 pp
Departs: 9:30 am & 1:00 pm
Duration: 3 Hours approx.
We pick you up from your choice of Wellington location at either 9.30am or 1pm and head for the hills. After admiring the view from the top of Mt Victoria we head into the “Outer Shire” for our first stop, the Hobbit’s hideaway
Then it’s onto the Weta Cave in Miramar where you tour the museum and shop before viewing a short documentary showing the film making exploits of Peter Jackson and his remarkable team. This is followed up with a fascinating ‘Window into the Workshop” exhibition, showing film props and weaponry with the artists themselves describing how the artefacts were created.
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