Breathtaking Bay of Islands: Waitangi & Russell Tour

Good way to visit the area if you don’t have a car. Really enjoyed the cultural experience. Our guide Mary was brilliant and really looked after us. All in all felt the tour was expensive for what it was though.

Great service, very good experience to see heritage of New Zealand, nice trip to Russel city and one hour city tour.

We had a fantastic day Tour with Karthic from our early morning start (6.30am) until our drop off in the evening. He was extremely organized and explained each stage of on advance. WE learned very much more about the area than we would have learned from other guides. He has a wealth of knowledge about New Zealand. In fact as we were going on a cruise leaving from Auckland he asked about the ports we were going to visit and proceeded to give us places we should consider visiting. We travel frequently and Karthic is the engaging, thoughtful and knowledgeable guide we have had over the years. We completely endorse him and highly recommend him to design your itineary. You will be so glad you did. Maureen and Fred

I highly recommend this trip to the Bay of Islands with Experience Kart, it was a full day from Auckland but well worth it. Our driver Karthic was very obliging and showed us interesting spots & scenes along the way. It was especially very informative at the treaty grounds. Loved the hole in the rock!

I very much enjoyed having Karthik from ExperienceKart as our guide. He was punctual and wanted to anything to make our experience a success. I certainly would recommend using ExperienceKart and use him again when I come back to Auckland.

I highly recommend this tour company and this tour. The day we went was pouring rain in the morning, but our guide called gave us an opportunity to reschedule. We elected to go ahead and our guide did everything he could to give us a great experience in spite of the weather. We were unable to see the Hole in the Rock because of choppy water, and the glow worm cave was flooded, but he arranged for us to take a ferry to Russell and tour this beautiful town with great views of the Bay of Islands. The Māori Treaty Grounds Cultural Tour was very interesting. The weather cooperated in the afternoon, and he also took us to see a beautiful waterfall which was not usually on the tour. He even stopped at a hardware store for me to look for a needed item I had forgotten to pack. He was so kind and gracious, and made our day a great experience. You won’t be disappointed with this tour, or this company.

Mr. Karthek was an excellent guide, very knowledgeable, a careful driver, and a perfect organizer of this long day tour; he was very amiable and considerate; We liked the tour very much as it allowed us to see and visit a good part of the beautiful Northland landscape, the Bay of Islands - a great tour by itself - a Maori cultural performance and a great historical tour of Waitangi.

I have nothing but praise for Karthik, I been trying to get to Auckland from Australia to visit the Bay of Islands but due to Covid restrictions my trip has been cancelled again in .February. Previously I was booked last February, May and in August. Karthik was so helpful in putting my trip in credit and rebooking when asked if I could do so, he had even offered to take me up as a solo traveller on the dates I required going above and beyond! I am not sure when I will be travelling but i will definitely rebook this tour with Experience kart you should too if given the opportunity!

Tack Mary för att du gjorde våran resa ner till Waitangi och Rusell så fin. Så vacker natur och mycket kultur. Vi kommer tillbaka.

The view was amazing, we were down in Phaia and took the ferry over to Rusell, an absolutely fantastic tour. A lot of cultural and nice information. And our lovely guide Mary. Thank you for making our trip so nice.