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Gift Tikapa Moana: Whales, Dolphins and Islands Cruise

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Discover Tikapa Moana - the Hauraki Gulf with us as we cruise through the myriad of islands, spot wildlife and learn about the cultural footprint of Tamaki Makaurau!

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4.4

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O.Am from New Zealand wrote on 24 March 2026

Amazing experience

We saw pods of dolphins several times, and the sea birds diving into the water was truly powerful!

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Tracey Redfearn from United Kingdom wrote on 16 March 2026

Excellent day trip 🐬

Great service and friendly crew We saw lots of Dolphins 😁👏🏻

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cenar from New Zealand wrote on 28 December 2025

Really satisfying

Before purchasing our tickets, we were not sure what will be experienced , but now I must say It was one of the best tours we ever had. The team was super cool and they did everything despite the rain to find some dolphins, and they did. The Rotoroa Islan was also so nice to visit. All in all, 10/10

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Josefine Jurkowski from New Zealand wrote on 08 March 2026

Its ok, overpriced kinda

We didnt see any whales, i think thats something many people have to be clear about that the chance of seeing a whale is very low. But we saw dolphins and penguins. Overall the cruise was good, most parts of information were read out and you could tell that the crew didnt really care about the landscape informations. It kinda felt like a taxi, we were mostly just pciking people up from different islands or drop them off. Only 1 hour of the tour was the actual whale watch safari. Still the scenery was beautiful and so were the dolphins and penguins, but honestly the whale watch tour in kaikoura would have been better

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Kevin Lock from New Zealand wrote on 09 March 2024

Nothing but a ferry

We were very disappointed with this cruise, yes we did see 6 dolphins playing but it was felt that as soon as we seen them the cruise was over and we were off to collect yet more people from yet another island even though the captain said he was looking for more dolphins no mention of whales at all. If we wanted to see the scenery which was lovely we wouldn't have paid a for a cruise, we expected to send some time looking for dolphins and whales as this was a 4.5 hour cruise we expected to spend at least 1.5 hours searching We were not the only passengers that felt this way, we would not recommend this trip again

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