Coast to Coast Tours

76 Muriwai Valley Road, Auckland Central 0881, New Zealand

6494117080

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visit our own *private* farm on ALL tours!

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Ranked #11 of 87 activities in Auckland Central

133 Reviews

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Owner description: Rainforest, craftmarket, wine & honey-tasting, lunch, Muriwai beach, gannet colony + our private sheep farm all in a day and it's the perfect Shore... more » Owner description: Rainforest, craftmarket, wine & honey-tasting, lunch, Muriwai beach, gannet colony + our private sheep farm all in a day and it's the perfect Shore Excursion just 40mins from Downtown! Senior friendly & Private groups catered. This Tripadvisor 2011 -and- 2012 Certificate of Excellence Award winning company is your answer to optimising your time, because you’ll do so many unique things on the one tour. “All-inclusive” and hosted by NZ-born & Maori operators with now 11y experience, you tour the west Auckland & Muriwai region where our family has lived and farmed since 1922. (...you also visit our historic Homestead for our “famous” Epicurean Tasting Platter, -we’re Food Handling Certified too). Carbon Neutral; we have our own sink-tank reserves on our own farm, & with us operating locally, we are responsibly Sustainable. -Mini tours also available.

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BosleySophie1

Seattle, Washington

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4 reviews

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“Fantastic Experience!”

Reviewed May 15, 2013

Stu and Donna may well be the nicest people I have ever met! After spending a full day touring, tasting, shopping and viewing beautiful New Zealand wildlife I was privileged to meet their 2 amazing daughters, farm animals and fascinating pets. What a sincere, caring, hard-working foursome this family is! Donna's tea and pavlova are spectacular. Their love of animals... More

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Kia ora! Thank you for your kind words. Yes, we are small, but since our unique tour also includes bringing you back to our own home, you are able to share a true New Zealander’s “life”, rather than just being guided as a tourist to do the general sightseeing tour around Auckland. We’re pleased to hear that you enjoyed your... More

Bonnie R

Staten Island, New York

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“Wonderful tour of real New Zealand with real people”

Reviewed April 16, 2013

Our tour was a great way to get a glimpse of real New Zealand. Stu met us and drove us around while delivering a charming commentary. We particularly liked the rainforest visitors center and gannet colony. His knowledge of the area was most impressive. The best treat was visiting his home. His wife, Donna, warmly welcomed us with a Maori... More

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Hello Bonnie, Ned, and group! Your kind review is gratefully appreciated. Even though we had a full day, (with a time frame to get you all with luggage from your Hotel to your Cruise Boat by 3.30pm), we are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your trip into the countryside and especially that you liked your lunch at our Homestead.... More

Ruth1948

Chicago, Illinois

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9 reviews

3 attraction reviews

Reviews in 7 cities

7 helpful votes

“Must See and Do!”

Reviewed April 9, 2013

Kia ora! You will be greeted with this typical Maori greeting by Donna after a full and wonderful day of touring. Her husband Stu welcomed us in the morning as he picked us up at the hotel. He was a terrific tour guide and driver, entertaining us with much history of the region, as well as teaching us about the... More

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Kia ora! Thank you so much for posting your comments about your time with us. True, our “Ultimate” tour option is a full day with (at least) 9 unique experiences of coast & countryside activities. We were very taken by your observation about our characters!! Coming from a farming background, (with then branching into tourism), may account for part of... More

PaulB004

Oroville, California

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7 reviews

5 attraction reviews

Reviews in 6 cities

8 helpful votes

“Awesome tour with wonderful hosts”

Reviewed April 1, 2013

We had a wonderful day with Stu, our driver/host. This was the highlight of our time in the North Island. From the time Stu picked four of us up at our hotel and began to talk about what we would be seeing, we knew it was going to be a great day. From the rainforest visitor center and its history,... More

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Hi PaulB and friends! It was great to hear you enjoyed your tour with us and that it was the highlight of your time in the North Island! Some folk think that we are “just” a tour to a sheep farm, so thanks for listing the other places we go to during the day (at least 9 “experiences”) within 40... More

Mrqcace

Texas

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47 reviews

7 attraction reviews

Reviews in 43 cities

50 helpful votes

“Great tour with real New Zealanders”

Reviewed March 16, 2013

A nice trip to the country side. Stu was on time and took us to the rainforest, a Gannet Colony, Craftworld (products made only in NZ) a wine tasting, with lunch (included) at Bees on Line. Lunch was very good. After all of that, we went to their sheep farm, Donna (a Maori descendant) opened her home to us, with... More

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Kia ora, Thank you for your prompt review. We were interested to hear the feedback about your initial uncertainty in taking our tour. Many people may have reservations in dealing with a small owner/operated company (with inability to pull-in as many reviews as other multi-staffed organisations are able to do here on TA!). More, we operate because we want to,... More

BSinPNS

Pensacola Beach, Florida, USA

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31 helpful votes

“An Outstanding Day with Stuart and Donna”

Reviewed March 14, 2013

An outstanding all day adventure. Stuart Hamilton picked us up promptly at 9:15 for an excellent tour along with three others. This is a family operation and Stuart is the driver/guide and his wife is the hostess at the end of the tour. Our first stop was at the Arataki visitor center which is in the Waitakere Ranges that run... More

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Hello, It was lovely receiving your comments. My, what a great recall of the day’s activities you have given! We so enjoyed hosting you all during your stop in Auckland, and as per your account, anyone can well see that there are so many things to keep you occupied for an entire day without the need to travel miles and... More

Bearsfoot

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7 reviews

Reviews in 5 cities

5 helpful votes

“First impression”

Reviewed March 1, 2013 via mobile

I arrived in Auckland from Denmark and this was my first trip to this far away country. My travelagent had booked a full day tour, and I can only say, what a wonderful start on an exceptional holiday. I love Auckland and your guide was fantastic and my tour to the black beach, will stay in my mind for a... More

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Kia ora, Many thanks for writing this review. Summertime also has the gannets at Muriwai Beach, so consequently there are many tours visiting this Auckland Park. Our family (as the region’s early pioneers), has seen so many changes and experienced so much first-hand history of this area which is why our tours visit Muriwai Beach on *every* tour…so you don’t... More

Fass17

Alpharetta, Georgia

1 review

1 helpful vote

“Stuart & Donna great hosts!”

Reviewed February 18, 2013

We had a wonderful day on a customized tour with Stu. We first bungee jumped off the Auckland bridge and then stopped by a local winery for some tastes. We had a lovely lunch at an outdoor restaurant that had an active bee farm. We then did some site seeing going to a lovely beach and bird sanctuary. The highlight... More

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Hello (x10), It’s nice to see you home safely after your vacation! Thank you for sharing your comments here on TA. Yes, taking a Private tour with us meant we could fully attend to the tour itinerary you briefed us about. We were only too happy to assist with the arrangements for the bungee and transport (for some jumping and... More

Hideto_K

Saitama, Japan

1 review

1 helpful vote

“We got special memories in this tour”

Reviewed February 10, 2013

I applied this tour with my wife , my son and my mother. After we came back to Japan , my mother and wife said that "It's a first time I participated in a so wonderful tour". My son is affected by the tour and says that "I'd like to study English!". We had a good time in this tours.... More

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Hello Hideto, Thank you for your nice comment on Tripadvisor, and thank you for your effort to write in English…it is great :) We enjoyed meeting you and your family, and feel thrilled we could give you “special memories” with the day you spent touring the region where we live, our farm, and our home. We look forward to hearing... More

October61

Sydney

2 reviews

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“Great day out while visiting Auckland”

Reviewed January 23, 2013

As we Australians had been to Auckland many times before, I decided to do something different. I took my 17yr old son and 20yr old daughter along for the trip as well. We all thoroughly enjoyed the day. The Garnet Colony and Stu & Donna's farm were the highlights. Stu was informative, we truly enjoyed his commentary while travelling along.... More

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Hello there, Many thanks for your review, and our apologies for this unusually late reply! (We've been quite hectic with Cruise boat groups, sheep shearing, and two lots of Film Crews). It was a pleasure meeting you and your family, and great to hear your comment that you wanted something "different" to do while in Auckland. With there being so... More