★★★★★ ★★★★★ Recommended Dolphin cruise on 28th december Astrid and Gary aussie 29 December 2025 We took this trip today and it was absolutely amazing, I highly recommend this to everyone, the 3 of us thoroughly enjoyed this and saw lots of hector dolphins and also heaps of seals, our granddaughter loved this very much. The staff were amazing, helpful, friendly and very informative Customer Experience Hi Astrid and Gary, it's great to hear about your positive experience. Thank you for sharing your feedback! 29 December 2025
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Must see, Must do!! Kam Riley 2 June 2022 We had a beautiful time this past summer. From the beautiful sights and weather, to the incredibly accommodating on board staff and offerings of the ship. We saw several dolphins and seals over the course of this cruise but the views alone made it worthwhile. We definitely plan to do this again very soon
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Awesome adventure Keith 10 December 2017 We used this as Xmas work fuction was great 2 hrs the Back Cat staff where great and the Dolphins turned up on cue. 5 star thanks
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Great view of the harbour and dolphins Blake 8 June 2017 Great commentary from the captain on the cruise and explaining the surrounds. Taking the time to cruise around to make sure we all could see the dolphins and seal life. Was great 2 hour cruise and well worth the money and friendly staff. Worth doing on a trip to Akaroa
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Akaroa Harbour Cruise Geoff 23 March 2017 A worthwhile experience. After having been to Akaroa on many occasions we still learnt a lot and thoroughly enjoyed the occasion.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Great Experience Melissa 29 October 2015 Better than I anticipated. I was impressed with how helpful, informative and funny the crew were. They did an exceptional job and made it well worth it.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Brilliant Sheeza 12 October 2014 We were very lucky to have seen the penguin, hectors dolphins and the fur seals on our trip. The weather was just perfect and the crew most helpful. For Frank & I the highlights were many but the captain on our cruise was just wonderful, very informative and with great local knowledge. Well done to you all a fabulous day that we will most definitely be recommending to our friends and family.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Excellent Haggis41 28 March 2014 Had a great day,commentary from skipper was excellent well done.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Perfect and most enjoyable experience. Monday 25th March 2012 BJandDD 28 March 2013 What an absolutely perfect day. This was a gift to us and what a thoughtful one it was. The staff, the scenery, the wildlife, the weather, everything was just perfect. As locals we got to mingle with Cruise ship tourists and had wonderful conversations with visitors, hopefully to give them a good impression of Kiwis. Your tour guide was just brilliant and had some wonderful little quips that made everyone smile. To see the dolphins, seals, penguins etc playing in their natural habitat was just beautiful. We will certainly recommend this experience to others and will probably do it again ourselves in future.
★★★★★ ★★★★★ Perfect Experience sewa 17 January 2013 We loved the whole experience, luckily the sun was out and so were the Hector Dolphins, we saw many, and we even saw one jump out of the water and spin in the air behind the boat which was amazing!