Central Backpackers Dunedin

27/07/2019

Tour the Otago Peninsula with us to see seals and sealions at Allan's Beach, Otago Peninsula, penguins at Penguin Place - conservation reserve and albatross at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula, then sunsets like this while returning to Dunedin, New Zealand. This view is from near Portobello, New Zealand.

06/03/2019

Sealions on Allan's Beach. Ask our staff about a tour!

24/12/2018

This is Dunedin at its best! Come and visit and come on a tour of the Otago Peninsula to see sea lions, seals, native birds, albatross, and penguins (at Penguin Place - conservation reserve).

10/05/2018

Central Backpackers Dunedin can take you to see these sealion pups!

10/05/2018

Sea lions are making a comeback to the Otago coastline, with 15 pups having been born on the beaches near Dunedin this year. The NZ Sea Lion Trust is always keen to hear of any sightings of female sea lions (which light grey in colour) along Otago's coast via email to [email protected]

06/04/2018

When returning from Allan's Beach, Otago Peninsula, on the road passing Hoopers Inlet, in a pool where the drainage channel spills out into the inlet were several sea lion pups frolicking. Just beyond was a large female sea lion and her pup resting.
(Locals are concerned for the safety of the pups and a temporary fence has been erected to help control viewing and the pups.)

20/03/2018

Mmmm! Who should be having the referendum to change their flag?

Indeed.

19/03/2018

Out on the Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, at Pilot's Beach at Taiaroa Head, about fifty people watched the nightly routine of 28 little blue penguins returning from the sea to their burrows and/or boxes for the night. Not many penguins due to the start of the moulting season. (No flash photography allowed!)

27/02/2018

The RMS Queen Mary 2 visited Port Chalmers, Dunedin, for the first time today. Previously, the QE2 (1992 & 2002), the Queen Elizabeth (2012) and the RMS Queen Victoria (2014) have all visited.

14/02/2018

After visiting the Moeraki Boulders this morning, our clients wanted to visit Fleurs Place at Moeraki for lunch. Ever obliging and delivering the best experience possible for our clients, that's what we did before returning to Dunedin, New Zealand, via Karitane.