Cruise Ship Shore Excursions from the Port of Tauranga

The best "Small Group Tour" available in the Bay

"As recommended on Trip Advisor"

For only NZ$150.00 Archer Tours can help with your shore excursion when your ship calls at the Port of Tauranga for the day. We specialize in a 6-hour tour to Rotorua the Maori Culture capital of New Zealand and the centre of the Geo-Thermal region of NZ.

You will be met at the Port gates by your Maori driver/guide (that's me or Tom) in a mini van (maximum of only 11 passengers).

You will take a drive along the waterfront of Pilot Bay Mount Maunganui, then along the picturesque Marine Parade, Mount Maunganui's surf beach with it’s many luxurious homes.

You will pass through Te Puke the “Kiwi Fruit Capital” of NZ and stop to visit Kiwi 360 a Kiwi Fruit orchard where we will explain to you, and show you, how the Kiwi fruit is grown. You will have the opportunity to taste some of the products; for example the new Gold Kiwi Fruit and the little Kiwi Berries, plus Kiwi Fruit wine and Liqueur. Of course there is the inevitable gift shop where you can purchase NZ Made products also.

You will continue your tour to Rotorua where you will visit the Rotorua lakefront for great photo opportunities and take a walk through the Government Gardens.

You will go to Te Puia the Maori Cultural Centre where we will guide you every step of the way, explaining the meaning of the Maori carvings, Maori Protocol, history, myths, legends and beliefs. You will also go to a Maori cultural performance experiencing the traditional challenge plus song and dance including the fearsome Haka or posture dance.

We will guide you down into the geo-thermal valley to see the boiling mud pools and steaming geysers erupting up to 30-meteres in the air.  Pohutu geyser is a Natural geyser unlike the geyser where soap powder is inserted to make it erupt, which is how they know it will erupt at 10:15am everyday.  

We will guide you through a Kiwi House where you will see our National bird, the flightless and endangered Kiwi Bird. 

As we are both Indigenous New Zealanders you can be sure that the stories of our people and our culture are genuine, plus you will hear about New Zealand history from both a Maori and non-Maori perspective. 

If you would like to purchase some lunch (at your own expense) we will take you to Capers, a very good café, Capers have a large range of café style foods plus many NZ wines and beers plus very good coffee.

You will return to your ship via a different route to which you traveled on your way to Rotorua, thereby offering you different scenery for your return journey.

We are a tour guides not just bus or taxi drivers so we will guide you around the sites, not just drop you off at the gate to find your own way around, unless that is what you want.  You will be looked after every step of your tour.

Your vehicle and driver/guides are fully licensed to carry paying passengers, plus Archer Tours is a member of Tourism New Zealand and Qualmark endorsed as a Visitor Activity.  The Qualmark gives you the assurance that Tourism New Zealand rate us as a trusted Tour Operator and member of Tourism New Zealand.

This fully guided tour, costs NZ$150.00 per person which includes the $57.40 entry fee into Te Puia, so there are no entry fee surprises when you get to Rotorua.  You can be sure of a wonderful, fun filled, informative day with Jim or Tom and Archer Tours. 

You may be able to find cheaper tours, but ask yourself this: 

Do I want the cheapest, or do I want the best, for the short time I have available to see the best of the Maori Culture and Geo-Thermal area? 

Do I want a professional Maori guide to explain the culture and geo-thermal activity to me, or do I want someone who will drop me at the gate of the attraction to find my own way around and guess what it is I am seeing?

Do I want an all inclusive tour with my entry fees paid upfront, or do I want transport only with the shock of high unexpected entry fees to pay?

Compare this to your ships prices for similar tours plus you won't be on a coach with 50 other people.

We guarrantee to get you back to your ship well before your sailing time.

I invite you to read the Testimonials I have received from past passengers

Book your Shore Excursion now, don't miss out