Auckland Explorer Bus

In principle this should have been good as it was taking us to most of the key spots and the advertised frequency was 30 minutes between buses. The reality was not what we expected. We hopped off at Parnell to check it out. We went back to the busstop and had to wait over 45 minutes for the next bus. As we had joined the bus initially in the mid afternoon this meant that we didn't have enough time to do another hop off as the last bus started at 4pm. So we just stayed on the bus and didn't visit anywhere else. The next morning we joined the first bus so we could do the blue loop to the outer areas. We got off at Mt Eden and climbed to the top. When we came back we had a fairly short wait and continued thef blue loop endingb up back at the Museum where it became a red loop bus. However, the bus had a mechanical problerm and the driver said a mechanic was on his way. Given that we had to be back at our hotel by midday for our airport shuttle we walked to Parnell and caught public transport back to thef hotel. We feel the experience was not worth $70. Note that the staff member who sold us our ticket at Stop 2 was great. He even recognised us when we went back to use the second half of our 24 hour ticket.

Great 2 hour trip seeing all the highlights of Auckland. Get off and back on when ever you want. Can choose either a 1 or 2 day ticket. Modern bus with great staff. Best way to see Auckland within a limited time.

Great day with the easy to use hop on hop off system. We have used this in other countries around the world and have thoroughly enjoyed it in Auckland too. Totally recommend for an easy and safe way to see the city.