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AUCKLAND TOURS – Coast to Coast Tours Auckland

Unique Auckland tours rated No1 on Tripadvisor. Escape Auckland city!  All-inclusive countryside sightseeing tours & attractions, and our Auckland sheep farm.

The latest news is the enhancement to our Auckland tour with an Epicurean tasting platter. Here, (on ALL of our regular tours), you have the opportunity to indulge in some very iconic New Zealand fare. [...]

AUCKLAND TOURS: 2010 baby lambs

Lambing season has begun at Coast to Coast Tours Auckland sheep farm. We now have around 10 orphans…come and enjoy bottle-feeding them during your Auckland tour.

AUCKLAND TOURS: Spring is here!

September marks the start of Spring in New Zealand.
The weather has improved; (dare I say it?? ), and the sun has a bit more strength which is certainly good for the lambs on our farm.

Our new fruit orchard is growing very nicely, and the trees are blossoming.
A lot of Native trees are also flowering, [...]

History of our Auckland sheep farm

The history of our Auckland sheep farm dates back to the 1880’s.
Stuart’s parents came to this land in 1922, but before this it comprised many thousands of acres and was owned by Sir Edwin Mitchelson, (once a Mayor of Auckland city). It was dense bush with magnificent Kauri trees. See inside our typical family home [...]

CARBON CREDITS

‘HELP THE PLANET’ by planting a tree
We wanted to provide our tourists with more of a ‘visitor experience’ when it came to offsetting their carbon emissions, and we wanted this to also benefit our LOCAL community
It is an opportunity to purchase & plant a tree from our nursery.
Read about our tree planting project [...]

A selection of Auckland Tours videos

Here are our AUCKLAND TOURS videos…
Real-time ’snippets’ from our everyday lives [...]

Auckland Shore Excursion availabilty

AUCKLAND SHORE EXCURSION TOURS
These tours are geared to have our Cruise Boat passengers back to their boat well within departure time.
Although you don’t have to be a Cruise Boat passenger to book our Shore Excursion tour, please be aware [-if required-] we will be returning early on cruise boat days, with a 9.15AM Pick-up time [...]

Our animals

St Francis of Assisi Saint of Animals
–One of his poems–
‘NOT to HURT’
Not to hurt our humble brethren (the animals)
Is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough.
We have a higher mission:
To be of service to them whenever they require it.
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“You’ll enjoy meeting our animals and birds when you visit our farm”
–Donna [...]

PAVLOVA RECIPE

PAVLOVA
You may see this most famous dessert when you visit New Zealand
but on ALL of our Auckland tours you can experience
this traditional dessert for AFTERNOON TEA
We are food handling certified and these are homemade and delicious!

Here I have provided a pictorial step-by-step method to make Pavlova
Make these to impress [...]

Auckland day trips to MURIWAI BEACH

ALL of our Auckland day trips visit the wild and rugged coastline of MURIWAI BEACH
50km (30miles) long, with unique black iron-sands, and home to the takapu gannet sea-bird.
1.2 million visitors see this colony each year – a truly world-famous Auckland attraction, and it’s just 7 minutes from where we live!
We explain local history [...]

New Zealand SHEEP FARM in Auckland

ALL of our Auckland tours include visiting our own **genuine** sheep farm and Homestead. You’ll enjoy a ‘hands-on’ with our pet sheep (and baby lambs born in July). Speak to real farmers and visit our woolshed to learn all about the New Zealand sheep & wool industry.
We are just 40 minutes from downtown Auckland!
Visit to our farm is ONLY by taking our tour.
(We arent ‘open’ to the public, that’s what makes your tour so unique).
Click to see a sheep shearing video [...]

Aucklands Two Harbours

As Auckland is an isthmus Auckland has TWO harbours!
To the east of Auckland City, there is the WAITEMATA HARBOUR, and to the west of Auckland, there is the MANUKAU HARBOUR.
You’ll see and learn about them on our tour, but read more here [...]

Night sky stars: Southern Cross Constellation

Crux Australis, the ‘famous’ Southern Hemisphere star constellation. In New Zealand, this group of stars are visible during all the seasons (i.e. year round). They are not visible in the Northern Hemisphere, so consequently don’t have any Greek or Roman legends about them. However,there are many legends throughout the Pacific. The Maori name for Crux is ” Te Punga” – “the anchor”, as it is thought of as an anchor of Tama-rereti’s waka (canoe), symbolised by the Milky Way, where the Pointers are its rope. The Pointers are 2 stars nearby the Southern Cross [...]