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Akaroa Attractions, Activities, Tours

Just 75 kilometres from the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, Akaroa is a historic French and British settlement nestled in the heart of an ancient volcano. Explore the village with its colonial architecture, craft stores, and cafés. Relax in the sun at French Bay, or find a secluded beach of your own in one of the neighbouring bays. 

Akaroa tours include cruising on the beautiful Akaroa harbour, you can choose from a variety of cruises including sailing around the harbour. View the stunning wildife including the Hectors dolphins. Enjoy Akaroa and the harbour for the week, your weekend, or just one day there's an Akaroa escape to suit your mood.

Akaroa Harbour Nature Cruises

Depart the charming historic French township of Akaroa, aboard the large modern catamaran, Black Cat. Discover playful, rare New Zealand Hector's dolphins, fur seals, penguins and many other kinds of sea birds. Visit the volcanic formation of Cathedral Cave, and see everything from relics of the area's Maori history to a modern working salmon farm.

Akaroa Harbour Cruises

Akaroa Swimming with the Dolphins

Akaroa Harbour is the only place on the entire planet where you can get up close and personal with New Zealand's playful Hector's dolphin - the world's smallest and rarest species. All year round an unforgettable adventure awaits you, where everything is provided: wetsuits, masks, snorkels, hot showers, hot chocolate, even a free gift pack. You can also watch the dolphins, along with other seafaring wildlife, from aboard.

Swimming with the Dolphins

Swim with the Dolphins from Christchurch

Make a date with the worlds smallest, rarest and friendliest dolphins, the Hector's dolphin. Swim with the dophins in the Akaroa Harbour sighting dolphins, penguins and seals. On locating a pod of Hectors Dolphins you will enter the water to swim with these rare and endangered mammals.

Akaroa - Swim with the dophins from Christchurch
Akaroa, New Zealand
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