Wellington Tours and Wairarapa Sightseeing
Wellington tours, with a difference
Take on board the best the Wellington region has to offer with informative and entertaining Wellington tours by Xplor. From Wellington sightseeing including Lord of the Rings tours, the Weta Cave and other city highlights, to sampling award winning wines on our Martinborough Wine Tours or even discovering places that most locals don’t even know exist, Xplor Tours has just the trip for you. We have a range of standard tours that include Wellington full day tours and Wellington half day tours as well as Wairarapa full day tours and Wairarapa half day tours. We can also work with you to put together custom tours around the Wellington region, the Wairarapa and Kapiti Coast that exactly meet your needs.
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OUR MOST POPULAR Wellington and Wairarapa tours
Half Day Tour of Wellington
This half day tour will delight you with breath-taking scenic views and photo opportunities around picturesque and unforgettably beautiful Wellington. We give you a taste of why Wellington has twice been voted internationally the most liveable city in recent years.
Shenandoah Tour: Exclusive to Xplor Tours
Only available through Xplor Tours, a trip to Shenandoah will introduce you to a working farm and hidden historical gem that overlooks the lovely Pauatahanui Inlet, just twenty minutes’ drive from Wellington. Set in 12.5 acres that includes gentle rolling hills, landscaped gardens…
FULL DAY MARTINBOROUGH WINE TOUR
Sample the best of the world-famous food and wine that the Wairarapa region has to offer. Our wine tasting tour takes you to four award winning vineyards where you can try the wine, matched with gourmet local cuisine, and meet some of the winemakers.Half Day Tour of Wellington
This half day tour will delight you with breath-taking scenic views and photo opportunities around picturesque and unforgettably beautiful Wellington. We give you a taste of why Wellington has twice been voted internationally the most liveable city in recent years.Shenandoah Tour: Exclusive to Xplor Tours
Only available through Xplor Tours, a trip to Shenandoah will introduce you to a working farm and hidden historical gem that overlooks the lovely Pauatahanui Inlet, just twenty minutes’ drive from Wellington. Set in 12.5 acres that includes gentle rolling hills, landscaped gardens…FULL DAY MARTINBOROUGH WINE TOUR
Sample the best of the world-famous food and wine that the Wairarapa region has to offer. After a trip over the Remutaka hill, our wine tasting tour takes you to four award winning vineyards where you can try the wine, matched with gourmet local cuisine, and meet some of the winemakers.
HALF DAY TOUR OF WELLINGTON
Half Day Tour of Wellington
This half day tour will delight you with breath-taking scenic views and photo opportunities around picturesque and unforgettably beautiful Wellington. We give you a taste of why Wellington has twice been voted internationally the most liveable city in recent years. It’s often called the “coolest little capital in the world”, and we pack a lot into our half day Wellington sightseeing tour including the downtown area, The Beehive and Parliament grounds, the cable car and botanic gardens, the panoramic views from Mt. Victoria, Weta Cave, Oriental Bay and the South Coast.
Shenandoah Tour: Exclusive to Xplor Tours
Only available through Xplor Tours, a trip to Shenandoah will introduce you to a working farm and hidden historical gem that overlooks the lovely Pauatahanui Inlet, just twenty minutes’ drive from Wellington. Set in 12.5 acres that includes gentle rolling hills, landscaped gardens, native bush and wetland walkways, the farm is inside a wildlife reserve and is a haven for birdlife. With a history that includes being a Maori Pa (fortress), a Government run fort, and a training base for US Marines in World War II, the private museum at the farm tells the story of the site with artifacts that date back over 150 years, and include a collection of rare, vintage Harley Davidson motorbikes. Minimum group size of 8 people for this tour.
SHENANDOAH HALF DAY TOUR
Full Day Martinborough Wine Tour
Full Day Martinborough Wine Tour
Sample the best of the world-famous food and wine that the Wairarapa region has to offer. Our wine tasting tour takes you to four award winning vineyards where you can try the wine, matched with gourmet local cuisine, and meet some of the winemakers. Along the way you get to see some of the beautiful scenic views of the stunning Wairarapa as well as some of the Lord of the Rings filing sites. On the way home we top off your gourmet day with a visit to the Featherston cheese shop “C’est Cheese”, where you can indulge in an impressive selection of award-winning cheeses and deli food.
XPLOR WELLINGTON WITH OUR LOCAL TOUR GUIDES
Get the most out of your Wellington tour or Wairarapa adventure with our friendly, knowledgeable, local Xplor Tour guides, who enjoy nothing more than meeting and interacting with new people. All our guides have a detailed understanding of the history and background of the areas that you have chosen to visit and will happily keep you entertained while you get driven between points of interest. They throw in a good dose of fun at each stop too. With a great team of local Wellington tour guides, who have also travelled extensively themselves, we know what makes for great, fun, informative tours of the fabulous Wellington and Wairarapa regions. With our tour group sizes ranging from 2 to 12 people we make sure everyone gets an unforgettable personal experience. Larger groups aren’t a problem though, just contact us and have a chat. We’ve done amazing tours for up to fifty people in the past.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT OUR TOURS
Super Informative Tour Guide!
This Wellington city tour was excellent. Not only did we cover a lot of city highlights in just a few hours but we were fortunate to have Danny as our driver and guide. Danny used to be a professional driver for the government which means not only is he an excellent driver, he adds a lot of additional information that other drivers were not be aware of. He is also super friendly and customer service focused
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Top Notch
Our tour guide, Dennis, went above and beyond. We’ve done a lot of traveling and been on many tour buses – the tour today with Dennis was a real pleasure. He was entertaining, engaged, knowledgeable, and friendly. Couldn’t be happier with the experience in this beautiful city.
Greg W
Wellington Wanderers
We were extremely happy with the tour Richard took us on. We learnt so much about Wellington and beyond due to Richard’s extensive knowledge. We had a great lunch which was included in our tour and he also took us to the shops we needed and drove us to our accomodation. If you’re considering a tour then don’t hesitate. It’s worth every dollar. Time and money well spent
Susan Moore
Good outing to the vineyards.
Dion, our guide and driver, was friendly, obliging, knowledgeable and safe. Lots of local information from a local. A really lovely sunny day in the vineyards at Martinborough with an unexpected stop at Rivendell on the way.
I’d highly recommend Xplor tours.
Matthew S
Sydney, Australia
Triple Thumbs Up
Fantastic way to get an insight into local life around Wellington. Wayne our driver and guide was awesome.
Thanks all involved in making this happen.
Dean
Ask for Nicole to be your guide
Pick up and drop off were exactly on schedule. Nicole our guide was superb, friendly, knowledgeable and full of fun. She drove like a pro and we saw all over wellington and some. She even agreed to drop some of us off in the town so we could indulge in some retail therapy. Company and in particular Nicole were amazing – don’t hesitate to book.
Nasus2
Sydney, Australia
Wellington and Winery
We had a great full day with Kevin! He took us over the mountains from Wellington to Martinborough. We had a wine tasting at a lovely boutique winery, Poppies, where we also had lunch. Beautiful drive over the mountains and nice to see something other than a city.
Pam H
Pawleys Island, USA
WOWW (World of Wonderful Wine Tour)
“Our group of ladies visit Wellington every year for WOW – no show this year but we came anyway and decided to venture a bit further this time. Thankyou for such a fabulous day out Richard – we all thoroughly enjoyed it and had a blast. You were such a great tour host “
Nadine
Awesome Wellington Experience
A very informative tour about the sights of Wellington; we learnt so much about the Wellington area, information and places we would never have known or seen. Richard was friendly, funny and he made it feel like you had known him before. The Hokey Pokey ice cream treat was spot on. We highly recommend this tour, if you want to have an amazing experience that will leave you hoping there was more time …
Raerae
Relaxing. Eye-catching. Informative.
Ray was very warm and easy to talk to. It was just me and my sister on that day of the tour but he did not disappoint us. Very informative and knows very well what he’s doing. I personally enjoyed the question and answer part. (Make sure you listen very well.) If you wanna relax,enjoy the scenery and know about Wellington this is a Must-to-do.
893darcyj
Excellent and recomend
Very informative trip around Wellington You see and learn a lot about the capital you do not know. Richard was an excellent host with a very good sense of humor. Great views from Mt Victoria
Annette D
Dunedin, New Zealand
Wellington Must-See Tour
We were picked up from our overnight stay by an amazing guide. She was friendly, chatty and so informative. As first time visitors to Wellington with limited time, this tour was ideal. The history of various suburbs, most important places and great photo stops made this tour memorable. This is highly recommended.
Libs
Book with confidence
Covid-19 means we live in uncertain times, especially when it comes to travel.
If your travel gets disrupted by Covid restrictions, and you can’t make it on any Wellington tour booked with us, we offer easy rebooking, and full refunds as required.
Contact Us
Contact us with any questions you have about any of the Wairarapa tours or Wellington tours we offer, either half day or full day.
You can also talk to us about designing a custom sightseeing tour of the region, just for you.
Tour with confidence
On all our sightseeing tours you can be confident that we meet any current requirements around Covid-19.
We have face masks available if you want them, and all our minibuses are equipped with hand sanitizer and QR codes for the NZ Covid tracer app.
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