Thursday, March 19, 2009

New Zealand Shore Excursions

New Zealand has a great system of Visitors Centers in most cities. They are all linked together so you can book tours before you arrive in the next city. Holland America didi provide information for each city along with a map and suggested places to visit. Many of the cities provided shuttles from the ship to the "Visitors Center" and other central spots.

One of the private tours we took was the same as the cruise line offering. The cruise line price was $239 US. We paid $198 NZ. This made the cruise line rate 2.5 times the cost. Our bus had 18 passengers. The cruise line buses held 50 people and there were 5 of them. Our guide was close and very informative. We noticed the cruise line group could not hear some of the guides comments.

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