Auckland - Sailing & Sharks

Fly into Auckland on your first day and be met by our local Kiwi Breaks representative. After your private transfer into the city you have the remainder of the day at leisure.

Kelly Tarlton's Auckland

The next day travel out to Kelly Tarlton's Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World. The Antarctic Encounter is home to New Zealand’s only sub-Antarctic penguins, offering a rare opportunity to see the magnificent birds up close in their icy domain. A unique snowcat ride brings you within arms length of the 80-strong colony of King and Gentoo penguins to watch their playful antics on the snow and their elegant flight underwater.

A walkthrough replica of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s Antarctic hut (established back in 1911), complete with authentic memorabilia offers a glimpse at what it was like to live 100 years ago in the coldest place on earth.
Enter Stingray Bay for an awe-inspiring look at the giant stingrays, before delving deep into the Underwater World to

Pride of Auckland

see the rich variety of species from New Zealand’s coastal waters. Come face to face with sharks, turtles, giant rays and other incredible deep sea creatures on the moving walkway.
New Zealand’s rocky shore and tropical species await you in Fish Alley. See everything from crayfish to seahorses, octopus to piranha and moray eels or sit down at watch our latest viewing in the Aqua Cinema.

After your underwater experience time to head out sailing on the harbour. On your 1.5 hour coffee cruise sailing experience you can sit back and enjoy the city vistas from the water or be as hands on as you want. This is the perfect introduction to the 'City of Sails'.

On your final day you may have some free time to further explore the city before your shuttle transfer to the airport in time to join your flight home.

You can extend your Auckland stay by as many day's as you wish or link this family break with other destinations.

Sailing on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour
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