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Hours over Christmas & New Year

13th November 2020

Thanks for your interest and support through 2020 - a very challenging year! We will have some days off over the Xmas/ New Year period, to recharge our batteries. Walks will NOT operate the following days: December 25-28, and December 30 - January 3. Walks WILL be offered December …

Walks are go!

8th October 2020

With all of New Zealand returning to COVID-19 Alert Level One, and robust systems in place (refer the most recent COVID news item), we're pleased to be back operating again. The accent is on local this season - as it always has been. Guided walks are special: they allow …

COVID-19 Health & Safety statement

7th October 2020

City Walks makes every effort to limit risks associated with COVID-19. We have always taken a safety-first approach to this - indeed we have not operated walks while any part of New Zealand has been above Alert Level One. We now have sufficient confidence in New Zealand's border control …

Keep cool, but care.

COVID-19 Alert: Walks suspended

14th August 2020

We regret to advise that all City Walks tours have been suspended, until further notice. We will not operate walks until all of NZ is back down to COVID-19 Alert Level One. At this stage, it seems likely that this will not happen before Thursday 27 August, but we'll …

The cross, St. Paul's Cathedral. Designer Ted McCoy.

Health & Safety

4th July 2020

Your comfort and wellbeing has always been our priority. We've developed each walk with safety in mind. Safety plans are in place and your guide, Athol, holds a current first-aid certificate. How have we responded to #COVID-19? 1) We paused operations before we were obliged to (because it felt …

Athol Parks (photo by Warwick Biggs)

We're back - again!

30th June 2020

It has been a crazy old time with #COVID-19 causing much disruption to lives and industry. Here in New Zealand, we are fortunate in that we seem to have rid ourselves of the virus. The only known cases of COVID-19 are people who've just arrived here and are in …

Craft chocolate. Yum.

Chocolate Walk tasty new offering

30th June 2020

UPDATE (NOVEMBER 2020): THIS WALK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. Fancy some #chocolate with your walk? City Walks has partnered with #OCHO, Dunedin's craft chocolate people, to bring you the OCHO Chocolate Walk. The walk is offered Thursdays - Saturdays and starts at the Dunedin i-Site Visitor Centre, at 1pm …

Holiday hours

13th December 2019

It's here - sort of. Summer, I mean! And Christmas is coming (we are in the southern hemisphere, remember). So is New Year.. City Walks will be open for business through most of the holiday period - with the following exceptions: December 25 & 26 CLOSED December 31 CLOSED January 1 & 2 …

We're back

30th September 2019

We never went away, actually - just hibernated over winter. In any case, we're back with the full suite of walks for another summer of fun in Dunedin. The only significant change to our offerings is the price of our (4pm) Highland Fling Walk. It has risen from NZ$35/ adult to …

Sustainability

7th June 2019

We care deeply about the natural and built heritage in Dunedin and elsewhere. Like others in NZ's visitor industry, we are working harder to ensure that we - and visitors - make a positive impact. In December 2018 we posted on this website a news item regarding the Dunedin Wildlife …