Hole in the Rock Cruise
Fullers Bay of Islands
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North Island ▷ Northland ▷ Paihia |
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Runs between October - May |
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Cape Reinga Day Trip
Jasper -
Didn't see many dolphins / other wildlife.
Kate -
Great trip.
John & Myra Sloan -
Relaxed & informative.
MartinD -
Many dolphins in a very respectful way.
Urs Zuercher
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Before we collected our campervan, we took the Intercity bus to Paihia.
A very lovely area - the Bay of Islands! This is a full day trip with a boat including dolphins, a romantic bay (including stop), the Hole in the Rock and the captain with a lot of interesting information. If you go to the North, do this!!
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Very nice all day trip.
Friendly staff, amazing stop for a lunch (you can buy or bring) in the Bay. Unfortunately, we did not see dolphins, but we saw two funny seals.
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Although we set out to see the Hole in the Rock we came across a pod of dolphins.
A beautiful and unforgettable moment.
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Very nice cruise with friendly staff.
The Bay is truly beautiful. It is kind of expensive.
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We did a four hour trip through the different islands, watched some dolphins and ate at a nice beach and it was very cheap.
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It was a wonderful experience to see dolphins in freedom!
They were swimming around us. A gorgeous place!
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Beautiful weather, dolphins, great pictures, nice short stay on one of the islands, super feeling.
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We booked the tour online for $70 (normal price $130), unfortunately, the weather was bad but we saw dolphins and the food was excellent.
But it is not $130 worth in my opinion.
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We took the Cream Trip tour and had a good day.
It included a bit too much historic information to our liking, but it was nice to cruise through the whole bay. Although it was a random Tuesday in October the boat was packed, so don't think you're going on anything exclusive. You don't have the dolphins guarantee Fullers gives on the other tours, but we saw a wonderful pod of them in the last 10 minutes of our tour. We prepaid for swimming with dolphins but there was no opportunity to do that that day. It was only at the end of the next day that we realised we didn't got our pre payment refunded. The don't actively point that out to you on board, which would be the right thing to do. As we were in Russell still we went to the office and got the refund two days later.
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Service generally OK, people trying to be helpful/informative.
A bit too commercial and therefore not a very personal experience.
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Friendly and informative guide and cruise staff, they really search for dolphins and follow them, nice island!
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With good weather this trip is the best way to explore the Bay of Islands.
Seeing dolphins, all the islands and hiking one of the islands - awesome package! Guides give good information.
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Went on full day tour which effectively finished at lunch time.
Time taken picking up passengers from another tour compnay in the afternoon.
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Before we collected our campervan, we took the Intercity bus to Paihia.
A very lovely area - the Bay of Islands! This is a full day trip with a boat including dolphins, a romantic bay (including stop), the Hole in the Rock and the captain with a lot of interesting information. If you go to the North, do this!!
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Very nice all day trip.
Friendly staff, amazing stop for a lunch (you can buy or bring) in the Bay. Unfortunately, we did not see dolphins, but we saw two funny seals.
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Beautiful weather, dolphins, great pictures, nice short stay on one of the islands, super feeling.
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Very nice cruise with friendly staff.
The Bay is truly beautiful. It is kind of expensive.
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Although we set out to see the Hole in the Rock we came across a pod of dolphins.
A beautiful and unforgettable moment.
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We did a four hour trip through the different islands, watched some dolphins and ate at a nice beach and it was very cheap.
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It was a wonderful experience to see dolphins in freedom!
They were swimming around us. A gorgeous place!
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We booked the tour online for $70 (normal price $130), unfortunately, the weather was bad but we saw dolphins and the food was excellent.
But it is not $130 worth in my opinion.
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Friendly and informative guide and cruise staff, they really search for dolphins and follow them, nice island!
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With good weather this trip is the best way to explore the Bay of Islands.
Seeing dolphins, all the islands and hiking one of the islands - awesome package! Guides give good information.
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We took the Cream Trip tour and had a good day.
It included a bit too much historic information to our liking, but it was nice to cruise through the whole bay. Although it was a random Tuesday in October the boat was packed, so don't think you're going on anything exclusive. You don't have the dolphins guarantee Fullers gives on the other tours, but we saw a wonderful pod of them in the last 10 minutes of our tour. We prepaid for swimming with dolphins but there was no opportunity to do that that day. It was only at the end of the next day that we realised we didn't got our pre payment refunded. The don't actively point that out to you on board, which would be the right thing to do. As we were in Russell still we went to the office and got the refund two days later.
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It is a beautiful cruise, we even saw some dolphins, but it is still quite some money you pay.
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Captain was pretty funny and gave interesting information.
To swim with the dolphins was amazing.
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It was a great combination of a guided tour and activity with hiking at some point, mussel diving and the dolphin swim.
Maybe a bit too expensive!
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Provided a wide variety of experiences with knowledgable and helpful staff.
A thoroughly entertaining day out!
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Took the "Cream Cruise" absolutely fantastic.
The daughters got to swim with the dolphins, and fool around in the cargo net while the boat was moving. Went through the hole in the rock. This is an experience not to be missed. This huge vessel through that little hole, ( I never thought the skipper would attempt it, as it looked a little rough. I didn't think the boat would even fit. ) even stopped in the middle, with only meters clearance on all sides including the top, with waves splashing all around. It was fan'bloody'tastic.
Stopped off on an island to climb the lookout. Bring your own lunch.
A top experience, highly recommend it.
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Take mailtrip out from Paihia (boat) on any Fullers boatrip.
Good value day trip, $60-70pp.
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Saw a lot of glowworms, hard to understand the guide (too many people in the tour - less loud voice).
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