Ilene was very knowledgeable and made it fun. Enjoyed the lunch by the sea Ilene recommended. We enjoyed visiting the greenhouse at the Estate.

Wow, what a great tour experience. Astra was wonderful to work with in organizing a private tour for our group. Then in our group’s opinion, Teresa knocked it out of the park with the tour she provided. Her love and knowledge of Dunedin was contagious. We had an incredibly fun day and will always have very fond memories of Dunedin thanks to Fantail Tours. Highly recommend!

This tours runs for about 6 hours, so you have a fun-filled day! Our driver/guide was Teresa, and she is just great: a lot of knowledge and very lovely person. After some highlights in Dunedin we drove to the Peninsula to view the albatross colony. A bit windy and chilly when we got there but the most amazing view of the cliff. A recommended tour if you're visiting Dunedin for the day.

Great tour! Scott our tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable about Dunedin. We had plenty of time to see the sites scheduled and even had a few impromptu photos stops. We chose to do the Larnach castle tour which was an added bonus. Would highly recommend this tour.

Wow, wow, wow! What a great tour. Theresa was absolutely amazing! Such a wealth of knowledge! She took us everywhere! We went to the botanical garden, the train station, the steepest street in the world, Otago university, Pukekara headlands, and the Royal Albatross colony. She gave us so much information and we had a really delightful day with her. Outstanding tour guide and outstanding tour! Thank you, Thank you! We even got to see a little blue penguin when we got back to our ship. A great day!

We joined the 2 hour Dunedin city tour. Our guide Asta picked us up from our hotel and took us to a number of sights in Dunedin including Baldwin Street, the botanic gardens, signal hill and the train station. Asta was very knowledgeable and friendly. We enjoyed the tour as there were only 4 of us in our group and we would not have been able to visit all these venues without the guide.

We had a fabulous day of touring Dunedin. Our guide, Asta, was very knowledgeable of the area and showed us all of the sites including the Albatross rookery and OPERA penguin conservation center. Of course, we saw all of the famous sites like the botanical garden, the railroad station and the steepest street in the world. Asta organized our tour in a very efficient manner that enabled us to see everything in a short period of time. Her van was very comfortable and equipped with a speaker system that enabled everyone to hear her informative commentary. To top it off, she is very charming. We could not have asked for a better one day visit to Dunedin.

This was a fantastic tour. Our guide, Asta was everything we could want. We let her set most of the agenda, and were glad we did; she covered a variety of points of interest, She was highly knowledgeable about all aspects related to Dunedin: geography, history, botany, native birds, etc. She was highly personable and cheerful, and a good driver as well

Could not have been more pleased. Asta spent the day showing us all the best spots. She was so kind, funny, and knowledgeable. One of the best day tours we have taken in many years!! Thank you Asta!

Our time with Asta was wonderful! She showed us the many beautiful places throughout the city and on the peninsula. She was a delight to spend time with.

Our cruise ship was arriving in Port Chalmers / Dunedin, New Zealand on Boxing Day. Our shore excursion had been cancelled as many places were closed for Boxing Day. And the remaining cruise ship shore excursions did not include a visit to the Royal Albatross Center, home to the world's only mainland breeding colony of Royal Albatross. While the ship offered a small boat cruise to the cliff below the Center, you were still hundreds of feet away from the nests & subject to the weather & rough seas. We wanted front row seats that were not weather dependent. From tour companies in other ports, we were fortunate enough to be referred to Fantail Tours. Not only would Fantail Tours take us to the Royal Albatross Center, they would coordinate a guided tour & lunch. And since the scenic drive to & from (it's 40 minutes drive from Dunedin), the Center tour & lunch took just 3+ hours, Fantail could custom design the rest of our tour to see all the historic sites & anything else we wanted to do. The entire tour was perfect. Asta the guide was friendly & informative. Their vehicle clean & safely driven. Places we wished to linger, we could. Very flexible. The Botantical Gardens are beautiful. The mild climate allows plants & shrubs to prosper. Their rhondendrons grow to the size of trees! We also saw the steepest street in the world and the beautiful Railway Station, the second most photographed building in the Southern Hemisphere. All narrated & wonderful. But the highlight was the Royal Albatross Center. What magnificent birds! Their wingspan can reach 3 meters (9'6") and can fly at speeds up to 120 kph (75mph). They fly from Dunedin to the seas offshore of Chile nonstop for a year before returning to Dunedin to breed. We received a guided tour & presentation at the Center and we're escorted to the enclosed observation building of the Colony Nesting site observation building; just 100 feet from away from the colony! I highly recommend Fantail!

This was the perfect tour! With only five of us in the van, two separate families, our tour guide was able to adjust the schedule to suit everyone's interests. 2 hours might have initially felt like a short time, but we saw so much and learned so much. It never felt rushed. My mum had been to Dunedin twice before and was delighted to see and learn things she hadn't already on other tours. Asta's local knowledge and passion for Dunedin were obvious. I loved hearing about Munuka honey and Dunedin's core industry, the university. I personally loved the time taken in the Botanic gardens and the university. The stop at the stadium was clearly a highlight for our other tour family and something we may have missed otherwise. Brilliant! If you have any special requests, I truly believe Fantail Tours will accommodate. Please don't hesitate to ask.

Asta was a fantastic guide for our family - professional, friendly and very considerate of our smallest traveller, a very exuberant 2 year old. This was a brilliant tour for those with just a day in port, we were collected from the cruise terminal and treated to the sights of Dunedin before being brought right back to the ship - and with a car seat for our daughter! We had lots of flexibility to stop for as long or as short as we wanted, which was perfect for our needs.

The scenery is picturesque but the fog is too thick to see. This is the only regret. The castle and the ancient house are well preserved and worth seeing. The tour guide was very nice and enthusiastic. Overall we were very satisfied. Especially the 10-person group was more comfortable than the larger group.

Asta was a friendly and knowledgeable guide who provided our small family group of 6 with a great schedule for our day tour around Dunedin and the peninsula. She ensured we were back well before our cruise boarding time I would recommend this tour to others.