Dunedin

Leviathan Hotel

200 metres from the Taieri Gorge Railway, the Leviathan Hotel offers budget accommodation with different rooms from dorm beds and economy rooms to suites with spa-bath. Buffet breakfast, and a la carte evening meals are available.

Backpacker Dorm Beds $28

Backpacker Private Twin Rooms $75

Backpacker Private Triple Rooms $105

Economy Single Hotel Room $95

Economy Twin/Double Room $110

Standard Single Hotel Room $110

Standard Twin/Double Hotel Room $135

Standard Triple Hotel Room (4pax) $155

Suite $170

Woodlands Village Motels & Apartments

Woodlands Village Motels & Apartments Dunedin offer a range of units to suit your needs. Relax in spacious purpose built motels and apartments, surrounded by established gardens in a park-like setting.

$120 for one bed room unit, from $145 for two bed rooms unit

97 Motel Moray

97 Motel Moray - Dunedin, New Zealand

Convenience, comfort, and affordability right in the heart of Dunedin City

97 Motel Moray is the closest motel complex to the Octagon, the centre of Dunedin City. We are surrounded by great city shopping, restaurants, cafes, and bars. 

We have 40 units, including standard & executive studio units, and one-bedroom and two-bedroom units. We have ground floor units as well as units in a multi-story building serviced by a lift. Free on-site parking for registered motel guests.

97 Motel Moray is an ideal central location to stay while attending graduation ceremonies, conferences, weddings, concerts, theatres, art gallery, hospitals, on business or just a day's shopping in Dunedin City.

Experience Dunedin's natural heritage through a wide range of stunning attractions from Larnach Castle, yellow-eyed penguin tours, a visit to the albatross colony, historic Olveston house and more.

From $168.00

Dunedin is the home of New Zealand’s most photographed building, the Dunedin Railway Station. The station has been running since 1906 and was designed to suit the Edwardian Baroque style, a fashionable and desirable style of the time. A weekly Famers Market takes place outside the station on Anzac Square every Saturday morning. The station runs sight-seeing tours through the Taeiri Gorge and up the coast, both tours starting at $89.00 per adult. Departing times vary between seasons.

Phone 03 477 4449 for more information. Website: www.taieri.co.nz

Since 1876, Speight’s Beer has been produced at this Dunedin Brewery which offers guided tours that could be described as interactive and informative for those interested in history, as well as for those who would simply like to see how the beer is made and sample it for themselves.

Adult rates are $25 for a 90minute tour. Bookings are essential – call 03 4777 697 to book in a time for your tour. Website: www.speights.co.nz

The Toitu Otago Settlers Museum showcases people of the past and how they have shaped Dunedin’s future. The museum shows the character, culture, technology, fashion, and art from indigenous Maori, early Scottish settlers, and the early Chinese settlers.

After exploring the history of the settlers in Dunedin, stop for an organic coffee or a freshly made meal at the museum’s café.

Admission is free but some exhibitions may have a charge. Phone 03 477 4000 for enquiries. website: www.toituosm.com

The Otago Museum is full of galleries and exhibitions. Learn about culture in the Tangata Whenua Gallery or the Pacific Cultures Gallery. Between these two galleries you will learn about Southern Maori lifestyles and mythology, and about a range of objects and tools used in places such as Easter Island. The Museum also has many galleries about people of history, animals, maritime, and nature.

The Otago Museum also has a tropical rainforest; an environment you will share with hundreds of exotic butterflies, as well as some birds, fish, turtles, a gecko, and a huge variety of plants. Visitors can observe and help release the butterflies into forest at 10.30am every morning, or join a guided tour at 1.30pm every afternoon.

Children may also be very interested in Discovery World, where they are able to connect with science and technology in a fun and interactive way. Children can create human-sized bubbles, walk along a giant piano, and much more. There are also Science Shows in Discovery World during weekends.

End your time at the Otago Museum in the Museum Café with fresh and delicious options that are suitable for both children and adults.

Open daily from 10am-5pm, call 03 474 7474 for enquiries or bookings. Website: www.otagomuseum.nz

3.5km away from Dunedin’s city centre, you will find the world’s steepest residential street. This street hosts several events each year such as the Jaffa Race and the Baldwin Street Gutbuster. Baldwin Street will take around 10minutes to walk up, as it is only an achievable 350m long, with several small souvenir shops along the way.

The Otago Peninsula has many attractions including wildlife which you can view at the Royal Albatross Centre and the Penguin Place, walking tracks, and Monarch Wildlife Cruises.

The Royal Albatross Centre offers a variety of different tours where you learn about the history of the people and wildlife on the peninsula. You will be able to view some of the wildlife and learn about their way of life. Family tickets range between $50 and $125.

Penguin Place also offers tours where you are able to experience a close-up view of the Yellow-Eyed Penguins in their trenches, huts and open spaces.

On the Monarch Wildlife Cruise you will be able to view up to 20 different species of bird and marine life, seals, penguins, and the Royal Albatross. This cruise is a fantastic experience that has won several different tourism awards.

For more information about booking tours or for any other enquiries, please phone:

Royal Albatross Centre: 0800 528 767

Penguin Place: 03 478 0286

Monarch Wildlife Cruises: 0800 666 272

Politian William Larnach constructed New Zealand’s first and only castle for his wife in 1871. This castle is now privately owned and is owned by the Barker family, who open their home to the public and use administration fees for conservation of this historic building. The castle has accommodation, a ball room, beautiful gardens, and can provide high teas and events.

A family pass is $68, and individual children and adult fees range up to $29.

Please phone 00 64 3 476 1616 for enquiries or more information. Website: www.larnachcastle.co.nz

Olveston was built for Dunedin businessman, collector and philanthropist David Theomin and designed by acclaimed English architect Sir Ernest George in the early 1900s. The home provides an accurate display of the early New Zealand lifestyle and was constructed in a Jacobean style with definitive detail.

Open 364 days of the year, 9am - 5pm
Six 1-hour public tours commence daily at: 9.30 am, 10.45 am, 12 noon, 1.30pm, 2.45pm and 4pm.
Please phone 00 64 3 477 3320 for enquiries or more information. Website : www.olveston.co.nz

The Chinese Gardens in Dunedin were designed to take people on a journey through Chinese history, culture, heritage, tradition, and nature. Adult admission costs $9, and tour options are also available.

Open daily from 10am-5pm.  For bookings or enquiries, please phone 477 3248. Website: www.dunedinchinesegarden.com

St Clair Beach is well known for perfect surfing conditions and white sand, lined with cafes and bars along the esplanade. You will have a fantastic view of the Southern Ocean and enjoy the lively yet peaceful atmosphere.

St Clair also provides outdoor Hot Salt Water Pools above the boulders on the beach. There is a pool with lanes and a toddler’s pool, both at 28 degrees Celsius. Enjoy a swim or watch on from the café. Prices vary between ages. Phone 03 455 6352 for more information.

This Dunedin beach has a sandstone coastline that has been shaped into tunnels and cliffs from harsh weather conditions, providing beautiful and unique views. In the 1870’s John Cargill, a son of Captain William Cargill, excavated a tunnel down to a secluded beach so that the Cargill families could bathe in privacy.  Sadly Cargill's youngest daughter drowned by dangerous rip. Tunnel Beach has been called the most romantic spot in Dunedin.

Twenty minute walk from the car park. The walkway is closed for lambing from 1st of Aug- 31 Oct. Best at low tide. 

Tunnel Beach is located off the Dunedin to Brighton coastal road. 

Browse the city and view the heritage buildings that provides a unique opportunity to step back in time and discover what it would have been like in the 1800s.

A Door to Door Service that can meet the needs of Rail Trailers with daily services running in both directions. Operates Dunedin - Middlemarch - Waipiata - Ranfurly - Ida Valley or Becks - Lauder - Omakau - Alexandra - Clyde - Cromwell.
Catch-a-Bus can transport people to either end of the Otago Rail Trail or anywhere along the trail.
Ph: 03 449 2024. Website: Catch a Bus

In the Octagon (26 Princes St.)

Summer (November to March)
Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 6pm, Saturday, Sunday 8.45am - 6pm and Public Holidays: 9am - 5pm

Winter (April - October)
Monday to Friday: 8.30am - 5pm, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays: 8.45am - 5pm

Ph: 03 474 3300
Email: visitor.centre@dcc.govt.nz.

One of the worlds great train trips, taking passengers to Pukerangi daily all year and to Middlemarch on Fridays and Saturdays over summer(1 October - 30 April ). Bikes carried free.

Ph: 03 477 4449

Email: reserve@taieri.co.nz 

Website: www.taieri.co.nz