Magic Broomstick Segway Tours

Magic Broomstick Tours runs small-group guided Segway rides through Devonport, one of Auckland's most characterful seaside villages. Training and practice time is built into every outing, so first-timers find their footing before the group glides off through the backstreets.

The "A Taste of Segway" ride, which runs for an hour and a half, takes in the Devonport waterfront and rolls out to Cheltenham Beach, where Rangitoto rises out of the Waitematā. Older children and teenagers can join the three-hour Historic North Head tour, which climbs to the summit of Maungauika to explore the fort built to guard Auckland against a feared Russian invasion in the 1880s. Both tours are capped at six participants and depart from the Devonport Ferry Terminal.

The minimum age is ten for the shorter ride and thirteen for North Head, making this a good fit for families with older kids rather than little ones. Tours are rated excellent on TripAdvisor, and guides handle nervous novices with patience.