New Zealand Backpackers

Jet Boating, Rafting, Kiwi Fruit & Farm Tour, U Drive 4WD,

All tours are lead by Qualified, professional guides who are equipped with a VHF radio and full safety equipment. Kayaking trips last for 2 hours. Pickups from the Visitor Information Centre, Salisbury Avenue, Mt Maunganui at 9:30am or 1:30pm. They also offer sunset and full moon tours at night.

See Dolphins, Whales, Orcas and many other examples of marine life off the coast of Tauranga. Also available is dolphin swim offering a tow behind the boat as you watch dozens of dolphins swimming around you, trips depart daily from the Mount Maunganui / Tauranga Bridge marina, berth no: D5.

Graeme Butler has been working with dolphins, whales, seals and marine wildlife probably longer than anyone locally. His vessel Gemini Galaxsea is a 60 foot sailing ship that has been specifically modified to provide the ultimate in the water experience with wild dolphins. Butler only makes one voyage daily,...