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Auckland Explorer Bus
Auckland Explorer Bus
3.5
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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See Auckland's top attractions with a 24 or 48 hour bus pass and hop on and off where you want. All passes include a free Devonport ferry ticket! Visit attractions including Kelly Tarlton's, the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Sky Tower.
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3.5
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V4273OHdavidl
Seattle, WA27 contributions
Feb 2020
We appreciated the organized, efficient way to see the city in a relatively short time. It’s a fun city to visit. Staff and drivers were very helpful and friendly. Our primary negative experience was the lengthy delays at a couple stops, especially the one common stop with the red and blue routes at the Auckland Museum.
Written February 14, 2020
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Kia Ora V4273OHdavidl!
Thank you for taking the time to write us a review and for choosing to see the best of Auckland with us. We're glad you enjoyed it and we hope to see you on board again soon!
All the best for your future travels,
Jerome and the team at Auckland Explorer Bus
Written February 14, 2020
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CLCCalifornia
Los Angeles46 contributions
Feb 2020
Auckland is a spead out city. The explorer bus is a convenient way to visit the different neighborhoods and experience various attractions in one day. Very friendly drivers, good recorded commentary, and clean buses.
Written February 20, 2020
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Kia Ora CLCCalifornia,
Thank you so much for choosing to hop on our bus to see the best that Auckland has to offer! We hope to see you on board again soon.
All the best for your future travels,
Jerome and the team at Auckland Explorer Bus
Written February 20, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Nancy T
Melbourne, Australia132 contributions
Jan 2015 • Couples
Auckland is a beautiful city and we saw a lot of it with the Explorer Hop On Hop Off bus. $45 for an all day pass with 15 stops. The city is beautifully set out and you won’t run out of things to see. There is the red and blue circles with interchanges at Auckland Museum that covers the highlights of Auckland city and outer areas. The bus stops are Red every 30 minutes and Blue every 60 minutes so you need to time it right to get back on board. A bus stop information sheet provided was a good guide on what to see and do.
Written January 13, 2015
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CazCD
West Yorkshire, UK29 contributions
Mar 2020
We decided to use a hop on hop off bus to maximise what we could see in a day visit to Auckland. And it worked great, buses had some taped commentary giving useful information about the area as we went along. Unlimited stops and there seemed to be plenty of the yellow buses. Recommended.
Written March 9, 2020
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Kia Ora CazCD,
Thank you so much for choosing to hop on our bus to see the best that Auckland has to offer! We hope to see you onboard again soon.
All the best for your future travels,
Jerome and the team at Auckland Explorer Bus
Written March 10, 2020
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Terence N
Southend-on-Sea, UK148 contributions
Jan 2024 • Family
An absolute joke!
They say buses every 30 minutes but we’ve been waiting a good 20 minutes and just been told it’s at least another 30 minute wait.
We wanted the open top bus but have now also been told they don’t have that many so may not even get an open top seat.
NO ONE told me about either the lengthy wait time or the lack of buses because if they had I wouldn’t have booked this nonsense ‘tour’. It’s been nothing more than a waste of our time.
They say buses every 30 minutes but we’ve been waiting a good 20 minutes and just been told it’s at least another 30 minute wait.
We wanted the open top bus but have now also been told they don’t have that many so may not even get an open top seat.
NO ONE told me about either the lengthy wait time or the lack of buses because if they had I wouldn’t have booked this nonsense ‘tour’. It’s been nothing more than a waste of our time.
Written January 8, 2024
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Kia Ora,
Thank you for taking the time to review our product. Yes, we do have buses that are both open-top and closed-top. We don't allocate seating on the buses to allow flexibility on where you would like to hop on and hop off.
Regards
Mike
Written January 9, 2024
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Ron M
2 contributions
Jan 2024 • Couples
I would say this is an unsafe way to travel. Twice on the first day, after the bus stopped at a hop off, riders on the upper level got up and proceeded to the stairs, only to have the bus leave the location without warning. The second day when I got on and went to the upper level, the bus started moving before I was seated.
Only once on the hop on hop off was the bus at 30 minutes, that was end of the day when they were all heading back. During the day was 45 minutes once and over an hour on the second day.
The on bus narration is all digital now, so very repeatitive and no interaction. Repeated the safety slogan after every stop even when no one got on the bus.
Only once on the hop on hop off was the bus at 30 minutes, that was end of the day when they were all heading back. During the day was 45 minutes once and over an hour on the second day.
The on bus narration is all digital now, so very repeatitive and no interaction. Repeated the safety slogan after every stop even when no one got on the bus.
Written January 26, 2024
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Llihycart
19 contributions
Nov 2023 • Friends
Do not recommend this. Very badly organised! Given wrong info times to pick up bus 2 times so ‘just missed it’ each time! Finally got on bus but not open top as advertised. Hot day so not nice! Commentary failed at point were it tells you the bus changes to longer route so stuck on bus longer than expected. Driver ‘Rich’ was extremely rude and abrasive. He was a horrible man and shouldn’t be working with the general public.
Written November 7, 2023
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tekohiwi
Whitianga, New Zealand599 contributions
Oct 2023 • Friends
A great way to see the Auckland CBD without walking. A good selection of stops and we got off at Kelly Tarltons and the Sky City Casino. Good commentary with lots of information. Well sign posted drop off and pick up places and friendly drivers.
Written November 3, 2023
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ScorpionCommander
San Luis Obispo, CA31 contributions
Jul 2018 • Solo
If you want to visit all the sights in Auckland, this is the tour for you. Great price for transportation and includes a ferry to Davenport. Buy the two days pass so you can do everything, it starts up early but if you want to sleep in and then arrive you may want to go more than one day. The entries to the various sites can get pricey, but you can pick and choose what you want to do and when. I very much enjoyed the drive and the top deck has a window you can see out of and up tot he skyline. Great views and audio commentary explaining the culture and different sites that you will see. Including the stops and driving through town.
Written July 26, 2018
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Mulligan12
Florida37 contributions
Jan 2012 • Friends
We were in Auckland for about 24 hours and wanted to see the city highlights at the least expense. Since we didn't have a car and were staying at a hotel near the airport we also needed transportaion into the city center and knew taxi fees would be high. Then we saw an ad for the Auckland Explorer Bus which advertised exactly what we were looking for. They promised to pick up and drop off at Auckland area hotels and allows the passengers to jump on and off at their leisure. We bought the $40 day pass and it was money SO well spent. Included in the $40 was our hotel pick up and drop off. A round trip taxi ride into the city center would have been much more than this amount! The company sent a bus to pick up my husband and I which arrived promptly at the designated time of 8:30am. We were then driven to the Auckland museum where we could either tour or continue with the bus travel. We spent 8 hours having a fantastic time visiting the highlights of Auckland with absolutely no worries in regards to transportation. The bus was always on time to pick us up to our next destination and at the end of our day we had a very relaxing bus ride back to the front door of our hotel. The Auckland Explorer Bus is simply the BEST value for money and provides all the essential transportation needs for visiting the city. Highly, highly recommend!
Written February 18, 2012
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it starts close to the cruise pier
Written September 26, 2019
Hello, please kindly advise , I would taking a cruise due to my flight arriving early, if I have only day time 8 hours , what is the best thing to do , I would prefer take a local bus and visit around the New Zealand city
Written August 7, 2018
Depends what your interests are and where you will be boarding. The complete circuit (back to the place you started) will take upwards of 2 hours alone. Also, there are combo packages that can save you some money if, e.g., you want to see the Auckland Museum). Also compare prices for your Explorer Bus ticket on the Bookme website.
Written August 8, 2018
Kia ora,
Our closest stop to Avani Metropolis is our Queen Street / Civic Theatre stop, outside the Civic Theatre, Wellesley Street West.
All the best for your future travels,
Esther and the team at Auckland Explorer Bus
Written June 17, 2018
It looks like it is either stop 8 or 9 on the Explorer Bus Red Route.
#8 is the Civic Theatre on Queen Street which Google maps shows as about a 7 minute walk from Avanti Metropolis.
#9 is the Sky Tower on Victoria Street which is shown as about a 10 minute walk.
Written June 16, 2018
martinesuch
Auckland Central, New Zealand
Est ce que les commentaires sont traduit en français
Written March 4, 2018
Kia ora, the commentary is in English on the bus. We also have timetables and information sheets available from the driver in French.
Written March 14, 2018
Do you need to use the extra passes ( museum pass) on the same day as your hop on bus tour day ? Also for a 48 hour pass do they have to be used consecutively ? Or can you separate the days ??
Written January 11, 2018
Kia ora! Your pass is valid for 48 hours from the time it's issued - you can't separate the days. Attraction tickets can be used up to 24 hours after your Explorer Bus pass expires.
Written January 12, 2018
Hi. I understand that the bus stop stops every hour, so which are the recommend stops that i can make a stop and visit the site (ie the auckland museum)? I am interested to purchase 2 days pass and im with a 5 year old. Any advice is much appreciated. Tq
Written August 3, 2017
The Auckland museum and the aquarium are both worth stopping at
Written August 9, 2017
Coming from corramandel . Where would be good place to park and join the bus?
Written March 21, 2017
Could depend on whether you want to visit any of the attractions e.g. park at the zoo if you want to visit it first or last. Best bet would be to park in the Domain near the museum as you have easy access to both bus routes from there.
Written March 21, 2017
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