Tours of the City
Christchurch Sightseeing Tours (tel: (03) 366 9660 or 0508 669 660; website: www.christchurchtours.co.nz) propose a variety of tours in Christchurch, including traditional city tour or tours focusing on heritage homes and gardens for example.
If a boat tour is what you are after, the visitor centre arranges punting trips on the river Avon, weather permitting (tel: (03) 379 9629; website: www.christchurchnz.net/punting).
Christchurch Wildlife Cruises (tel: (03) 328 9078; website: www.blackcat.co.nz) operate two-hour wildlife and sightseeing cruise departing from Lyttelton Harbour. A great chance to see some marine wildlife, notably the rare Hector’s Dolphins found only in New Zealand. Free shuttle buses depart regularly from the Cathedral Square.
Or for something a bit different, take a balloon flight over the Canterbury plains with Up Up and Away (tel: (03) 381 4600; website: www.ballooning.co.nz).
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