Discover Auckland including Kelly Tarlton's Morning Tour

This Auckland sightseeing tour combines the Discover Auckland coach tour with a visit to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World.

See first hand why Auckland is known as the "City of Sails" as you enjoy a half day discovering New Zealand's largest city. Auckland sits upon 48 dormant volcanoes situated on a narrow isthmus between two harbours, the sparkling Waitemata to the east and the brooding Manukau to the west. Known as the City of Sails, it is New Zealand's largest city. Your morning tour takes in Queen Street, Auckland's 'Golden Mile', stunning views of the harbour and yacht marina from the Auckland Harbor Bridge and to the summit of Mount Eden, the city's most prominent volcanic cone with its 360 views of the city.

The sightseeing tour also takes in the Auckland Domain, the city's oldest park which is situated on a 62,000 year old volcano. In addition to these natural features the city sights tour also takes in the trendy shopping area of Parnell Village with its historical buildings that have been transformed into boutiques, antique, craft and specialty shops. Your tour will then take you along the scenic waterfront route of Tamaki Drive before returning to downtown Auckland.

Next stop is Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. Plunge under Auckland's waterfront and you'll discover spectacular secrets of the Southern Ocean and see the magic of an Antarctic fantasyland, complete with Penguins strutting in fresh snow and ice!Head for the Antarctic Encounter, where you'll be taken back in time to the life-sized replica hut of intrepid South Pole explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott.

Come out of the hut and into an Antarctic snowcat, where you're transported to a magical world of snow and ice. Frolicking in the white wilderness is a colony of sub-Antarctic Penguins. From your snowcat, you'll get a fantastic fish eye view of the birds as they swim underwater.After your Antarctic encounter; head to the Amazon tank to view the deadly Piranha. Now step onto the moving walkway in the Underwater World, you'll come face-to-face with a Broadnosed Sevengill Shark, proudly displaying some of the most powerful jaws on the planet.

• Auckland Harbour Bridge
• Viaduct Harbour
• Mt Eden (views of the city)
• Parnell Village
• Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World
• Winter Gardens in Auckland Domain

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