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3+ days
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Photography Tours
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Photography Tours
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6+ hours
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5 hours
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4 hours
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1 hour
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Rail Tours
6+ hours
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3–4 hours
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$229
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7–8 hours
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What travellers are saying
- Lenny HAuckland, New Zealand1,031 contributionsWhat an amazing gift from nature. Please do not drive past. It's an easy walk, and it is all so different close up than what you see from the carpark. Absolutely stunning. Around every corner the view changes completely.Written 2 December 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Ankush GOakville, Canada8 contributionsI went on the Feb 17 to Feb 26 2025 adrenaline Junkie tour and each day I got experience something new.
Zip lining, river rafting, rock climbing, glacier hiking, rock climbing, sky diving, bungy jumping and so much more... This tour has it all.
Our tour guide Ryan and tour planner Ross are very experienced and they make sure you get your money's worth. They make sure they track the weather and make sure we got to exoerience all the activities.
We were a group of 6 and food and accommodation were really good. I am a vegetarian and every town in south island we visited had good options and the included breakfast and lunch in the tour were always delicious and filling. We stayed in 4 star accommodations with really great views.
Our tour guide Ryan is quintessential Kiwi and got us around safely with lots of interesting stories and trivia. Please ask him what does one Kiwi statue say to another kiwi statue :)
I am taking home lots of good memories and new friendships. Thank you adventure junkies, I will visit New Zealand again.Written 4 March 2025This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Shelley O1 contributionGreat way to experience your first cave. Weather was great especially given the amount of water to trek though.
Guide was knowledgeable and flexible. The rock garden was also great for the looking for a place to explore and even boulder.Written 15 December 2023This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Laura H1 contributionPerfect day spent with Anna! Easy pick up at the port of Lyttleton and headed out of town to Darfield Bakery. Best meat pies ever! And nice selection of GF baked goods.
Highlight was visiting the limestone boulders in Castle Hill with a delicious picnic lunch and tour of site.
Quick trip thru Christchurch and back to ship with time to grab a pint at Eruption brewery.
More than 5 stars are appropriate for this day!Written 11 December 2024This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Jay M.38 contributionsCastle Hill is the perfect day trip from Lyttelton/Christchurch for visitors looking for unique and awe-inspiring natural rock formations while in New Zealand (especially if you don't have enough time to drive further out to Mount Sunday/Somers or other parts of the Southern Alps).
And "Adventure by Nature" was the only tour company that could fit in a solo traveler like me (had to join a group of other guests, of course) without breaking my budget. (Other tours required a booking of at least 4 people or an exorbitant private guide fee.)
Castle Hill (Kura Tawhiti) is about a 2-hour drive outside of the main city, but we had short stops at Darfield (for a bathroom break) at Lake Lyndon (for a picnic lunch) and Springfield (to visit a giant donut statue donated by The Simpsons cartoon). The drive through Canterbury was also pretty scenic, passing by farmland and sheep grazing areas.
Credit to our extremely fit tour guide/driver Sophie, who carried all of our lunches and desserts while climbing the limestone cliffs of Castle Hill (Kura Tawhiti) along with us. (My only suggestion here: supply individual water bottles for each person--that each can carry themselves--instead of asking everyone to drink from the same thermos.)
It also got pretty hot and sunny fairly quickly in Canterbury, despite the chilly morning in Lyttelton/Christchurch. A warning to wear sunscreen and protective hats/umbrellas before starting the hike would have been advisable.
Sophie allowed us a good 2 hours to explore Castle Hill, which I greatly appreciated. (Most other day tours would only afford you 30-45 minutes tops to explore a site like this.) The limestone rock formations of Kura Tawhiti are definitely worth spending as much time to admire as possible; the YouTube videos do not do them justice!
Transportation from/to the Norwich Quay (just outside the Lyttelton cruise berth) was also appreciated, so that guests like us wouldn't have to waste time finding our way into Christchurch.Written 15 March 2025This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
