Awesome Tours
Awesome Tours
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
About
Awesome Tours is a privately owned and operated small group tour business providing local scheduled tours, tailor made personalized multi day tours and shore excursion tours to meet your needs. These can include areas such as Milford Sound, Queenstown, West Coast, Mt Cook or the entire South Island. Day tours from Dunedin can include areas such as the Catlins and Moeraki Boulders and the Otago Peninsula. We provide small group scheduled and private shore excursion tours for cruise passengers while in Dunedin including pickup/return from/to Port, Key City Sights, Natures Wonders Argo Wildlife tours ( Yellow Eyed Penguins, NZ Fur Seals and much more) Natures Wonders authentic Sheep Shed experience, Larnach Castle and the Royal Albatross Colony.We look forward to being of service to you.
Dunedin, New Zealand
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Travellers' Choice
2023

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Amy S
1 contribution
Jun 2023 • Family
Thanks again for such a wonderful tour - we had a fantastic day exploring Otago peninusula! Mark was the perfect guide and made our day so memorable.
Written 4 June 2023
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FarAway45576859730
1 contribution
Apr 2023
We just had the best experience with Mark on an “awesome tour” along the high road of the Otago Peninsula, and out to the Royal Albatross Centre. Mark was knowledgeable and friendly, and the transport was comfortable with superb views (spotting sealions along the way). Best of all, the albatross | toroa were gliding in the light wind - a spectacular sight - the cloud cover actually made the viewing easy. And the 10kg chicks ‘waddling’ along the bank were pretty cute! Absolutely recommend a Dunedin tour with Awesome Tours. ***** Five stars!
Written 8 May 2023
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Marie-Louise H
Brisbane, Australia37 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
We had the best time with Mark from Awesome Tours. The name of the tour Awesome Tours being very apt. Mark collected us in the city and drove us to Natures Wonders. All the way he was pointing our different things and giving us so much information which was fabulous from city sights to the Peninsula. Natures Wonders is the most incredible place . We got to see Albatross, fur seals including babies , little blue penguins and yellow eyed penguins ( everything they promised ) The gentleman ( both at the desk and Martin ) were friendly and so informative. Back with Mark who was happy to give us a recommendation for dinner which was fantastic. The local knowledge was so appreciated as was the whole afternoon. We felt very spoilt ! Thanks Mark, Martin and the whole crew.
Written 5 May 2023
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Akshaiy N
1 contribution
Dec 2022 • Solo
Got to see northern royal albatross, fur seal, sea lion, little blue penguin and yellow-eyed penguin. Transport was provided via different vehicles to cummute to and fro accommodation, restaurants and all attractions. The tour guide Mark Dixon was very cordial and knowledgable.
Written 14 April 2023
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cricketnut29
Auckland Central, New Zealand111 contributions
Mar 2023
We were on an Ovation of the Seas cruise around New Zealand and back to Sydney.
One of the ports we called at Port Chalmers on Wed 13th March allowed us the opportunity for us to organise a private tour with Mark Dixon from Awesome Tours. What a wonderful tour he allowed us for the half day we spent with him with the main attraction being going to Larnach Castle which we thoroughly enjoyed. In addition Mark dropped us off at the historic Dunedin Railways Station and we also had a half hour in Dunedin Central to stretch our legs. On the way back to the ship we went to Balwin Street the steepest street in the world before returning to Port Chalmers through the back streets of Dunedin. Throughout the tour we had expert and interesting commentary from Mark about the history surrounding the tragic ownership of Larnach Castle and about Dunedin.
We cannot speak more highly about this tour and Mark and strongly recommend any future visitors to Dunedin to use Awesome Tours. Also his rate is about half of what the cruise company tours are.
Written 25 March 2023
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JRB
1 contribution
Mar 2023 • Friends
Seeing the wildlife/scenery good; ppl running the tour were not so good. Thinly-veiled racism and a very unfriendly cafe/shop lady left me feeling sad that I paid for this experience. To start the tour, the van driver tried to convince us that the enslaved Māori were not kept in the caves he pointed to (contrary to what the Māori believe). Then he pointed to a field and made a "joke" about the sheep with brown wool being Māori sheep because of their color. When we arrived at the cafe before the start of the off-road, the lady running the cafe (that's part of the tour group) was incredibly unfriendly, wouldn't make a coffee, and initially didn't want to let us use the toilet. The penguins and seals were cool though.
Written 21 March 2023
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Darcy
2 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Yesterday we took a tour with Mark who was incredibly informative, kind and threw some fantastic jokes here and there! We went along and saw all these incredible views of Dunedin and Mark always told us amazing facts of the sights we saw as we went along. We had a fantastic time spotting the wildlife along the way and even Albatrosses! We visited Nature Wonders where we got to see some seals, yellow eyed and blue eyed penguins which was breath taking.

The tour was incredible and was one of the best things we did on this holiday. Thank you so so much to Mark, Awesome Tours and Nature Wonders for a wonderful time. :)
Written 28 February 2023
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Laura W
Waikoloa, HI13 contributions
Feb 2023
We booked a private tour for 9 people. We had such a great day out with Mark! He was so informative and kind. The van was very comfortable .
We saw the Moeraki Boulders, Seals, Railway Station, and other city sites.
We will book again when we come back. Mahalo Mark!!!
Written 27 February 2023
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Arlorio Maria
1 contribution
Feb 2023 • Solo
Wildlife, such as blue penguins, seals and albatross. Spectacular view of Otago Peninsula with its beautiful hills and beaches
Written 23 February 2023
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Rhonda O
Grande Prairie, Canada116 contributions
Jan 2023
Our tour guide Sharon was our best tour guide on this cruise! My mother and I joined another couple for a full day tour of Dunedin. We travelled in a comfortable van with Sharon giving us plenty of information about the area. She was a fantastic driver and answered all our questions. We drove into Dunedin and had some free time to wander around. Then we went to Larnach Castle, where she toured us through the castle and gave us free time to wander the castle and the gardens, Then we went to Royal Albatross Center for lunch. She had pre-ordered our lunch for us, so it was ready when we arrived. Then she stood in a long line while we ate our lunch. By the time she was at the front of the line, we went and paid for our lunch and then carried on. Then we headed to Natures Wonders for a wildlife tour to see baby NZ seals and penguins still in the nest. Sharon was very considerate of our time and made sure we had the best experience and saw the most during our tour.

We highly recommend Awesome Tours. The owner mark, was with another group and he kept checking on us to see how we were enjoying our day.
Written 20 February 2023
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