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Summer Port boat tours

This summer, Lyttelton Port Company will host boat tours that showcase the port’s operations from the water, with commentary provided by an LPC staff member.

You will see the Inner Harbour, where the bulk carriers berth, Cashin Quay, where container ships are loaded and unloaded and across the harbour to Ripapa Island and Diamond Harbour.

Tickets cost $5 per person; children must be accompanied by an adult. All proceeds go to Cholmondeley Children’s Centre. No exchanges or refunds are available.

Tour details:
Tour start time: 1.30 pm
Tour duration: 90 minutes
Parking: LPC Jetty 2 car park (from Norwich Quay, turn left onto the Oxford Street overbridge next to SUPER restaurant and drive down to the car park)
Tour departs: From Black Cat Ferry Terminal, Lyttelton Wharf.

Booking details to come.

Port bus tours

Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) will be offering another chance for the public to see behind the scenes of the South Island’s largest international trade gateway with Port Bus Tours in July 2025.

The tours will run from Monday, July 7 to Friday, July 11 2025, during the school holidays.

There will be two bus tours each day at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person.

All proceeds go to charity—Cholmondeley Children’s Centre at Governors Bay.

Booking details to come.

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