We used the services of Rakiura Charters a few time during our 4 night stay on Stewart Island. One such trip was the Freshwater river scenic cruise, which was an enjoyable way to see the natural and varied beauty of this island. We were able...More

Matt took four of us out on his boat and gave us the most fantastic tour for three hours. We saw several Royal Albatross, mollymawk, shags, muttonbird and terns gliding nearby and beside the boat to feed. A spectacular sight. Matt shared his amazing knowledge...More

On advice of our hostess we did a combination fresh water river/Ulva Island tour. The river part is on accessible at high tide so there was a narrow window of opportunity . Got to see more of New Zealand by doing this. Enjoyed doing Ulva...More

The driver was prompt and efficient. I was, however, somewhat put off by his attitude. I got the feeling that he thought he was doing us a favour by picking us up. He told us details of how his family had lived at Stewart Island...More

Some of our group had used the service to get to the start of the track for Mason's Bay. Some of us were unable to do this trip so five of us decided to do the boat trip in the next day instead, and time...More

Chris was our captain for the day and we had a great trip on the water taxi - very friendly and accommodating to picking us up earlier. On time too! Great service, would definitely use them again

We used their service twice and each time they were perfectly on time, although we all felt relaxed. We were off to Port William (leaving from Oban) and the captain explained us where to take which road in order to get back efficiently. That was...More