Christchurch Grand Tour

I liked the price with all that was included. It was a wonderful day and hit a lot of highlights for my last day in NZ. The biggest downside was I was concerned about parking and couldn't get answers on the actual location from their website/"contact us". They never responded after 3 attempts. I came from Akaroa and left at 5:00 am just to be sure of making the connection. It ended up, that it was right downtown and I found a parking garage that had plenty of room for NZ$12.00 for the day. However, to get there gave my GPS fits because the street closings change so often (earthquake results). This is a great value for a single day of covering CHC. It would be nice if they gave a more detailed idea of where to go. I could have gotten up 2 hours later, had I known. As a matter of fact, if I hadn't already paid for it, I probably wouldn't have gone because of the unsurity. I am glad I did, though.

When the day starts with a lazy punt on the Avon, you just know it's gonna be good. The punt was followed up by an hour long, extremely enjoyable and informative trip on the Caterpillar around the Botanic Gardens. Then the bus trip to the Gondola for lunch and fantastic views of Christchurch all with very informative commentary. Finished off with a day and a half open use of the trams. A must do trip in Christchurch!

If you want a great deal on how to cover the major sites in Christchurch this is it. To do each one separately would cost way more. A day well spent.

We had Tom for our tour guide and he was excellent. He gave us a great background on Christchurch since the earthquake and the work being done to restore it. The tour includes a punt down the Avon river and we had the lovely Raphael as our guide. This was followed with a trip to see the beach and then a trip on the Gondola. Had a lovely lunch at the top at the Red Rock Cafe. Then we got on the Hop On and Off tram. Great day seeing Christchurch.